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Ten years ago, Andrey Mityaev, a talented law school graduate, decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a police officer. During his very first shift, the young officer attempts to arrest an armed criminal. A fight breaks out, and a shot is fired... Shaken by the man’s death, Andrey leaves the police force, becomes a lawyer, and takes responsibility for the murdered man’s daughter, Nadezhda. He places the girl in an elite boarding school and provides her with a good education. Ten years later, Andrey meets the grown-up Nadya and falls in love with her. But the young woman considers the former police officer to be her father’s killer and seeks revenge against him. Soon, however, she realizes that her hatred has gradually turned into love...

Luba is 35 years old, and 15 of those she lived alone, raising her son Stepan. Luba works as a secretary of the village council. Her way of life is violated by the return of her longtime boyfriend Victor.

A girl seeks for help: her brother took up with the wrong guys. An investigation leads the Watchers to an underground casino, where rich youngsters gamble for poor people’s lives as a stake…

A lonely, defenseless, unsettled man meets a beautiful gypsy woman and falls in love with her. Having left the service, having left home, he sticks to the camp, but even here he finds neither home nor love — only pity. So he remains a "gadjo" for everyone, a stranger.

Endowed with outstanding cinematography, and in-depth interviews with competitors, this documentary underlines the gender parity being achieved at an Olympic level. Women compete in ski jumping for the first time at the Winter Games, and Canada is seen beating the United States at the last gasp in the women's ice hockey final. Disciplines given prominence here include speed skating, figure skating, aerial skiing, curling, and the biathlon. Training is analysed as much as the competitions themselves. A suite of accidents and mishaps, and the consequent tears of frustration, remind us that the Olympics is not just about winning.

The film is devoted to our mothers. The fantastic story about the power of simple people, capable of living and surviving in the most complex circumstances, about love, loyalty and beauty

The story of this timeless classic has been brought into our simple times. History repeats itself. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Weisman organize a grand hunt for the rabid Bobaka. But this mad, brutal, and heroic battle does not end happily for everyone…

The three main characters of “Stepney” are the manic hipsters of the future, the golden youth. In order to catch the crowd, they decide to cut the way through dysfunctional neighborhoods - and get into fantastic Gopnik. “God is out of the car” in the guise of a busted Moscow taxi driver of the old school saves the heroes and their taxi.

A group of American tourists travels across Eastern Europe. By accident, they get to Chernobyl, where they face some local evil. These are the ghosts of killed citizens who tried to flee the city through military cordons. But it turns out that not all inhabitants of the Exclusion Zone are dead. The group have to reveal the mystery of an unusual girl from the dead city and try to get out from this place alive.

In childhood, hide-and-seek is just a game; in adulthood, it becomes a way of life.

A grown-up Masha decides to arrange a personal life for her father, Misha, which leads to a fight with her father, who pries into matters that don't concern her. Masha, upset with her father, runs away into the forest and ends up with a little bear cub whose parents were kidnapped by poachers. Masha's adventures begin, during which she realizes how difficult it is to be a parent, and most importantly, how difficult it is to raise children.

After her divorce from her husband, circumstances are favorable for the heroine. She begins a new, different life, a different rhythm. She's trying to live on her own. Becomes a journalist, she gets into the hands of dirt on a large businessman, she quickly and successfully conducts a journalistic investigation... Accidentally she meets a close friend of her husband and realizes that all these events in her life were planned in advance…

The protagonist of the series is 30-year-old gamer Igor, who does not think that it is time to grow up. Waking up in the morning in a room where cans of energy drinks and gamepads are scattered is a common thing for him - he does not feel the passage of time and can play around the clock. Any questions and difficulties in his life are usually solved by relatives, he is completely unorganized for an independent life.

The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved community has been set up here. Despite the modern technologies and a spaceport nearby the people of the village live the way they would in the Neolithic Era. There is neither government nor social services or jobs. The postman's beloved woman escapes the village life and moves to the city. Postman's outboard engine gets stolen and he can no longer deliver mail. His normal pattern of life is disrupted. The postman makes a decision to leave for the city too but returns before long with no certain reason. The script is based on real characters' stories. People from the village play their own parts in the film. The search for the protagonist lasted for over a year.

Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.

St. Petersburg, early 20th century. The handsome and secretive Johann specializes in shooting erotic pictures depicting the floggings of bare-bottomed women. With the help of his assistants, the photographic creations gradually penetrate the peaceful households of two upper-class Russian families.

Twenty-year-old Bob rides 1000 km to Moscow on his vintage motorbike to collect a bad debt for his boss; the city chews up and spits out this naive country boy, whose head is full of Easy Rider dreams.

