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A satirical interpretation of the modern debut launch process from the perspective of two young director's personal experience. Chivalrous walk to the meeting with a producer becomes a nostalgic journey down memory lanes where fears, turmoils and disappointments of recent months are mixed together. The path to dream's implementation is hampered by mainstream's lack of understanding - the confrontation which resembles a fight with windmills.
There is no single truth in love. Each treads their own path. Which should take precedence – passion or duty? How do we choose? And who gets to judge? These are the eternal questions, remorselessly thrust upon us by life. Anna Karenina made her choice, leaving her son Sergei to grow up struggling to understand why his mother took such a tragic and terrible path, and Count Vronsky haunted by the memory of the woman for whose death he still blames himself 30 years later. In 1904, in the aftermath of one of the battles of the Russo-Japanese war, Sergei Karenin and Alexei Vronsky find themselves thrown together in a remote Manchurian village, where fate offers them a chance to return to the events long past and, finally, to find the answers both have long been seeking.
Two village peasants compete for a girl who is no longer alive... According to their beliefs, the soul of the deceased is nearby for several days and sometimes returns.
The wise hunter Mekhelecheen, living in harmony with nature, is concerned about his grandson Mishuk. The boy, spoiled by life, doesn't appreciate the legacy of his ancestors and doesn't understand the beauty of the harsh taiga. To pass on ancient knowledge to his grandson, his grandfather takes him into the dense forest. However, the journey turns into unexpected trials: Mishuk and his faithful dog, Sergekh, become lost in the forest. In despair, they encounter a magical deer—the guardian of the taiga—who grants the boy the amazing ability to understand the language of all living things. Together with his grandfather, he fights poachers to save the Spirit of the Taiga.
Princess Marusya fell in love with Dr. Toporkov, the doctor who had treated her, but he failed to notice her affection and married a wealthy merchant’s daughter. Several years later, called upon to treat Marusya once more, at last her deep feelings melt his hardened heart... but it is far too late: Marusya is dying.
Once the zoo is decided to be demolished, and all its inhabitants released into the wild. Among them is a large elephant, which, having lingered, leaves the zoo last. An elephant finds himself in a huge city among skyscrapers and homeless tin can collectors ...
In childhood, hide-and-seek is just a game; in adulthood, it becomes a way of life.
A traditional ritual for policemen of one town is the illegal entry into the house of their abuser. The intern, who came to his first practice, must undergo this baptism of fire.
Maksim is so busy at work, trying to do everything and not let his boss down, that he does not notice the most important things in his life. On the anniversary of meeting his beloved girl Sasha, after an accidental quarrel with an unusual taxi driver Tamara Petrovna, completely inexplicable events begin to happen to Maksim - he will have to live his life on rewind.
The supervillain decides to lure the comic book author into his world in order to disrupt the course of things, in which he will never defeat the superhero. However, instead of the writer, his children fall through the portal. While the boys are fighting evil, the father is struggling with a creative crisis, not even realizing that any scenario move can be decisive for his children.
Do you know what goes on in the head of someone who walks past you?
Ironic reflection about the power of our thoughts, of temptation and its overcoming. In secrecy from his girlfriend, a young man goes to a city beach with its seductive female visitors to take pleasure in the sun. Unexpectedly he learns that his dreams and imagination are all too obvious: the husband of one of the women accuses him of adultery. The hero, caught unawares and discouraged, manages to pay off the man. But it appears not only the jealous husband has seen the hero’s thoughts.
In a big city a grown-up girl lives in her tiny apartment. Every morning she sits beside her window, waiting around for her Prince Charming. Then, she goes to work, where she connects loving hearts together. Suddenly, one day, things start happening in an unusual way...
Renata's heroine silently walks through the fields, an autumn garden, an old mansion, an abandoned greenhouse to the lyric melody of Ludwig van Beethoven, only occasionally turning to the camera. In the frame, Litvinova appears as a brunette who wears long dresses to the floor, capes, hats and expensive jewelry.
His mother's son returns to her home for her birthday after a long absence. The delighted mother doesn't yet suspect that her son has come to avenge past wrongs.
Thirty-five-year-old Tanya is a successful modern resident of St. Petersburg. In the evenings, she attends acting classes, where she is assigned to prepare a monologue based on the Siege diary of a woman also named Tanya. Tanya, in the present, begins to imagine herself in the place of Tanya from the past. The two realities gradually intertwine.
Before leaving Russia and moving to Western Europe, famous opera singer Lyuba travels to her hometown to say goodbye and show her teenage son around. But Andrey, Lyuba’s son, disappears and she must stay in the place she hates the most to search for him. A piercing exploration of identity and transformation, against the backdrop of a Russian hinterland, surrounded by Orthodox churches and snow.
A chance meeting between the main characters takes place at the train station at the moment of seeing their families off on vacation. And love! But three weeks fly by like a blink of an eye. The wife and daughter return to Pasha, the husband and son - to Masha. What to do?
The action of the movie is set in the late 11th century Constantinople during the time of the 1st Crusade. The crusaders need the help of the emperor Alexius to get to Jerusalem while the latter tries to do his best to get rid of the unwelcome guests. At the same time Caesar Nicephorus plays his own game and betrays his royal fiancée Anna Comnena while trying to win the heart of the beautiful countess Brigitta.
The former policeman dismissed from the criminal investigation Department for abuse of authority, entrusted to engage in the search for gunner burglary and for conspiracy, in the interests of the investigation, it is prescribed by the district. So again, in fact, from scratch, Stas begins his career…
Kirill Bazhenov and Eduard Antipov haven’t seen each other for over 20 years. Once, they fought together in Afghanistan, but life pulled them apart for a long time. Now they meet again. Kirill is a successful businessman and a happy family man. Eduard, on the other hand, has long been divorced, lost his job due to drinking, lives in a shared apartment, and survives on odd jobs. The former friends seem to have nothing in common anymore.
A story about a homeless boy and his best friend - dog.
Based on the short story of the same name by B. Lavrenev. The drama is about a boy, a boiler cleaner, stuck in the pipe of a steamer. And about the people who, despite all circumstances, have to deliver urgent freight...
Filmed as part of Ilya's Exile project.
A parody of lawlessness and organized crime, terrorism and murder, violence and sexual assault, adventurous ups and downs.
At the heart of the picture is a common legend about the last days of Emperor Alexander the First Blessed.
Everything that matters to Sergey Dovlatov, one way or another written by the writer Sergey Dovlatov. From fragments of works, letters, interviews, editorial columns, a story about a living person is compiled.
Adam’s first wife Lilith is mentioned in the ancient Oriental legends, in Talmud and in the medieval books of Cabala. According to these sources, she was not created from Adam's rib like Eve but from clay like he himself. Nevertheless Lilith was not recognised by Adam as his equal and left him after a quarrel heading for Babylon. She has no soul, and she is immortal. Lilith assumes different names, can change her appearance, and takes possession of men against their will. Once it's accomplished, she leaves her victims forever, marking them for either spiritual, or physical death. Whatever she does it is neither Good nor Evil. She is made of an altogether different matter. Inspired by the works of French writer Anatole France, Yevgeny Pashkevich‘s GULF STREAM UNDER THE ICEBERG consists of three dramatically interwoven stories with the immortal Lilith stalking through time and space with her demonic mission.
In 90-ies Russia, the parents are too busy with their own problems. How to make a choice between real friendship and being accepted to the gang? What it takes to keep silence when you want to scream?
Olga lives with her son and husband Victor, who is constantly cheating on her, drinking and beating her. After another scandal, Olga decides to divorce him. But when a woman, having gained courage, informs her husband about this, he beats Olga so that she ends up in the hospital. Returning, Olga finds out that Victor is arrested.
WWII 1942: Rzhev, USSR. Stuck in a crucial strategical position, a small company from the Red Army does whatever it takes to fend off the Nazis.
The memory of World War II is the only thing that makes a small Russian town alive. Like a great treasure this memory is preserved here in every home and is passed on from generation to generation. Yet exactly this memory prevents people from understanding that despite their own will they are getting involved in a new war.
Inspired by the classic books by L. Frank Baum and Alexander Volkov
The son of urban intellectuals and the daughter of city “former villagers” have filed an application at the registry office to get married. The parents of the young couple are happy. While the wedding preparations are underway and the apartment is being renovated, the future in-laws decide to spend some time together at the summer house to “get used to each other” and get to know one another better. However, living under one roof turns out to be far less pleasant than it seemed. Every day, conflicts flare up between the in-laws over seemingly trivial matters. No sooner is one argument settled than another begins. Yet true love ultimately reconciles these “very different people.” Both families want their children to be happy — just each in their own way. And in the end, harmony finally descends upon the feuding households.
Alice steps out of her comfort zone to share a spontaneous moment with her teammate.
The life of fifteen-year-old Sasha Kuznetsov seems ordinary: school, friends, tests. But behind simple conversations with his mother lies pain that they both try not to name out loud.
The penguin Kwi is transferred from the Moscow Zoo to another city. However, during the transportation, an accident occurs, and the baby ends up alone in a big city. Thus begins his incredible journey home.
A unique lengthy filmic record of the life of the employees, suspects and convicts in one of the oldest Russian prisons Butyrka Prison Castle, which stores legends and secrets of many inmates including Emelyan Pugachyov, Felix Dzershinsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Natalia Sats, Vsevolod Meyerkhold, Sergey Korolyov, Andrey Tupolev and many others.
Just a bet in a gamble called life. The cynical rebel is trying his fate over and over again, not considering that this is a dangerous rival. Once the game ends in defeat: the arrogant beauty loses everything at once. A successful journalist turns into a desperate old woman and ends up in a nursing home ...
Olya, her brother Igor and their cousin Vera with her husband Maksim come to a village for their granddad's funeral to take the fortune he left. Vera needs money badly and she is planning to find it whatever it takes. Well-off Olya and Igor loathe their cousin's behavior. The lost connection with their relatives and their granddad's strange house, in which a new mistress is setting her rules, will make the guys look at what is happening from a different side and see each other's real faces.
In Russia in the late 1960s, Elena will do anything to see that her son Yuri succeeds as a pianist: she longs for him to win a competition that will send him to Paris. To ensure his success, she denies her love for an iconoclastic painter for whom she models, prostitutes herself to a Party figure, encourages her son to break with his true love because the girl is a Jew, and, in general, behaves in paranoid ways, believing, for example, that a new lodger, Evgeny, is a KGB spy. She also has her own family secrets, which she will go to any length to keep her son from learning.
Viktor is a highly successful and wealthy actor. For years, he has sought distraction from his inner poverty through his relationships with women. In this movie, his marriage to an emotionally overwrought woman comes under strain when he hops into bed with a teen-aged adorer. However, this isn't the relationship his wife should worry about. The actor has a far more sinister relationship with a plain, hard-faced woman who expresses her deep contempt for the actor. The more she does so, the more he loves her; the more he loves her, the more contempt she shows. Eventually, he comes to see that these relationships are mirrors of his inner life -- which arouses him to despair, as he cannot bear to own up to this.
An unlucky father is trying to restore his relationship with his seven-year-old son after a divorce. He takes his son to the final match of his favorite hockey team, but it suddenly turns out that the tickets are fake. Hoping to rectify the situation and introduce the boy to his idol, the father hijacks a bus with hockey players and takes them to his son.
Roma comes to conquer Moscow, having entered Moscow State University. By mistake, he is placed in a female dormitory, and his life changes dramatically. Accumulating life experience in a big city, the young man tries to understand what exactly he wants from life.
Six years ago he desperately escaped from here, suffocating within the narrow walls of a provincial theater. All he took from his acting past into the new commercial world was the nickname "Daredevil". But the coveted personal freedom turns out to be even more elusive. He must become a played pawn in someone else's game, where at stake is a huge amount of money, and the bet - life. A lost man is destined to make a circle. Lycedei has to survive here - in the walls of the once abandoned theater, with the help of people, easily forgotten by him once ...
Italian temperament and passionate dances in the play The Sons of His Mistress. The performance unveils simple and timeless human values: love, self-sacrifice, compassion...
A romantic story about a photographer Ivan from a small town, a girl Masha from Moscow and a magic camera...
“Homo Sperans” is a portrait of a Russian person composed of many images. The film's heroes are common men who answer with their lives the universal questions: what is the purpose of our existence, what is happiness, what is it to be a patriot. Their strength is in their ability to keep their chins up and always believe in a good outcome.
Russia early 90-ies. Freedom of speech and freedom of action. Many criminal groups are trying to grab a piece of the pie of the dying Empire. The thirst for power and money leads to more and more fights and murders. Another victim discovered by investigators in his own apartment. Alina is the only witness found sleeping at the crime scene. The case is entrusted to an experienced investigator who does not even suspect what a criminal hive he will have to stir up. The girl, fascinated by the constantly gloomy, but very charming detective, decides to help. But excessive talkativeness threatens the witness with death. A professional killer is already following in her footsteps...
Yegor is in trouble. He borrowed money to produce young talents, but those young talents, after using him, left for another music producer. Now Yegor must either return the money to the glamorous gangster Maximilian by the end of the week or present him with a new talented star — otherwise, he’s finished. Realizing that in such a short time he will find neither the money nor a star, Yegor flees Moscow “wherever his eyes lead him” and ends up in a backwater town called Glukhomanye. There, through deception, he gains access to a floating pier belonging to a fishery inspection officer named Stepanych, where he plans to lie low while he figures out what to do next.
The film built a classic love square: two pairs of MSU students are living vicissitudes. Everyone has their own destiny. It all depends on the choice of path. Some neglect the principles and norms, sweeping away the barriers of morality. Others remain true to their love and duty. The ending of the film is completely unpredictable…
A saleswoman from the fish store Polina Schukina is going through a difficult life period. By the grace of an extravagant grandmother, she finds herself in the fairy-tale world of princesses, where, as it turns out, everything is subordinated to bureaucracy, and in a lot of echoing corridors and government offices there are queues of girls eager to discover the princess. Pauline has to go through a series of tests that will reveal her personal qualifications in a very competitive profession.