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An auteur essay on the fear of authorship.

Short film by actress Anastasia Kuimova.

No one can know what awaits you ahead when you leave for the country with a four-legged friend...

A film about the musical group "Pan Quartet"

Three parts of the cycle - three films: "Never Say Never", "Fraer of Muddy Water", "The Last Mohicans". Zhzhenov's activity in cinema began before the age of 22. Then there was an arrest with interrogations and prisons, then camps... The artist tells about his life in Russian prisons and the places where he was imprisoned: in Kresty, in Vladivostok, in Magadan. Excerpts from the films in which Georgy Zhzhenov starred surprisingly reveal his own life.

Far from civilization, where there still have no gap between human and natural world, one can feel the true breath of the earth, the unity of living and nonliving matters. The picture directs towards the world of ones sensory experience, induces to try breathing with the tundra, adding video and audio series with their own feelings, experiences and associations. This is an experimental film also, trying to find new ways of cinematic language.

Artem Vinokur's second solo concert.

Andrey Loshak's film from the series "Profession-reporter".

“Kapustin Yar, the place where Alyosha lives, an autistic boy, is a rocket testing ground. I don’t believe that there are places forgotten by God. And I’m trying to guess the plan that combines human strength and apparent weakness at the same time in one place,” says directed by Arkady Kogan.

A serpent with wings and a human face kidnaps a girl before the wedding.

Having learned of a friend's death, Petya goes to the morgue, the cemetery and the wake

A heart-warming portrait documentary "Shusha" explores in intimate atmosphere the daily life of Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich, the first head of state of Belarus. What is his daily routine like and what is on mind of a man, who a quarter of a century ago initiated Belavezha accords, signed by Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, which were the basis to effectively dissolve the Soviet Union. Shushkevich, who every now and then likes to play Vyssotski's earlier songs on a piano just to himself or his closest friends, is one of the Great Men of contemporary history, whose 'domino effect' initiative caused a geopolitical shift in Europe. However, what Shushkevich himself considers as his greatest achievement is not sending 'a sixth of the planet' to meet its maker but making a post-independent Belarus a nuclear weapon free state.

Near Moscow at the end of April they took the Reichstag by storm. More precisely, a copy of it - during the reconstruction of the battle in the Patriot Park... Hundreds of people - in uniform, with weapons and equipment from the Second World War - ran through mud and puddles to the Reichstag model built near the forest...

This documentary explores Russia's fascination with cats.

The film Cauda is about high school students dreaming of becoming rock stars. They achieve their first success at a competition, and it seems they are just on the verge of popularity. But then exam season and graduation arrive, and they temporarily put their dream on hold until autumn, planning to return to it later. However, things don’t go according to plan.

It would seem that what terrible thing can happen if you swap food with a friend? Yes, it can! If you ate the wrong sandwich, you violated a strict ban... I ate another one, I violated another one! And everything went wrong!

The film tells about the life of illegal migrants.

"Goryanki" documentary film tells the stories of several women from the North Caucasus. In Soviet times women in this region were actively removed from the context of traditional values, but the collapse of the USSR raised many questions for the society. The film examines the problems of feminism, the clash of national traditions and religion. Anyway the heroines of the film found the strength and courage to become successful and outstanding people.

Adventure drama on the plot of the novel of the same name by A. Amfiteatrov. The movie has not been preserved.

This story is shown as if it was accidentally filmed by the cell phone, which had been stolen. This robbery turned into a real drama. And the phone’s cam had been impartially recording the way this drama was playing out.

Two sisters are separated as infants after their father leaves their mother. One grows up with her father in privilege and the other grows up in hardship with her mother.

A comedy about young country girl Ibaly who has to deal with homeboy fiancee and townish guy Alemger.

Stories about the past often revolved around lost manuscripts and rare books.

A 30-year-old boy returns to his childhood home to sell it, and meets a forgotten imaginary friend — a brave Knight. The knight is not ready to put up with the adult that his friend has turned into.

A day in the life of a girl who used to be a drug addict and is now trying to start a new life in a new city.

An almanac of seven short films on rhymes-pies on the topic of relationships.

A harrowing and brave response to dictatorship.

An unbiased observation of the celebration of Independence Day of Belarus in Minsk on 3rd of July 2018.

Nika, walks in a dream. Moving to an apartment complex, she could not even imagine that in the same entrance, a guy with the same problem would live with her. Every night they wander together in their dreams, but they can not get to know each other in real life. On the way to their happiness there are many obstacles, but, as we know, love has no barriers.

The heroes of the film will be real people who have faced blood cancer, whose lives are hanging by a thread, who have received hope for salvation by finding an unrelated donor.

Lesha Stolyarov's contemporary art includes bitumen paintings, pictures made of gas burners, abstract art, in short, everything that is incomprehensible to the layman. Recently, Lesha has been going through a creative crisis; he wants to speak about God, but using the artistic means that are unfamiliar to hm. So he decides to make an experiment and travels to the Spaso-Sumorin Monastery in distant Totma to set up an installation amidst the Vologda snows. Only one monk lives in this monastery – Father Feodosiy. Forty years ago, he was a painter but abandoned his craft to serve God. One would think he should be sympathetic to art. However, the ultra-modern artist clashes with an equally "ultra" counterpart – only an orthodox one. Is it possible to reconcile contemporary art and the church, new trends and two-thousand-year-old traditions?

Thirteen-year-old Varka lives in a shoemaker’s home where she performs the duties of nanny and housemaid. Varka’s only wish is to get some sleep.

