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After leaving prison, Oleg meets his overly sensitive little brother Pasha and tries to meet his father as soon as possible. On the way from the station to his house, Oleg begins to realize that Pasha hides something from him.

Grandmother loves and is waiting for her relatives. And relatives come. A little strange, but only at first glance.

An actor is starring in a television serial. He has put before himself an ambi- tious task and plays the role applying all his skills. His eagerness finds no reso- nance among his colleagues. When the actor decides on a desperate act, he faces the realities of production.

Nina lives with a seriously ill father and works on the psychological helpline. She has a little time between visits of doctors and conversations with unstable teens to watch the boys who are chasing the ball in the yard. Their liveliness is the complete opposite of her routine existence. She tries to escape from the darkness with the help of one of them.

On a remote island, Mavrina lives and works as a lighthouse keeper. She is very lonely, but one day, Mavrina finds herself with a son who brings meaning to her life. However, just as fate can be unpredictable, it can also take away our gifts. Our film explores themes of loneliness, love, the twists of fate, and the sacrifices made by mothers.

Varvara Shcherbakova is bright, charismatic, incredibly funny! I wrote it all about myself.… They often write to me: "You show people so funny!" So I decided it was time to take all these "people" and unite!

Father Herman serves at the Nikolskaya Church in Taganrog. He regularly visits refugee centers for those fleeing Ukraine, offering comfort and support. Pavel, who grew up in an orphanage, is one of the displaced people living there, hoping to start a new life in Taganrog. Father Herman believes his charges will eventually return home, while Pavel aims to build a new future.

In 1964, an unknown provincial actor Anatoly Solonitsyn arrives in Moscow in the film crew of the film "Andrei Rublev" and offers himself to the main rod. The Khudsovet, headed by Mikhail Romm, urged Tarkovsky to abandon the dubious candidacy. Turning to specialists in ancient Russian literature and spreading out the photo tests of numerous candidates, Tarkovsky asked: "What face could be the face of Andrei Rublev?". Everyone pointed at Solonitsyn.

Incredible phantasmagoria of merry-go-round people, who are usually called the dregs of society . The clip of the band "Holy Hares" ("Inflatable pistol"). Vocalist Slava Martov.

In Fatalist, a man tries in vain to escape from his fate, while a woman wrestles with the discovery of hers: she is looking for her double and realises that her fate is inextricably linked with that of her other self. In the end, both worlds come together and stare their fate in the eye.

On New Year's Eve, the sisters decide to go back to the past.

A long summer day of the 80th year in a provincial town begins with an equally long queue for sausage. The boy and his friend are walking around the city, watching a popular movie and after the session they encounter local hooligans. In the evening, the boy sits in the yard, mentally reliving the past day, not suspecting that today he has grown up.

A story about the adventure of a little star on New Year's Eve.

The father of the six-year-old Kolya is a criminal; he does not live with his family and only sometimes takes his little son out into nature. As he is still very young, the boy does not understand: he is completely enamoured with his father and imitates him in his own way, thus defending his love. For the spectator this is a drama; for the boy a dream — light and sincere.

From 1961 to 1995, Alexander Sokurov kept a personal diary, recording both important events and everyday trivia. Now these candid recordings are taking on a new life in a large-scale five-hour documentary, intertwined with footage from iconic films of that era. This is not just the autobiography of a famous director, but a personal look at the history of the second half of the 20th century, full of reflections and observations.

The heroes of the picture - poets, composers, sponsors and murderers - come together at the House of Culture. Some - to celebrate the New Year, a killer nicknamed Violinist - to remove the businessman Kishechnikov, and Kostya from the sanitary epidemiological station - to send to eternal rest the dog Moo-moo. Such an accumulation of people in one place inevitably leads to confusion ...

The film tells about a refined beauty with sad eyes Irina Metlitskaya, who was one of the most sought-after young actresses of Russian theater and cinema in 1980-1990.

Sometimes what is hidden behind someone else's computer screen can become a terrible and tragic ending to someone's family life.

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 person runs away from pursuers, and he manages to escape. But that does not mean that he is now safe.

The action of the film is built on Macbeth's thought process, in which he again goes through past events. This happens after the death of Macbeth, when the brain is still alive in the last seconds of life, and the person is still in the cage of his mind for some time. Is this happening in Macbeth's head or is it part of the thought process of each of us?

A tale about two riot police officers searching the forest for the body of their fellow soldier, hoping he would tell them who killed him.