After spending seven years in jail for an art heist, Frenchman Victor Lambert returns to Moscow to uncover the circumstances behind his son Jeremy's brutal murder. He is backed by his lover Alexandra, and by his ex-partner-in-crime, choreographer Souliman.

Strong-willed Olga Nikolaevna is the boss at home and at work. The only one who breaks the order in her life is her son-in-law-like nothing else. Then one day, the flurry of mutual claims becomes so great that right on a family holiday, the situation gets out of control.

An antology of 8 creative works showing Black Mirror in Russian reality.

An eccentric comedy. Love and money have always inspired people to feats, long wanderings and even crimes. It has always been almost impossible to stop such madmen. And what will happen this time — no one knows yet. Only one thing is known — it will happen in Lopukhi, in an ordinary Russian village with ordinary Russian citizens.

Five-year-old Sasha often listens to the opera Madame Butterfly. It is shown on TV and broadcast on the radio. The story of Madame Butterfly becomes for Sasha the key to the dramas that take place in the family, but which she still cannot understand.

A seemingly minor head injury leads to the fact that a young beautiful girl falls ill with a mental disorder, the manifestation of which is referred to by the medical term "flicker". Now two completely opposite people live in her body. One of them loves and is ready to love, the other is ready to kill everyone in order to achieve her goal. It is unknown if they will get along in the same body and what will happen when one of them decides to kill the other.

A biopic about a Soviet general V. Gorbatov.

Nina is slightly over 30. So without meeting real love, she decides to "give birth to herself." Just finding a normal candidate for the role of "dad" is not so easy. To help his sister comes resourceful Galina, who works in the center of reproductive medicine. She selects the best "gene pool" for her future nephew. Donor becomes a chic and ... unsuspecting customer center - businessman Valery Uvarov. ECO is successful, and Styopka appears ... Six years later, the life of the heroine is on the right track: her son is growing up, there is a highly paid job, but ... Suddenly she finds out that her boss, biscuit and tyrant, it turns out, is Styopka's father ...

December 1936. The elite First House of Soviets, the House of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (now "House on the Embankment"). The Soviet elite is not yet aware of the massive repressions that will take place next year. The nighttime disappearances of neighbors are regarded as transfers thereof to important tasks of the Communist party. Yakov Natanovich Brandenburgsky, a famous lawyer and employee of the Supreme Court, is included in the "album" lists of the NKVD of the USSR and, being a creative person, finds a way to save his family and himself from "night arrest".

A weary traveler, exhausted by spiritual doubts, makes his way to a mystical hill known for its healing powers. However, the path to this sacred place is far from easy. Fortunately, he meets Ivan, a man brimming with life's energy, who offers to guide him. The exhausting JOURNEY of two opposites will open a new view of the world for them.

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

With capitalism and corruption becoming more entrenched in Russia, a father and his teenage son gear up for a yearlong political campaign to unseat President Putin in the 2008 elections and shift the country back toward socialism. Aliona Polunina's thoughtful documentary follows Anatoly and Andrei in their struggle to recreate a revolutionary fervor in a society that seems to be embracing the materialist values of the West.

An inspiring biopic about the legendary skier Elena Vyalbe. Born in a small town in the north of Russia, she had the courage and dedication to overcome a slew of obstacles on her way to becoming the very best in her sport. The film captures a historic skiing event at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, where Elena Vyalbe made skiing history by winning five out of five gold medals, which to this day remains a record achievement.

Главный герой, которого все зовут просто Санечка, плывет по течению. Работы нет, жена ушла… Единственное, чего у него в избытке, — это верные друзья и природный дар относиться ко всем проблемам легко и беззаботно. Однажды Александр попадает в аварию — на своей машине он врезается в джип бизнесмена. Но надо же было такому случиться, что как раз в тот момент, когда это произошло, коммерсанта собирался застрелить киллер. Предприниматель был уже на мушке, и Санечка просто спас ему жизнь! А дальше закружило, понесло. Незадачливому актеру предлагают за большие деньги сыграть роль олигарха. По странному совпадению Санечка как две капли воды похож на человека, за которого должен себя выдавать. Вжившись в образ, Александр понимает, что существование «крутых» совсем не так безоблачно, как кажется со стороны. В конце концов он сам оказываеся под прицелом киллера. Но ему снова приходит на помощь его величество Случай!

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...

Fifteen years old Nikita Dzhukov (The Bug)- handsome and clever - he is a leader of the class. There is a newcomer in the class - Senya Ivanov. He's got oncology, but only the principal knows about it. Both Nikita and Senya like Lisa, a girl from their class. The Bug trip on Senya, showing his supremacy. Senya stops appearing in school. He is in hospital, doing chemical therapy. The Bug finds it out. Time passes and Senya comes back to school. He is bold because of the therapy, and he worries about how the classmates will receive him - wan, thin, and, most of all, bold. Senya comes to school, he's wearing a cap. The classmates with The Bug in charge meets him in front of the school. They all are wearing caps. They are standing in front of Senya. Senya is frightened. But the Bug and the rest put off their caps, they are all bold. They are smiling. Senya puts off his cap, smiling in response. They hug each other, laughing joyfully.

