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If you’ve ever wondered whether reindeer antlers bleed if you saw them off, this film will leave you with no doubt. In the remote Altai Mountains of Russia, on the border with China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, reindeer herders make a living from the trade in “velvet antlers.” South Korean customers in particular swear by the extract made from the antlers, which is supposed to have medicinal properties, including to treat rheumatoid arthritis. The entire process of “harvesting” the antlers is documented in unadorned and grisly detail, interspersed with commentary from the herders and panoramic footage of the green and rugged mountain landscape. During cigarette breaks, the herders bemoan their lack of prospects and the deplorable state of Russian politics and the economy, describing their own position as akin to slavery. Meanwhile, it seems to be the visiting Korean dealers who are raking in the profit.

A group of (mostly) European (mostly) avant-garde jazz musicians embarks on a musical tour across Russia. The plan is to travel 20,000 km, from Moscow to Vladivostok, on a bus. The project is organized and solely handled by Yury, Russian discipline-loving jazz impresario. The film follows the bus and its passengers as they get deeper and deeper into “Russian reality”, bringing their music to people who had never expected to hear it.

A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.

On June 12, Vladivostok schoolboy Semyon Golubovsky came to a rally organized by Alexei Navalny. There, police officers approached him and took him to the police station. After that, Semyon was сhastised at his school and was told that he was putting an end to his future.

The one act performance by choreographer Yuri Possokhov pays homage to the celebrated founder of the fashion house that bears her name and features a stunning display of Chanel costumes specially created for the ballet. Created specifically for Zakharova, the ballet "Gabrielle Chanel" recounts the most memorable moments of the work and life of the French fashion designer, who died in 1971 aged 87.

A narcissistic man realizes that his devoted wife was the main person in his life only after her death. He goes to the past to repent to her, and also to find an answer to the question why, secretly from him, she wished to be buried by the old grave of a stranger...

A prisoner gets a new cellmate, one who is very eager to escape.

Events in the film take place in 19 century when adyghean people increasingly realised the need for combining their forces. This theme is reflected in conflict of Dzhambot, wise tutor of young adyghean nobles, and prince Yedidzh, who upholds the idea of independent specific princedoms. Film recreates the atmosphere of adyghean life. Scenario is based on first adyghean books, etnographical drawings and tales of old.

A negligent student of the Academy of Fine Arts is late for a drawing lesson and instead of an analytical drawing of a plaster Venus, he hastily "paints" a red square, after which he is subjected to a demonstrative flogging by the professor.

About a Communist revolution in Poland

Art film by Renata Litvinova, in which she played the main and only role. One night, the heroine of the short film has an amazing, but at the same time frightening dream. A dream that turns her worldview!

Dream of a dwarf. What happens if everyone leaves you? The hero seeks to overcome the state of loneliness. But does he need it? The history of man's search for inner freedom. The hero, burdened with circus past and life, tries to escape from everything. But in solitude he

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

Nicolai Sctulman has got a big secret - in his garage basement there lives a hideous Freak. The two have a twisted arrangement together, Sctulman kills people and feeds them to the monster living in his basement in exchange for a strange but addictive green slime that the Freak gives him from his sweat which is "the best drug in the universe".

A fabulous story about good and evil, friendship and love, deceit and justice, based on the Crimean Tatar folk legend about Hıdır Dede - a wise old man who could come to any house under the guise of a stranger. The uniting of the hearts of two romantic heroes is hindered by an greedy tax collector who works lawlessness on ordinary people. Their little brother and sister go to the aid of the lovers, who manage to meet the wizard. He, with the help of a just ruler, punishes evil and rewards those who are kind, respectful to elders and pure in heart.

The happy Nikitin family, expecting their first child, suddenly finds itself at the center of a real nightmare. Neither Sveta nor Alexey can put an end to the chain of mysterious events surrounding them — a plane explosion, the kidnapping of Alexey’s sister, and the poisoning of horses. The police begin to suspect everyone who has ever visited the estate or worked for its hospitable owner. A letter secretly delivered to Alexey sheds no light on the situation — the kidnapper demands no ransom for Katya. Alexey’s father sets out first to search for her, followed a day later by Sveta and Karpych… But all three disappear in the forest…

Instead of preparing for entering university a young man Tomash mocks at people calling random phone numbers. Especially he bothers old professor of botany Edward Cockerel with one and the same joke all the time. They both got used to these calls at 3pm so much that they are eagerly awaiting them. Meanwhile the Nazis occupy Czechoslovakia.

A film about Russian athletes at the Athens Olympics.

The main character loses her father. There is a long way to the funeral ahead. Living as if on the edge between reality and dreams, she wants to find herself again and feel the desire to live.

Lost her job and becoming an unwitting witness to the betrayal of her own fiancé, the heroine of the film falls into the deftly placed networks of an experienced seducer.

Grigory Pomerantz did all the war from 1941 to 1945, roamed the Stalingrad circle, was in all the hottest battles, went all the way to Berlin. His observations and reflections on the meaning of war and man caught in the war are shocking. Nobody had thought of this way in the Great Patriotic War.

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

A talented actor in need of money moonlights as a collector on the phone, intimidating customers severely. One day, working as a Santa Claus after work, he finds himself on the other side of the collectors' line.

Tanya works as a taxi driver 101 kilometers from Moscow. Tanya, although the fifth for the dispatchers of her taxi fleet, but by nature - is always the first. Kraet workers who badly washed her car, she brings up her children and sells vodka in large batches, at night, after working in a taxi.

March 2022. The Somalia battalion, as part of the main forces, was sent to storm fortified Mariupol in order to ensure the possibility of an offensive by the Russian Armed Forces. On the outskirts of the city, no one yet knows the scale of the disaster that will unfold in the coming weeks and what trials soldiers and civilians will have to go through.

According to a modern fairy tale by David Dara, "That's the story" about an ill-mannered boy living in a well-mannered city, where well-mannered trees grow in gardens and on boulevards, well-mannered mice scratch under the floor, and well-mannered cats catch well-mannered mice.

About the life of a tiny village on the riverbank and about a black cat. Divide the world into parts to understand, bring it closer to your eyes, look at the light, move your brain, then put it back together... but it doesn't add up. There seems to be no magic, but it turns out to be a fabulous story, a fairy tale…

When an unstable Gothic Princess wants to kill herself Prince Charming steals her rope, she must find him to get her rope back and commit suicide.

There will be no winter - an interpretation of the Russian folk tale "Masha and the Bear", told under the composition "There will be no Winter" by the group "Auction". The idea of creating the tape was born in the process of working on films about Andrey Bitov and Boris Grebenshchikov. Then the director came up with and shot the frame "Outgoing Youth", which turned into a fairy tale about a man's dream: to gain additional freedom and ride a virgin. In 2002, the film participated in the program of the Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" in Gatchina and was awarded a special jury prize.

Isaac Rubinchik, like a biblical old man who has lived a long and dramatic life, feels the need for moral reflection on his experiences. Disputes with long-dead relatives, a glance into the future, which he sees in the ruins of civilization - all these memories and fears make Rubinchik reevaluate many things and bring closer the moment of his spiritual epiphany.

It can happen that people divided by centuries live according to the same time. Daniil Kharms and the students of the help centre for people with disorders in the autistic spectrum “Anton’s Right Here” appeared unexpectedly close to each other, and the students could enact two of his stories. To get into Kharms, they didn’t’ have to play anybody, but something imperceptibly Kharmsian is there in each of their movements, looks and word. Time is similar to beads: every second is like a unique pebble on the string of life. There are also people, in whose hands the beads are scattered and turn into a miracle.

Aibolit, who has been sent to a five-star hotel for forced rest, learns from Chi-Chi, a pet monkey, that an epidemic has begun among animals in Africa. Together with Chi-Chi, he goes to Africa in a hot air balloon, which takes tourists. Together they learn that the epidemic is the machinations of the evil robber Barmaley, who cannot deny his little daughter Leia anything.

