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"Oh, ballet, how I hate you!" - the film begins here and ends with burning confession of love for ballet. They say that to go from hatred to love takes just one step. In fact - thousands of daily steps. And 52 minutes of film.
Continuing the carefree tone of their previous encounter, this time Volk and Zayats continue their"cat-and-mouse" behaviour in the countryside.
Educational project and documentary. The purpose of the almanac is to give a systematic picture of the path that design has taken from the Bauhaus school until 2018.
An art film by Timur Novikov and Sergey Shutov.
A high school student lives with his mother, an honest Soviet worker in an ordinary communal apartment. Her boyfriend, who is engaged in small-scale commercial adventures, introduces the guy to a spirited, intelligent girl, who opens up to him a whole world of beautiful, great, but persecuted literature - the poets of the Silver Age. The atmosphere thickens...
About the geographical point of reference of personal happiness. The film's characters are American men and Russian women who are looking for love in a foreign, far-off country unknown to them. What makes American men go to the other side of the world for the woman of their dreams? What happens in modern Russia if thousands of women turn to international marriage agencies every year in search of women's happiness? Do Russian women expect love from a marriage with a foreigner? A plane flying along the route can return to the base airfield until the so-called "return point"is passed. As soon as it is over, the return journey is closed, because there is not enough fuel. Why, after living in America, Russians want to return to their Homeland, and at what point they realize that this is impossible, that the point of Return is passed...
This love story is worthy of romantic Paris with its river Seine. But it unfolds in the Russian countryside, among birch groves and endless fields of freshly mown hay. Only Kolya Evlashkin is released from places not so remote and – here you are, he gets to the police again: he just helps to bring a bag to citizen Lemesheva, and he is accused of theft. Nadia can see for herself that this man doesn't look like a thief at all. She withdraws her statement from the police and even lends money to a new acquaintance. Kolya arrives in the village where Nadia lives.
Street kids Kolya, Irina, Ksusha and Denis describe the abandoned building they live in as 'a Fairytale place' where anything is possible. Their gang have relied on each other since they were young kids; stealing, begging and turning tricks to survive on the streets of the broken, post-Soviet city of Perm, Russia. All born in the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, they have created their own kind of society as together they battle with freezing temperatures, harassment from the police and their very vulnerable existance, using drink and drugs to block out the horrors of life and escape into fantasy. The four face their brutal, unforgiving world with grit and often caustic humour, but now, on the brink of adulthood, time is running out for any of the group to escape their toxic situation. Told with candid honesty and heart-breaking humour, A RUSSIAN FAIRYTALE is both eye-opening and utterly compelling, with tragic revelations woven between glimmers of hope.
The life of a simple worker begins to change dramatically when he receives love letters with confessions from a certain man. The plot is based on the play of the same name by Igor Stam at the Teatr.doc based on the play by Dmitry Karapuzov.
To save work, an unfortunate insurance manager needs to sell 100 health insurance products in a week that no one will use. In a moment of extreme despair, he gains the ability to see how much each person has to live. A series of profitable deals is interrupted by the last client who changes everything.
Ivan, the police captain, on his day off, which, incidentally, doesn’t often happen to him, went with his wife Sveta to the cinema. Khan, Anna and Sergey also decided to spend the day together. Only they are not going to the movies or just taking a walk. Their time is scheduled in minutes, each step is verified - they intend to rob the collectors. It all started well for the robbers, and everything would have gone as planned if Ivan had not met in the way of the robbers. Khan and Sergey are arrested. But moving away from the persecution, Khan shot Ivan's wife, Sveta. Anna manages to leave.
An American family stays overnight at a mansion run by a mysterious woman, but not all is as it seems and the eldest child uncovers the mystery behind the mansions hauntings.