The story is about earthlings who landed on a planet called the Ark, on which they wanted to settle the inhabitants of the dying planet Panta. However, the Ark planet turned out to be inhabited, moreover, the wreckage of a spaceship of the Free Search Group and an Earthling child raised by non–humanoid aborigines were found on it.

Oleg lives in a small Belarusian village with his wife, three children, and his in-laws. He has practiced more than one trade: ensign, tractor driver, technician at a local school... Then he decides to leave for Moscow to earn extra money: the life of many people compels them to do this (it is always better here we are not). Yet, what reason has Oleg? A closer acquaintance with the life that remains behind in Belarus provides an unexpected answer to this question.

About ten years ago Sean Quirk, being a student at the College of Music in Chicago, heard for the first time in his hometown of Milwaukee the audio recording of the group "Hung-Hurtuu" - the world famous performers of Tuvan throat singing. And the life of Sean Patrick has changed dramatically. He moved to the capital of Tuva, the city of Kyzyl, married the Tuvinka Svetlana Sunduy, they had three children. Sean became Honored Artist of the Republic of Tuva, soloist of the National Orchestra of the Republic of Tuva, participant and manager of the folklore group "Alash", nominees at the Grammy in the field of World music. He received land as a gift from the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in the suburb of Kyzyl and began to build his house.

The heroes of the film are a pathologist and his work. This is a favorite work, where everything is arranged for life. Book racks, a selection of music gourmet discs: Tom Waits, The Rolling Stones, etc. On the walls of the picture are oil paintings with views of the morgue. No cynicism - professionalism, humor and the realized dream of a man who, since childhood, dreams of understanding why a person actually dies.

A group of traveling goats try to get free food.

The story is about a doctor who found himself on the front line during COVID-19, but fell victim to the virus himself. The image of the hero consists of real memories of doctors and patients whose voices are heard off-screen.

The main characters are approximately 35–40 years old, some are already firmly on their feet, have a business, a fortune, others are struggling to survive, getting into debt. And someone, wanting to easily and quickly earn big money and show off his classmates, becomes an accomplice in a criminal scheme. All of Baidam's efforts to change his life for the better fail when his fraudulent past catches up with him in the present. The unfortunate father of the family, Demid, who suffered at the hands of scammers, begins his hunt. Will Baidam be able to save his loved ones and understand that any actions have consequences?

A strange phenomenon happens in Kalachi village situated in northern Kazakhstan. During a season of thaw or rain the inhabitants routinely fall into an inexplicably long sleep, which can last up to two weeks.

St. Petersburg streets. Cloudy day. The inflamed consciousness. The feeling of an invisible presence of somebody behind you. Who you want to be. your shadow... The shadow challenges you. All you have to do is figure out who really exists-you or your shadow.

A Jewish brothel owner attempts to become respectable by commissioning a Torah scroll and marrying off his daughter to a yeshiva student.

Year after year, a simple farmer from Pskov, François Toulikounkiko, tries to find his original way to succeed in a Russian village and find an answer to the question: "What prevents us from living better?". This is the ironic story of a dreamer of the campaign and true patriot on the struggle against the difficulties of everyday life, big ideas and big projects, "success" that happens where you do not expect it .

A mysterious girl appears in the lives of an elderly childless couple and a troubled young man. She transforms their understanding about love and life. The ephemeral beauty, who will melt your heart.

Mafia is trying to force an Afghanistan war veteran Arseniy to become a contract killer.

The near future. A prolonged economic crisis has undermined the last remaining foundations of the world order. In this chaos, a night bank clerk is taken hostage, and the hostage-taker’s demand is to withdraw money from a client's account. Trying to prevent this, the clerk realizes that his family is in grave danger.

A film about friendship, about the search for happiness in a peaceful life, based on images of Russian folk art.

This is my third stand-up concert. I started writing it in quarantine when I watched Pavel Volya's monologue. All the other thoughts about how to be a man in the modern world, how to live after thirty-three years (and whether it's worth it) arose around him. In general, my usual set of topics plus Pavel Volya.

A cartoon for adults about how a chicken and a penguin accidentally met in a barnyard. And everything was fine with them and they had chickens, but evil tongues prevented their happiness. One day, when the penguin was playing blind man's buff with the chickens, he accidentally kissed the cow, and the neighbors saw this as treason and whispered to the chicken, and she drove the penguin away.

The only survivor of an epidemic of an unknown disease remains to work as a postman in a deserted city. Every day he delivers old letters to abandoned apartments until one day his work comes to an end.

Who are we? What do we know about ourselves? How do we differ from animals? Creativity! That's the only thing that makes us human. Only creativity is a sign of human nature.

Vasily, a militia member of the Donetsk People's Republic, goes to his family and comes under fire. Will he make it home?

The film "His Battalion" in memory of the legendary Motorola includes chronicles of the fighting of Sparta for almost the entire period of the war until 2017.

The annual opium production in Afghanistan is equal to 150 billion single doses! This is 25 times more than the population of the globe. At the same time, even if all heroin production in Afghanistan is destroyed now, the current situation is that its reserves will last for future generations for at least another 100 years! At the same time, according to the UN, more than 100 thousand people die from Afghan heroin every year in the world. And every third of them is a Russian! There was no similar situation in the recent (relative to 2010) 2001: there were practically no poppy fields and drug laboratories in Afghanistan. But after the start of the anti-terrorist operation "Indestructible Freedom" (directed against the ruling Afghan Taliban regime and the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda") and after the introduction of US and NATO military contingents into Afghanistan, the production of opiates has increased 44 times in 9 years here!