Ion Degen. The legendary Soviet tanker, an outstanding doctor, the author of one of the most famous poems about the war, written by him at the age of 19 at the front. Yes, he had to destroy enemies, but he was a soldier. One of the best warriors in that terrible war who defended their homeland. Listening to this man, you begin to understand that our generation and his generation speak different languages.

Papa Srapa is the main shaman of the Russian avant-garde sound. Noise musician known for his insane, mind-blowing noise performances. An artist and inventor who creates completely unpredictable synthesizers, each of which is a unique object of art. Surprisingly, it is the USSR that is the birthplace of industrial music. Back in the 1920s, Dziga Vertov recorded musical compositions from the sounds of a sawmill, and Arseny Avraamov created a symphony entirely consisting of the sounds of the city: factory whistles, whistling steam and the sounds of aircraft. With this film, we want to introduce to the world a modern representative of a century-old underground tradition who has dedicated his life to noise, performance and synthesis.

A young American, born in Crimea and adopted by a family from the United States in 1993, returns home for the first time in 25-odd years to meet her long-lost family and find out the details of her difficult past.

The subject of this documentary short is Andrei Dolinin, a 56-year-old man with autism.

The girl's house burned to the ground. A secret postman brings her things, which someone carefully put in an old suitcase. Attached to it is a letter with the address of the house. The girl gets dressed, takes a suitcase and goes to the specified address. Along the way she meets the Guide. An ominous raven sits on his shoulder. A guide accompanies her to a mysterious house. At first glance, the house turns out to be an amazing place, but at the most unexpected moment the spirits wake up and take the form of old things, forgotten by everyone... A frightened girl runs out into the street in a panic. Finally she finds a bar with the windows on fire. The bar only seems safe at first glance... She finds it difficult to get along with ghosts in an old house, in an old city, in someone's past. For what? Real Home is always inside!

During his tour in 2023 with the program "Mosquito Net", Eugene simultaneously gave performances in small bars. It was the bar program that became the main theme of this concert.

Giuseppe Verdi based his famous opera on the novel “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas. Robert Wilson’s production of Violetta Valéry’s tragic fate is his first work at the State Theater of Linz, Austria, one of the most modern operatic stages in Europe by architect Terry Pawson. After the run in Linz, the production was transferred to the Opera House in Perm, Russia, where the production was conducted by Teodor Currentzis. In 2017, the work received a “Golden Mask”, the most prestigious Russian theater award, in three categories (Teodor Currentzis, Best Conductor; Nadezhda Pavlova, Best Female Singer; Robert Wilson, Best Lighting Design).

For us, Beslan ended 10 years ago, for them it has just begun. On September 1, 2004, the four heroines of the film lost everything, and the world learned about the existence of the North Ossetian city of Beslan. In a few months, they will create a committee of the "Mother of Beslan" to fight for an honest investigation of the terrorist attack at school No. 1. At first, they did not allow the dilapidated school to be razed to the ground, then they knocked out money for the treatment and rehabilitation of hundreds of victims, blocked roads, clashed with the investigation — but none of them expected that this would drag on for many years, and hope for justice would melt much faster. Rodion Chepel's film "The Committee"- this is a private story of four women, which turns into a political thriller, a judicial drama, or a chronicle of merciless indifference. The heroines of this film have never been silent. We just didn't listen to them—or didn't want to hear them.

Academic work of 4th courses of training of Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop).

A young girl and her robot find themselves in a documentary musical fairy tale of the Altai Mountains.

The turning point for Russia is 1991. Exiled from the country, writer, dissident and human rights activist Georgiy Vladimov found himself in a forced, joyless emigration in Niedernhausen. Later, Vladimov will begin writing a novel in three parts, "Long Way to Tipperary," which, according to the plan, would cover the period from August 1946 to August 1991. But he will have time to write only the first part, where he will again and again return to the almost unconscious childish act of one day in August 1946. On that blurry day in memory, cadet-Suvorov student Zhora Vladimov went to support the disgraced writer Mikhail Zoshchenko.

Plagued by insomnia and tired of life, a foreigner named Stefan (40-45) arrives in a small border town in western Russia. He rents a room from an elderly local woman who lives in a dilapidated building scheduled for demolition. She disappears without ever taking the rent money. Soon he meets the elusive, enigmatic Maya (35-45) and tries to get to know her better. As the two find themselves in the territory of Love, the dark shadows of Their past gradually come creeping into the light.

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.