On October 20, 1982, during a match between Spartak Moscow and Dutch Haarlem, a stampede occurred on the stairs of the Luzhniki Stadium, in which, according to official data, 66 people died. On the day of the incident, only the visitors of the stadium found out about it, the next day — some of the relatives of the victims, and the information became public only 7 years later. As a result of the criminal case, several people from the stadium management were convicted, but perhaps they were not the only ones responsible for the tragedy. No one has ever put together her complete, comprehensive picture — and director Mikhail Reichelhaus is trying to do just that in his film. Detail by detail, he recreates the sequence of events of that day, relying on documents and talking with eyewitnesses — and it turns out not just an investigation, but also a real cast of that time.
Despite the huge risks, two Russian film-makers have been filming the impact of the invasion of Ukraine in their country. Many thousands have fled. Those that have stayed have had to make a choice – oppose the war, support it, or stay silent.
The action of the film takes place in a small provincial town and is divided into four short stories connected with each other by storylines.
A seventeen-year-old girl wakes up in the hospital with a head injury. The last thing she remembers is trying to pick up a crush at prom. But as she tries to figure out what happened, she notices that each of her friends is lying to her for different reasons.
Since ancient times, Altai has been the cradle of countless peoples and tribes, the birthplace of conquerors, and the source of myths and legends. Altai is a unique cauldron in which different nationalities have mixed, and it is not for nothing that it is called the "crossroads of civilizations." The world of the ancient Scythians, Turks, Huns and many others was tempered and forged into a special ethnic group. This film tells about the interweaving of religions, nationalities, cultures and about the present day of Altai.
An experimental film by Dima Teplov and Pavel Korolko about what an hour of time is when the sun leaves us.
More than 6000 km from the Russian capital. The coast of the Chukchi Sea. The village of Enurmino. Getting here and getting back out is only a miracle. But if you ask questions, where is the real Chukotka after all? – the answer is obvious: here!
A film about the Russian writer Anatoly Gavrilov.
In this story, everyday objects have their own consciousness but humanity has no idea about it. Airat – a button that lives on a young man’s scarf – accidentally comes off and gets lost in the street. Since this moment, his incredible adventure begins, during which he gets acquainted with other lost and unwanted things, and even finds his love. Though things and people are very different, everyone wants to be needed and loved.
Dmitry is a Russian emigrant living in London with his wife and son. He is one of the most successful venture capitalists in the world. He has everything, but at 46 years and 7 months he realizes that one day he will die. Dmitry creates a fund investing in life-extension technologies.
Last year, Alexander Nezlobin had many turning points in his life: the transition from TNT to STS, mortgage, family and career in America. This and much more in a special hour-long concert “Riga-Moscow”.
The main characters fell in love with each other, but they can’t be left alone - they are always disturbed by someone or something.
A provincial town. The criminal boss is concerned about a series of minor terrorist attacks that have recently begun to accompany him. Suspecting that someone from his former entourage is behind this, the boss gives the command to attract a cleaner. This cleaner turns out to be a nice woman Vera, who enthusiastically takes up the search for a terrorist. Together with their friend — a cheerful dolt Dima — they will go through fire and water, and come out to Serge, the former partner of the boss, who has good reasons for revenge. Vera will understand and appreciate Serge, and there will be a situation uncontrolled by the boss, for the resolution of which he will be forced to equip a whole squad…
Follows the life of the people of Saratov in the 19th and 20th centuries.
He's been called a 'wonderful troublemaker', 'comet man' and 'the last hippy of the pink city'. Robert Sahakyants was a renowned Soviet and Armenian animator. He was a director, writer and artist who created animated films. Robert Sahakyants used his work to express his particular view of the world around him. His animated films feature constant movement, whirls of colour and myriad wonderful characters inspired by Armenia. Robert Sahakyants was a true patriot to his motherland. The love for his people drove Robert Sahakyants to openly criticise everything and everyone he disagreed with. He boldly spoke his mind about anything he found troubling, from political events to ugly sculptures in nearby houses. The film features recollections from Robert Sahakyants's friends and family.
A Jewish brothel owner attempts to become respectable by commissioning a Torah scroll and marrying off his daughter to a yeshiva student.
At the turn of 80-90, film director Alexei Yurievich German created a film workshop for the first film, which became famous for the paintings of young debutant directors, who later became famous masters. The film tells about how the Master selected talented directors, helped them take the first step and find themselves in the cinema. The TV version of the film.
6 minutes, 23 seconds from life of an actor
The biggest worlds are built one brick at a time.
A single and not so young poet living in Moscow suddenly discovers that his summerhouse was sold by crooks to two different people.
Passengers of a fixed-route taxi are in the power of one person, who intends to solve their problems with their help.
A story of love between a young soldier Sergey and a fellow officer Anna.
Set against the backdrop of major historical events of the 20th century – the revolution, the dissolution of the Russian Empire, wars, the Stalinist regime – this film tells the stories of people who lived in Perm in different years.
Winter of 1943. In the harsh, cold region from the Urals with her mother came a girl Olya. By the will of fate, she was left an orphan and ended up in an orphanage. In a strange land, she finds a friend, the boy Yakut Kesha Munkhalov. What will the fate of our heroes face?
Found footage short about oil.
After 8 years, 2 feature films, 1 album, the band is back together. Celebrate Ilya and his group of misfits as they perform a series of tracks in celebration of their history, from small beginnings to big time hotshot.
We all heard scary stories as children, but could you ever imagine that they might actually be true? Is that old, abandoned house really so lonely and soulless? What might be lurking in your basement, waiting for its moment to come?
A very close-to-life story showing that some closed doors hide much bigger mysteries than you can imagine and it's better to leave them unopened. "Mystery" is the part of Experiment 5IVE.
"If the end is the salvation of the soul, then the end justifies the means." Following the will of his spiritual father, in Soviet times he swore allegiance to the atheists, in the 90s he welcomed money changers in the church, and in the 2000s he turned the church into an ideological department serving the authorities, and all in order to achieve the main goal - the creation of a Russian Vatican, powerful and independent of Caesar's corporation. Like Vladimir Putin, he came as a Westerner and a modernist, and will leave as a guardian and reactionary. A film about the life and ministry of the sixteenth Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill.
A famous restaurateur came to celebrate the New Year to visit his "future". The girl, not knowing how to cook, but wanting to sell herself more expensive, asked her friend to cook something delicious. And disappear. But the deception failed.
A young man joins a heist group that has previously robbed him.
New film scripted by Aleksandr Gonorovsky
New project by Vincent Cespedes
Putin had been preparing his country for the big war long before it started. Since 2012, a series of repressive laws were passed, labelling everyone who publicly disagreed with the official narrative as „foreign agent“. In these circumstances, a group of independent Russian media and activists are trying to resist and continue their work. Right after the invasion their work becomes virtually impossible. Shot during one decisive year, before and after the invasion, the new film by fearless filmmaker Askold Kurov (The Trial - The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov) portrays the last defenders of democracy in Russia and gives a glimpse of hope for another future.
A Zoom work meeting unexpectedly went wrong. During the call, the boss discusses anti-crisis measures and motivates employees for labor feats, despite the pandemic. Subordinates, being in self-isolation, try to find a balance between work and personal life.
“Witch,” those who came for help yesterday throw after Pauline. Who is she, an evil sorceress or a kind, but not very happy woman? The young capital surgeon Dmitry arrives in a provincial town and here comes a real, deep feeling. He falls in love ... with a witch! Dmitry’s mother does everything to separate the lovers, and she succeeds. But on New Year's Eve a miracle happens: thanks to her gift, Pauline saves Dmitry's life. And now the Siren Siren is already heard, in which Polina and Dmitry ride, waiting for the birth of a child ...
1\2 – a poem about how they left me once. This person became for a very short time the one because of whom I stopped seeing my own world. All that remains is what he pointed out. He was an unearthly figure for me, which I wanted to touch with all my might. To be involved in his world. And when my desire became too strong, it was over. And I was left alone among nothing.
These images and sounds are poetic metaphors that transform “Elegy from Russia” into a document that provides a emotional–historical “memory bank” for all.
The life of elite chess players during a prestigious international tournament. Portraits of world Champions, their everyday humor and analysis of games played, interests in gay pride and classical music concerts. Behind the scenes of the beautiful world of chess, where people were able to keep the joy of the profession and communication.