Alexander Zinoviev gained worldwide fame primarily as a logician, sociologist, writer, author of the genre of sociological novel created by him, who marked new milestones in each of these areas of human culture with his work. Poetry and visual creativity of the thinker complement the image of what is called the Zinoviev phenomenon.

The film tells about one of the most mysterious peoples of the planet, the Dogon. The Dogon live in southeastern Mali in villages scattered over the rocks of Bandiagara like bird nests. They consider themselves aliens from the planet Sirius B and have knowledge in the field of the structure of the solar system, which scientists became aware of only at the end of the 19th century. Together with the hunter Assama and his family, the author gradually comprehends the multifaceted palette of Dogon life.

В жизни 40-летнего следователя городской прокуратуры Олега Борина наступила черная полоса. Все началось с дела, возбужденного против студента, изнасиловавшего девушку. Подозреваемый оказался сыном влиятельного чиновника. Тот воспользовался своими связями, и Борина сначала просто отстранили, а после и вовсе выгнали со службы. Жена ушла, забрав ребенка. Вскоре раздался звонок, и старый приятель Гена предложил работу охранника. Борин согласился, собрал сумку и уехал. Только на месте большого оптового рынка его ждала полная разруха и запустение. Друга он так и не нашел, а местные алкаши рассказали, что рынок давно закрыт. Той же ночью Олег тайно проник на территорию и… оказался в настоящем подземном городе, где протекала бурная жизнь. Удастся ли опальному следователю спасти своего друга, выйти на след хозяев порочного «Черного города» и восстановить справедливость?

he action in Father and Son by Vladimir Svirsky is imprinted on the walls of an apartment on a megacity’s outskirts, where the two characters bound to each other are locked in.

A funny musical film that tells that there is always a place for a small miracle and sudden joy in life. And even such a simple object as an empty condensed milk can, forgotten by Soviet cosmonauts in orbit and accidentally dropped to Earth, can cause this joy.

It's not easy for a rabbit to live – then a hunter tries to shoot with a gun, then a bear attacks, then a wolf threatens to eat, then a fox. How to survive in the tundra, how not to disappear in this not very hospitable region? The poor hare is like between two fires – he barely has time to hide from the hunter, as predatory animals immediately overtake him…

Digital short film.

The cat was chased out of the house by the owners, and the fox sheltered him and scared his friends with his new friend.

A comics about superhero philosophers, who get involved in various predicaments and try to utter God's name.The movie is made up of eight episodes, each in its own genre. There are detective stories, a Western, a thriller, a conspiracy movie, horrors, and comedies - It is a fantastic voyage through the jungle of reason.

The film is about how one bull went to an unusual experiment to satisfy his passion.

The documentary will feature interviews with contemporary theorists and practitioners who will share their insights on the concept of a chair.

Fate brought two people together: little Bulat, a disabled man and an orphan, who must go to America, where he is waiting for an operation, a possible recovery and an American family, and Karim, who lost his wife and son in the disaster and served 6 years in prison.

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

A young woman in Russia considers whether to get in touch with a crush.

The film introduces us to the story of a young man who doesn’t think about tomorrow. For the romantic, courageous, windy and reckless lad, every day is a new adventure... We meet the protagonist and his friends at a key moment in one adventure, which brings about a fateful acquaintance: he falls in love with a girl who offers herself to him, and at the same time the prospect of fast profit. In love affairs there is everything but love.

A solo concert from the creator of the program "Women's Stand Up" Irina Myagkova. Irina recently turned 39. The comedian decided to publicly announce that she loves and appreciates her age, and Irina is not going to get younger. She makes fun jokes about the midlife crisis, shares her innermost feelings, recalls awkward and ridiculous incidents from her life. The audience in the hall rejoices, because the images are recognizable, and stupid situations have happened to everyone. Even with her appearance, Irina makes it clear to the viewer that now she prefers comfort in everything: on the occasion of the solo show, the artist dressed up in a cozy cardigan and comfortable sneakers.

A young Tajik woman decides to part with her boyfriend, preferring someone else to him. At a party where the girl comes in a new look, a scuffle takes place - her ex-boyfriend is nearby and stands up for her. The girl runs away from the disco in tears. Will she be able to find her happiness?