Rock is music for young people. Nick Rock-n-Roll, the protagonist of the film, doesn’t agree with it all. He’s 48 years old and as during his youth he still feels music deeply and looking for something special, unusual, which is out of stereotypes and mainstream. This film is about immersion in a world of new independent rock-music in Russia. Dipping into it Nick Rock-n-Roll remembers his own life, analyzing the nature of his passionate love to rock. His eternal search allows Nick not to feel his age that’s why it is necessary for him always to slake his thirst. Features four independent bands: Bosch's With You, Last Tanks in Paris (П.Т.В.П.), Deti Picasso, Salvador

Over the past 9 years, the Ukrainian government has adopted numerous laws facilitating organ transplantation. In 2021, the Ukrainian parliament approved law 5831, stipulating Ukrainians, including children, can become organ donors posthumously without their notarised consent and without relatives’ consent.

The hero of the picture decides to fall back to his native roots and leaves the capital for the village. But this does not bring him the desired freedom – he suffers one defeat after another...

The two brothers meet for the first time in years at their mother's funeral. The drama that quarreled between them crippled two lives, and the culprit - the eldest - went unpunished. Now he is a businessman, and the essence of his “business” is revealed at the commemoration: the taking of apartments from old people. The younger gets a chance to take revenge, but that means ruining his brother's life.

The story of Mary, the wife of a photographer from a small seaside town. After her husband, Arseny, loses his sight, Maria creates the conditions of complete darkness in their home in order to share his new world with Arseny. But this is preceded by a misunderstanding of others, who believe that it is stupid - and even insane - to associate their lives with the blind.

Начинающий кинорежиссер снял короткометражку по мало известному автобиографическому рассказу русского писателя-эмигранта Алексея Зыкова, покинувшего родину с первой эмигрантской волной. Приехав в Париж, режиссер решает показать фильм писателю в расчете на его поддержку в съемках полнометражной картины по новелле писателя. Однако Алексей Зыков, уничтоживший этот рассказ перед отъездом из России, не проявил никакого энтузиазма по поводу увиденного на экране, да и сам режиссер понял, что он прикоснулся к личной драме писателя...

The film tells about the Siberian penal servitude of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The story of the difficult transformation of a young romantic into a great Russian writer. The film is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Animated film from the almanac of classical music for children “Children’s Album”.

A unique documentary about an inheritance of communism. An hidden world: the world of Kommunalki. In Saint Petersburg a lot of different people of different ages, culture and background live together in rooms inside big flats where they share common areas as the kitchen and the bathroom. This happens for 100 years... Since the October Revolution.

A fantasy in cartoon on the music of the Cumparsita de Gerardo Rodriguez matos (in an arrangement of A. Serebrennikov). The musicians begin to play the famous tango on whose music begin to dance the most unlikely characters.

A series of films for children about childhood, youth and mature years of some of the great composers of the world. This film tells the story of Antonio Vivaldi. During the carnival on March 4, 1678, Antonio was born into the family of a violinist and a barber. Of the five children, only Antonio became a musician

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…

The film was shot during an unusual women's rally around Lake Baikal. During their journey, four creative residents of St. Petersburg of different professions meet with compatriots living in Siberia and take small interviews with them about life, work, women's happiness, the secret of success. And they ask the key question: "What difficulties have shaped you as a person? And what inspired them to overcome?" The answers turned out to be fascinating and unexpected and formed the basis of the film.

The legendary cultural critic, author of books about M. Babanova, B. Brecht, A. Tarkovsky, Maya Turovskaya tells us a novel. Childhood, in people, my universities… She tells it like a writer. Only her novel is not written, but shot on camera and supplemented with photos and newsreel footage. In other words, it's a movie monologue about time. About a communal apartment in Maly Kozikhinsky Lane in Moscow. About my parents and my father's arrest. About kindergarten and school. About friends and girlfriends. About teachers. About the beginning of the war and the evacuation to Sverdlovsk. About her husband, critic Boris Medvedev, who met the war on the border, and ended it in Stalingrad. About parallel studies at Moscow State University and at GITIS. About the fight against rootless cosmopolitans.

In a cold, repulsive and chaotic world a man is searching for true happiness, hoping that the simple things can transform into something blissful. But his attempts leave him in an abyss of loneliness and poverty.

The story of our contemporary, St. Petersburg artist Georgy Gashev, a talented icon painter, a student of the famous Zinon (Theodore), who in the 80s revived the school of Andrei Rublev and the traditions of ancient Russian painting. Using the example of the hero's unique fate, an attempt is made to objectively comprehend the fate of the creative part of our generation, who were born in the USSR and went through various trials in search of God, the meaning of life and their path. This is the story of the "return of the prodigal son."

The biggest worlds are built one brick at a time.