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Parents ask their daughter to pretend to be her dead sister for her grandmother, who refuses to believe her younger sister is dead. This request becomes a test for the entire family.

The third part of Vyacheslav Ivanov's trilogy.

In St. Petersburg, in a house near the Neva, a father and son live. The father does not let go of the video camera. With her help, he keeps his "diaries", taking pictures at home and away, on the streets of the city and while traveling. Among the protagonists of his film are random passers-by, lonely old people, St. Petersburg bohemia, young people, friends and acquaintances of his son, former prisoners of the Mordovian camps. One day, not finding answers to important questions, the father decides to go to Jerusalem. For some time he and his son travel together, then part. In the life of the father, meanwhile, a serious change is coming.

The remote, abandoned, snow-swept Belarusian village of Lute. The last resident of this village, Valentina Kirillovna Shpakova, is celebrating the New Year.

As often happens, a relationship between a man and a woman, interrupted at the very takeoff, leaves the feeling that this was happiness itself.

Thirty-three heroes, led by the legendary warrior Ratibor, enter a mortal battle with the three-headed Serpent-Gorynych and the army of the Geeks led by Kashchei the Immortal, whose sole purpose is to destroy the human race and create his own world.

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

The film is based on the events of the 4th International Orthodox Music Festival held in Moscow in February, 1992. The Festival featured not only such famous works as Rakhmaninov's "The All Night Service" and "Liturgy" but also the first performance of the latest interpretations of ancient Russian songs and the sensational first performance of Sviridov's cycle of "spiritual songs".

A group of university students goes on an archaeological expedition into the mountains, where they find a rare gold mask.

The documentary tells about the Romanov family. It discusses versions about the possible salvation of the imperial family, tells about impostors who consider themselves descendants of Nicholas II, and the film also touches on the fate of the regicides.

The story of a young guy, child of migrants from Central Asia. He is fond of rap and wants to go to the USA. On the other hand, his father wants to return him to traditions and love for his nationality.

We see a number of vessels containing various scents, graphically represented as plants, animals or abstract figures. The vessels open one by one and reveal their scents.

Second stand-up concert by Kostya Pushkin.

Interactive map of the cultural and social life of the regions. The team of the educational project "Open University" went on an expedition around the country to learn about the activities of Russians outside the capitals, from million-plus cities to villages and outskirts. The central theme of the Maps of Russia is civil society. The focus is on personal initiatives that can transform the environment, a rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Pskov, computer literacy lessons in Karelian in a village near Petrozavodsk, a program to save 19th-century port warehouses from demolition organized in Nizhny Novgorod.

The main character is a participant in the first Chechen war. He reads a story dedicated to his comrade in arms. A vision comes to the hero during the reading of each letter. Now war, death, love take on peculiar images. After he finishes reading, he leaves the room and finds himself in a cemetery with unmarked graves. Next to him is a Chechen with a severed ear. Men have a short dialogue before they disappear.

Four characters sing while on an animated odyssey in a yellow spaceship. Through their adventures they explore the idea of how western culture and media had begun to permeate Armenia in the 90's and 00's. While romanticizing classic Armenian folklore and, to an extent, the Soveit era in Armenia. The era in which director Robert Sahakyants lived most of his life.

About days of St. Petersburg art in the city of Graz, Austria, which was the cultural capital of Europe in 2003.

Businessman Sergei Andronov and his housekeeper were shot dead in their apartment. At the same time, Andronov's younger brother, 35—year-old Andrey, an autistic and brilliant mathematician, was in one of the rooms of the apartment and may have seen the killer. Olga Barkovskaya helps the investigation, with whom Andrey communicates through mathematical formulas. Andrei himself, the wife of the murdered Albin, a former friend Ilya Riman, and the husband of the murdered housekeeper Stukalov fall under suspicion.

The story of the cunning Fox and how he was punished for his cunning.

A story of several film school students during summer workshop in Yerevan. A journey that begins as a student trip turns into a search for love, friendship and magic.

This story is about a simple village boy and two capricious twin boys who, during the New Year holidays, find themselves in the disappearing icy world of old Chishaan. It would seem that fate itself gave them a chance to touch the magic and save the country of Odon, but what if you need to do the impossible-to love and believe…

A great stage performer falls ill and loses her voice and beauty, and she and her admirer's lives crumble because of it.

A team of talented and cheerful people have come together to realize an ambitious idea – to create giant puppets of Russian writers. The process of bringing the puppets to life takes on the character of an unusual experiment, going beyond the traditional craft of puppet theater. The writers’ first journey ends in a completely unexpected way, forcing their creators to see their creations in a new way…

A story about Soviet director Alexander Askoldov and his first and only feature film, The Commissar.

The night subway is fraught with many secrets and events.

In November 2018, Lesha Kvashonkin traveled with a one-hour program on a short tour. This solo concert was recorded at the last two concerts at the HopHead bar in St. Petersburg.