A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexpected déja vu adventures.

An experimental drama about a boy and his illness, a wife looking for a site for her husband’s construction company and a beautiful girl who works on a phone sex-line.

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…

Three men are united around the coffin of a woman they have never seen before. They have been summoned to the morgue by their old school-friend, now a factory boss, who promised the old, lonely lady a decent funeral.

A father takes care of his only teenage son with unusual intensity and passion, which results in the son feeling suffocated. Trying to free himself from home, Andrej finds escape among his teenage friends and, above all, with a new girl.

Fyodor is a failed actor, he is trying to help his younger brother Nikita learn to walk again. Dressed as Santa Claus, Fyodor goes out on orders, hoping to raise money for an operation during the holidays. He is the saddest Santa Claus in the world, because, on top of all the other troubles, just before the New Year, his beloved girlfriend left him. And so, on December 31, he rings the doorbell of another apartment to give gifts from his parents to another pair of children, and then... the real New Year's magic begins. The girl Masha, seeing Father Frost, immediately decides that this particular Father Frost should fall in love with her mother and become a father for her and her brother Tolya. But that is not all. Each hero of this story, even those who do not believe in Miracles at all, receives their long-awaited gift, finds happiness, love and faith that the New Year is truly a holiday that can completely change life.

Russia, 1736. The sixth year of Anna Ioannovna's reign. To strengthen the family of her female ancestors, the Miloslavskys, the Empress bequeaths the throne to the future son of her niece Anna Leopoldovna. There has never been such a thing in history that a non-existent child has become the heir. Meanwhile, for the sake of a worthy military alliance with Austria, the Empress trains Anna Leopoldovna and Anton Ulrich, Duke of Brauschweig. The mother of the future heir does not like the groom, and this is used by Peter, the offspring of Biron, and the Saxon envoy Moritz. The hunt for the princess begins between these two knights.

Kira and her child were abandoned by her husband – a banal story in General, tragic for our heroine in particular. But, as they say, time heals everything: years pass, the bitterness of betrayal ceases to disturb the soul, life is gradually filled with small joys. A new admirer Vadim, an intelligent and decent man, offers a woman a hand and heart. Even Kira's former mother-in-law favors the man and blesses the ex-daughter-in-law for a new marriage. Suddenly, the prodigal husband Alexey appears on the threshold of Kira's apartment after a six-year separation. Literally on his knees, he begs his wife to take him back. The daughter, who has not stopped loving her father, also asks her mother to forgive him. Kira's heart is torn apart, she can't make a decision. A friend advises you to live with your husband and lover, but for our heroine this is an unacceptable option. Meanwhile, it turns out that Alexey has a new family and a child in the North...

Where do childhood dreams lead? And is it worth it to be dependent on illusions. 8-year-old Oksana falls in love with her father's employee, 25-year-old handsome Boris. He jokingly promises to wait until the girl grows up and marry her. Boris does not keep his word, and marries his peer Vika. Oksana childishly dramatizes this. She promises herself that by all means, she will get Boris. On the advice of her grandmother, the girl molds her dream out of plasticine. After almost 10 years, she bitterly regrets her desire. To recognize the true feelings, the girl will have to survive the collapse of the family business, the loss of the closest and most loving person. Only by getting rid of the obsession of childhood, Oksana will find happiness.

The young Vera arranges a romantic date for her mother, Natalia Petrovna, with the capital’s lady’s man so she will find her femininity again. But things go not quite according to plan...

A cartoon based on the novel of the same name by A.S. Pushkin.

The video clip for the Synecdoche Montauk song "Wherever You Are" from the album MMXIII. A film about death and its acceptance.

Anya is brought up in an orphanage, she has been in the school of ballroom dancing. She falls in love with the head of school, who is much older than her. After a quarrel with him Anya throws the newly born child in the hospital and goes to the village where settles in an abandoned house. Her peer Sanya, who secretly and hopelessly in love with Anya, leaves the children's home together with her. At first, he seems to be a child, unable to take a serious and responsible decisions, but gradually Anya sees that he grows up and falls in love with him.

The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns for its second year in theaters with 12 charming family-friendly films. The films included are: • Stems - Ainslie Hendersen (Scotland) • Shift - Cecilia Puglesi & Yijun Liu (U.S.) • Pearl - Patrick Osborne (U.S.) • Crin-crin - Iris Alexandre (Belgium) • Mirror - Chris Ware, John Kuramoto, Ira Glass (U.S.) • