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Irakli Kvirikadze is an outstanding, internationally recognized screenwriter and director. He has changed his ninth decade, but lives the life of a very young man: he travels, brings up a preschooler son and helps his wife, artist and director Tom Stenko, in his work. The family spends most of their time in Goa, and it was there that Irakli, a brilliant storyteller, found time to share the amazing stories of his life.
A film about a village with the poetic name Svetlana, which is located two hours from St. Petersburg. It was built by volunteers more than twenty-five years ago for people with disabilities of physical and mental development, doomed to special psycho-neurological boarding schools of a closed type. Many of them, before they got to the village, could not connect even two words, they sat at home, within four walls. Svetlana avoids the words "disabled" or "sick", preferring to call such people "guys". They do not do miraculous healings and special trainings here, the diagnosis is not important here. Here the children simply create the conditions for a normal human life. Healthy and sick communicate on an equal footing, work together, put on performances and run a joint household. Disabled people do not feel sick and flawed. Everyone is equal here. The shooting of the film lasted about 13 years.
The main character of the film is Alexey Avdeev, a well–known artist in the Far East, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, the author of hundreds of canvases and a participant in dozens of exhibitions in Russia and abroad. The artist now defines his main mission in life in short – to teach people to see the beautiful. According to the master, there was a time when he fussed, ran, tried to grab more.
The film, based on archival travel notes by the foreman of the Soviet reindeer husbandry and the video diary of a modern reindeer herder, tells about cultural traditions and innovations among the Kamchatka Evens, a small ethnic group of the Russian Far East.
The documentary "The Fate of Man" is about veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
A little boy walks around a small world and meets his first love. The flowers are blooming.
More recently, Palekh was known worldwide. Now it is rare if a modern resident of Russia remembers at least in which region of his country Palekh is located. How did this happen? Does the city with the highest density of artists per square meter deserve oblivion? And by the way, is it a city at all? The heroes of the film are two local residents who will tell about their understanding of the Russian hinterland and the creative atmosphere that still has not left Palekh.
This is an abstract comic story about a wake, drinking, and rethinking and overcoming death.
An autobiographical story about one day and one meeting in St. Petersburg.
According to the good old tradition, on New Year's Eve, lights are lit everywhere, so that their heat is enough for the whole next year. However, someone will be too warm...
The film is shot in episodes, as an animated jam by several artists and animators.
A study on the topic of motherhood.
Documentary-poetic film about the life of the poet and front-line soldier Boris Abramovich Slutsky.
At 235 kilometers from Omsk, in the heart of Siberia, there is a seemingly ordinary village of Okunevo. For the last 20 years, it has been one of the main places of attraction for believers of various religions - from Hindus to Old Believers and Muslims.
A film about mother and son.
This is an insight into unconscious state of mind. Through the story of Afghanistan war on Soviet side veteran who is working at the ship and experiences problems with aggression and through the ancient world that shows the true essence of war - from its birth to the the tragical consequences. The history repeating - the archetypes of war inside humanity.
Young Peter I with his unbridled energy, burning desire to learn everything by himself, goes to Europe. Bold, bold, determined, he takes on the construction of the fleet. And the sea is knee-deep!
The informational video shows an alternative way to travel: how to find an interesting program and become a volunteer, and what those who have already participated in such programs tell you about it.
Two young Directors are trying to make a cartoon about love. However, in the process of creation, they can not stop at any of the stories they have invented. As a result, the story of love does not add up, but it turns out something completely different, namely, "cartoon".
Rain wants to learn how to fly. This is a story about a poet who gives himself to everyone.
About the life of four feminists living in Bashkiria and holding completely different views. What are they fighting for? Why are they opposed to each other and to the society in which they live? The film as an occasion to reflect and rethink your experience, regardless of what beliefs you are used to following.
Gas comes to a distant village. But the village is already full - with its natural sounds...
Children answer the question, what is Russia. A difficult question, interesting and laid-back answers, developing into a kind of letter to future descendants.
Alina, Olga, Marina, Natalia, Alena and Vesta, like many other women, dreamed about love and family. However, their dreams didn’t come true. The women were in danger after divorces. The documentary shows the problem of family kidnapping, which is so often ignored in Russia.
This story is about Pasha, a musician from the city of Ryazan. How music changes the reality of his life and un-limits the opportunities.
Short movie about the amateur racer, who is going to be the first racer from russia who took part in one of the toughest race in the world.
The film consists of three short stories - three stories. Styopa, Volodya and Maliki. Each of the guys has their own problems, dreams and goals. And the only thing that unites them is that they are young.
A poetic film essay on the music of the composer Peter Yudkin. The film is based on childhood memories: images of people, forgotten places and fairy tales accidentally pop up in memory and create a sleepy, surreal world in which events are distorted under the gaze of a child.
New film by Danil Tikhomirov
One of the symbols of musical Moscow, the heart of the Great Hall of the Conservatory, is the historic organ of Cavaillé-Coll. It was created in the 19th century, and was first heard in 1900 - at the World Exhibition in Paris, where it represented Russia and won the Grand Prix. A year later, the instrument was installed at the conservatory. Since then, he had to go through a lot of events that undermined his health: wars, revolutions, flooding ... Restoration, carried out in 2014-2016, revived the creation of the French master Aristide Kawaye-Call to life. The film, created on the basis of unique filming inside an organ, demonstrates the restoration process and offers to look at the instrument as a living organism - a breathing giant with a thousand voices.
New film by Ilya Tikhanovich
Video mysteria «Ray’ok» is part of the exhibition of the same name.The title of the work sends the viewer to the folk theater, Rayok. This is a wooden fairground box with the views of other countries inside and the latest world news. In fact, such a theater with paper panoramas was a prototype of TV and the Internet. On the other hand, the spelling of the name «Rayok» refers to a network slang in which the anglicisms interlace with Russian words. Six fictional characters in turn perform small musical numbers, running away from the viewer. In the end, they gather in the last frame on an improvised forest scene.
They make a documentary about suicide to answer the question, why life is worth living, and fall in love with each other. Six months later, he will commit suicide, and she will try to make him the main character of the film, adding the footage of accidentally captured moments, phrases and jokes. As a result, the film becomes a reflection on the healing nature of art— the creation of the film becomes for the author a kind of psychotherapy.
The bell is the only musical instrument used by the Orthodox church, and its connection with the Russian spiritual culture is incredibly strong. In 2016, popular techno-producer and DJ Philipp Gorbachev had been trained by a bell-ringing master and later became the bell ringer at the St. Nicholas Church in Aksinino. Being influenced by Peter Mamonov, Moscow-based electronic musician believes in the spirituality of the Russian dance floor. This film is an attempt to reflect it through the prayerful experience of the modern bell-ringer, who hides the red mechanic jumpsuit, Gorbachev’s usual clothes for sets, under the monastic robe. Following Philip, the camera tries to find and capture in detail the fragile atmosphere in which the sound of bells becomes a source of divine revelation and turns people into brothers and sisters.