In this large family, everybody yearns for sex: both teenagers and adults. Inna is around 50, she is a well-known midwife and a specialist in soft labor. Despite her achievements, Inna feels unhappy. After a difficult divorce, four children support the mother, until one day there appears a mysterious lover who calls her on a journey. The heroine starts emergency fees, but not all issues can be resolved quickly and easily: Inna will have to endure the bureaucracy, the impassable stupidity of the small clerks, and most importantly, the condemnation of her children.

The Filippov family live in the north of Russia, far from civilisation. Despite the lack of modern conveniences, they live in harmony with nature, create art, support and understand each other like no other people in this world.

In To My Women Friends, revealing interviews with six Russian lesbians convey the joys and hardships of being a lesbian in the former Soviet Union. The six women are interviewed separately, but splices of party/meeting scenes show a vital and strong community. While Tatjana speaks hesitantly about her sexuality, believing it to be a private matter, Muchabat charmingly flirts with the filmmaker. This fascinating documentary touches on a range of issues including women's prisons, transsexuality, lesbian and gay community organizing (the Wings Association, a lesbian group), coming out and homophobia. Under article 121 (which criminalizes homosexuality) lesbians and gay men in the former Soviet Union faced the threat of imprisonment, blackmail, government harassment and family rejection.

An auteur essay on the fear of authorship.

Short film by actress Anastasia Kuimova.

The first stand-up special by Kristina Bitkulova was recorded on August 20, 2021 at Stage Stand Up Club, St. Petersburg. Please note: concert contains two or three expletives. If this is offensive to you, I apologize.

A lonely man imprisoned in prison sculpts human figures out of clay and imagines himself to be their merciful god

75 years old Hamlet is the head of a big Armenian family. He lives alone and every year he cooks a traditional Armenian dish Harisa for his anniversary. And this time he cooked Harisa and is waiting for the children to visit. Finally, the family is assembled, toasts are sounded, but grandfather has planned the unexpected - something that everyone knows about, but no one believes in.

Black and white story, two colors - two heroes: a young man who spends one night in a communal apartment, collecting bit by bit memories from childhood, and a girl who finds herself in the next room in search of her lost past.

The shadow of your smile, when you are gone. A teardrop kissed your lips and so did I.

The painting tells about the difficult process of rehearsals under the guidance of a conductor.

A film about a man who is disillusioned with his life.

The poet Roald Mandelstam lived in postwar Leningrad. He was seriously ill from childhood, rarely left his house, and knew his life would be short. His visitors included the composer Isaac Schwartz and a painters that would come to be known as the "Arafiev circle," a group of independent artists working outside of official oversight. After 50 years, a fresco was discovered under the wallpaper in his communal apartment...

In a small modern city, a game called "Mad racing quest" begins. All the residents of the city receive messages in social. networks to participate in the game. The winner receives the money. The criminal situation is increasing dramatically. There is a series of murders and car accidents. The FSB and the Interior Ministry are trying hard to prevent the growing chaos in the city. The game includes young people, Anton and Zhenya, who are opposed to greedy money local crime. The organizers of the game, using the excitement of players, begin to punch them with their foreheads. The quest become more complicated with each passing day, and the money prize increases. Only at the end of the game, the young people who have reached the end realize that this whole game is a trap, the purpose of which is to search for people capable of solving a complex puzzle. However, having solved it, they become unnecessary witnesses. Now their life is under threat.

Comedy animated creation about the amazing adventures of Khmel, on the way to the ancient history of bakery products

Mitrofan Aksenov is a genius who anticipated the most important and influential scientific discovery of the twentieth century — the theory of relativity.

The film is set in the Tunkinskaya Valley. Successful businessman Vyacheslav returns to his small homeland, to take his mother with him. That she lived with him in the city. The mother's reluctance to move, everyday problems force Vyacheslav to stay longer. With each new day, he sees and personally faces the problems of rural life. Will he be able to unwind the tangle of unsolved problems or will he leave everything as it is? You will see in our film.

March of mothers on rainy Moscow in defense of girls from the "New Greatness" Anna Pavlikova and Maria Dubovik and their transfer from a pre-trial detention center under house arrest.

A funny tale about how, thanks to a sheep in a state of panic, animals cold with cold: the wolf, the fox, the bear, the sheep, the squirrels and the frog, gathered under the same roof of a small Izba, warmed up and became friends.

A young caterpillar yearns to fly like the butterflies and birds, but cannot launch himself high enough to do so ... until a couple start playing badminton nearby.

The eternal tragic conflict of a genius and a tyrant in power. The heroes of the film are the inventor of the aircraft and the Chinese emperor, who ordered his execution. The emperor was afraid of the possibility of using the aircraft for military purposes and ordered the courtiers to keep this secret.

Pasha has just come back from the army. Misha is evading mobilization. akin in their loneliness they have no luck meeting each other.

The scientist is immersed in observing the clouds. He counts their number, measures the distance from them to the earth, weighs the water of which they consist. The scientist does the work clearly, in good faith, honestly. But everything changes when a cloud appears that does not fit into its graphs and tables.