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An animation film from the cycle "Children's Album XXI century".

Spring is a time of love, lightness and endorphins. But the spring of 2020 turned out to be very different, isolating us from each other. The Vesna project tells 14 stories about people who, like all of us, found themselves in quarantine, but were able to learn something important and valuable from this experience. Moscow promoter Andrey Algorithmik, who self-isolated himself in the Powerhouse club he founded; Tbilisi gallerist Giorgi Rodionov, who started recording a podcast about dreams; sex blogger Alina Shikut, who launched an online course about accepting your body; a Director who went to a remote village, and a famous photographer who takes pictures of empty Moscow-14 documentary sketches add up to a General portrait of an optimist in quarantine: after all, spring is also a time of renewal.

Many myths, stories and traditions are associated with the lime tree, going back to the Middle Ages, Celtic times and as far back as Ancient Greece. In Russia, the story goes, that on discovering his lover's infidelity, landowner Pavel Kazantsev was so heartbroken that he could not forgive Anastasia's disloyalty and buried her alive. He planted a lime tree to mark the spot where she lay, and years later villagers still go to the tree to ask Anastasia for help, particularly in affairs of the heart. Marina is the wife of a successful businessman also coincidentally called Pavel Kazantsev. One day, after a family quarrel, Pavel takes Marina to their country house where she discovers that Oleg has a lover - Anastasia. Marina soon learns about the legend of Anastasia's tree from the local villagers. The coincidence with names is disturbing, but a worse discovery is still to come.

The elephant is friends with the spider. It's probably a funny friendship, but the moment an Elephant gets into trouble, it turns out that a big friend can be the smallest.

Student short film by Pavel Korolko, shot during the second year of Sergei Solovyov’s workshop at VGIK.

Lovelace Petr arrives for a housewarming party in a new house with his parents, where he meets Polina and falls in love with her. The girl is not affected by the tricks of the young man, which he always used in relation to others. Peter is perplexed and uses all possible ways to achieve her location. Everything is complicated by the sudden arrival of a strange type, who claims to have come to his aunt and this house of their family. When good-natured tenants let him in to find out what is happening, he tells them that there is an old treasure in the wall of the house.

In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg’s masterpiece Wozzeck conducted by Teodor Currentzis. Dmitri Cherniakov’s aim with this bold, sensitive transposition was “to highlight the hidden sorrows of a late twentieth-century man dwelling in a megalopolis.”

A film about the drama of a talented doctor who fell into a chain of tragic accidents - the death of his wife, psychological trauma that led to the loss of his voice, imprisonment, his daughter's drug addiction and a suicide attempt - but who found the strength to turn the tide, not lose heart and save himself, his daughter and granddaughter .

The film is dedicated to the 125th anniversary A.E. Kulakovsky's poem "Shaman's Dream". The language and images of cinema convey the poet's foresight about future events in Russia and in the world.

As long as the fans live, hope won't die. They are fans of the hockey Lokomotiv from Yaroslavl. People forever loyal to the club. Hockey players' wives, stadium staff, young athletes and fan movement veterans who have been singing in the stands for several decades. In honor of the opening of the new season of the Kontinental Hockey League, the army of Lokomotiv fans is sent to Minsk for the first match of the tournament to support the team. None of them knows that this trip will change everyone's life forever, and the tragedy that will happen to Lokomotiv will divide the sports world into “before” and “after”.

Concert du 25 octobre 2013 à Bâle en Suisse. Avo Session

Nicolas Bersen is a Frenchman with Russian roots. He lives in Paris and works as a toy seller. Neither the mother nor the French bride - the daughter of the Parisian confectionery "king" - disapprove of Nicolas's extravagance, because the Sorbonne education allows him to make an excellent career in business. Before Christmas, Nicolas travels to Russia to learn more about her background. Who could have imagined that this trip would change his life? In Russia, he is going to get the adventure, family treasures, and ... true love.

Lesha Shultes, a pickpocket, leads the ordinary life of an average urban creature. The only extraordinary thing about Shultes is that he carries a little notebook with him and notes down everything. This minimalist drama of a 'small man' in a metropolis delivers an existential message with a distinct Russian flavour.

Oleg is a regular office clerk. His days are grey and almost identical. Taking care of his small son has become passive pandering to a capricious child. But Oleg leads a double life — he is hooked on stimulants, an interest he shares with his mistress. He buys the drugs through the Darknet and regularly picks up the stashes. The story follows him on another quest for synthetic emotions, but this time Oleg has no idea what’s coming for him.

Unlucky girl Lisa hates the New Year — every time on the eve of the holiday she has a variety of troubles. But one day a stranger appears who claims that he is Santa Claus's secretary. A young man who introduced himself as Timofey promises that he will fulfill any New Year's wish of Lisa, and she makes up her mind to celebrate the New Year with her beloved man. The problem is that Lisa does not have one, and the requirements for the future groom are very high. Tim is determined, because it is very important for him to fulfill Lisa's wish before the New Year. So, the selection of suitable candidates begins!

Alexander’s grandfather, Nikolay, was an acclaimed soviet inventor and often gave the boy lessons in radio engineering. Nikolay’s last wish was just as extraordinary as the life he led: he asked Alexander to create a digital copy of himself in a robotic body. And so the grandson’s quest began…

Nikolay visits his grandmother for the first time in several years. Watching them meet, we discover the thoughts and memories that are inside each of us.

Winter of 1945. The Soviet Army is conducting a successful offensive in East Prussia. A new addition is coming to the reconnaissance company — young guys without combat experience. Everyone understands perfectly well that there is very little left until the end of the war, and the command decides to gather them into one department and leave them in the rear, in a small estate where a German family lives.

Sakhalin is a distant island. It is swept away by April snowstorms, and if you leave there, then forever. And if you stay, then for good and for great love. Masha turns thirty, and she still hasn't left. And she still hasn't stayed. She can't decide. Or decide.

The story tells an artist working on the wall in a construction place which may make you think of your life.

Igor is an evening school student who is in love with his teacher Inna Vitalievna. She has a family that is on the verge of collapse. Igor, who has just returned from the army, forces Inna to take a fresh look at life...

Birthday of the head of the family. Everyone is going to their home. I wonder what will come of this?

Alexander Alekseev, Alyosha, Alfeoni ... artist, animator, inventor. The author of "Night on Bald Mountain" — one of the most mysterious films in the history of animation and the inventor of a unique device — a needle screen . He did the first color commercials and the prologue to the Orson Welles film "The Trial". He made dreams come true and subordinated reality to his own imagination.

The film is about the legendary singer of the early 90s, the soloist of the Yakut rock band Ai-tal Stepan Semenov, who passed away at the peak of fame at the age of 28. Archival footage, memories of friends and relatives are intertwined with personal experiences and creative search of the singer's daughter, Saisara Kuo.

Mass protests across Belarus erupted following the widely disputed election that put President Lukashenko in office for a sixth term. Three Belarusian filmmakers document personal stories of people caught up in the political turmoil. Filmmaker Maksim Shved was arrested, imprisoned and then released while the protests around him swelled. Meanwhile, Ekaterina Markavets observes the psychological burden of her fellow citizens and worked with professional psychologists to set up a volunteer support service for people affected by current events. Andrei Kutsila followed a celebrated Belarusian broadcast journalist who worked for State TV for nearly 40 years, now in hospital recovering from injuries she sustained while at a protest. All three filmmakers wonder what the future holds for their country and fellow citizens.

A soldier returns from the army with his young wife. A local heartbreaker and a drunkard, an imposing man who does not care about anything, takes a fancy to her. He draws the young man into his company, and one evening the wife finds her spouse drowned in a puddle. After some time, she offers the heartbreaker to drink champagne together (and he has previously made her very explicit offers) and tries to kill him, but instead gets a fatal stabbing herself.

'Sometimes people ask me how I can still be alive. It is a miracle', Anna Politskovkaya says to filmmaker Eric Bergkraut. For Letter to Anna he has used images from a film he had planned to make; a film about the human rights journalist who put her life on the line through her critical writings of the Russian government. The material that Bergkraut collected has been used in this film to reconstruct the events which led to the murder of Politskovkaya. As well as a reconstruction, the film is a portrait of a tireless fighter for justice, and a sketch of corrupt and merciless Russian politics. Interviews with Politskovkaya are intertwined with archival footage and conversations with family members, colleagues and other political activists.

In the film, everyone talks about A. S. Pushkin and everyone has their own story related to a real episode from the poet's life.

Mom and her children leaf through the family photo album and reminisce.

A documentary almanac consisting of 5 short stories revealing the wonderful world of Sakhalin Island and its inhabitants. The film tells human stories through the eyes of young filmmakers who visited the island for the first time. The main characters of the novels are representatives of different professions. The documentary filmmakers lived for several days in a fishing camp remote from settlements, captured the peculiarities of oil production in the Okhinsky district, visited Tyuleniy Island, got acquainted with the dynasty of miners in Uglegorsk and explored the village of Douai, from there the settlement of the island began.

A young boy falls in love with his school teacher and desperately tries to attract her attention. Very soon the teacher shows an interest in this boy and realizes, that he stands out in a crowd. She feels something…but it’s not to the boy’s classmates liking. This can’t continue. This story describes the possibility of high and chaste feelings between people of different ages and shows, how these feelings can transform a person, making it better.

In ancient times, wizards fought each other for ancient artifacts that gave them power over the world. Many of them died in battle. And one of them, the Wizard, spent many centuries searching for the relics. In our days, schoolgirl Sonya accidentally discovers the artifacts, not knowing about their magical power. Without wanting it, the girl becomes a sorceress, not yet guessing what danger awaits her.

A body washes up on the shore. Everyone, except the child, sees loved ones in the drowned woman who are no longer alive. Alone with the heroes, the drowned woman comes to life. After each meeting with the dead woman, people feel worse physically, but they are not ready to give up this communication. Will the heroes be able to let go of the past?

The film was shot in the period from spring to winter 2021 in the vicinity of the village of Luzhitsy, which is located in the west of the Leningrad region. It was during this period that the natural and social landscape of these places began to change catastrophically due to the grandiose industrial development. The situation especially affects the Volga region, a small people with a thousand-year history who survived wars, revolutions and the Stalinist era.

Anna - an ordinary woman 35 years old. She works in a small office, she is divorced, single mother with a son. Repeated attempts to arrange a personal life and find a good father to the boy came to nothing. One day, returning home, the main character accidentally witnesses a politician's assassination.

Newsreels were one of the most powerful tools of Soviet propaganda. They also make up a significant part of the state film archives. In the newsreels, the recent past presents itself as a monolith of silent images, firmly stitched together by the narrator's voice and soundtrack subtly playing the viewer's feelings. It is exactly this original sound that the artist suggests to detach from. Just two or three minutes long episodes retain the original montage, which was meant to follow the upbeat narration. Flickering images of the past, which perhaps can only become enchanting to us today by revealing their muteness.

This is a documentary about the similarities of old people and children and, for different reasons, how they see the world in the same way and believe in miracles. Each of these "children" needs love and attention.

A musical fantasy about the awakening of nature from hibernation, about the release of a hero from his “little world” into a world full of beauty and adventure.

A groundskeeper tries to get rid of two stray dogs.

This film features two Russian communist politicians. Being committed Leninists; both of them have served several terms as city council members. Their horizons are broad, but what concerns them the most is the future of global communism. At one point, by decree of fate, their booming activities begin to expand far beyond the boundaries of their native St. Petersburg and the Russian Federation. However, the future of global communism remains unclear. What remains clear is the fact that in the modern world the tail still wags the dog. A documentary comedy.

With this poetic collection of photos, news footage, and home movies, filmmaker Mikhail Zheleznikov takes stock of his childhood in the USSR and post-Soviet St. Petersburg.

10 minutes to stay alive. 10 minutes to compose an alibi. 10 minutes to be smarter than everyone else.

A surreal film with a Freudian theme.

Young girl finds herself locked in empty apartment without food, water and any ways to contact the world outside. After useless attempts to get away she realises the one and only answer to her sufferings: long time ago in this very apartment the other person used to suffer as well. Because of her.

The convicts of the female penal-colony Marina, Olya and Albina are waiting to be released. To pass the time they decide to make puppets, sew them and stage a small performance.

The story is about a different perception of time. The main character is rushing forward while the crowd is frozen waiting for the green light of the traffic light.

The vast territories beside the Pinega river in northwest Russia are covered by woods and inhabited by more wild animals than people, besides a few villages who live mostly from the forests, fishing, and gardening. Society here can only be described as a matriarchy, where beliefs, spells, and traditional rituals are passed down the female line. Musical contributions from village residents serve as a leitmotif for the film: unsteady renditions of old songs that reveal performances belonging to a distant past. The population of these communities has aged considerably — but the place itself is timeless.

A psychological thriller by Svetlana Drozdova about a painful breakup. To go or to stay... To continue the torture or to let go... To walk the same circle or to live on... Everyone decides for themselves.

A documentary about an unpredictable and exciting night when a simple birthday party turns into a chaotic adventure. The main character, Maxim, finds himself in the center of events when excessive amounts of alcohol and heated emotions take over. From funny situations to moments when it seems like everything will get out of control, the film captures the dynamics of friendship, fun and unexpected turns that can happen when a celebration becomes a real test for everyone present.

June 1941. Two young village boys are taken by surprise by the outbreak of war. One of them receives a summons to the draft board, although he is not at all eager to go to the front. Another boy, an ardent Komsomol member goes to the militia voluntarily. Accelerated military courses, broken first love - and a platoon of militia with our friends find themselves on the edge of the impending German armada ... The test by fire will show who is who ...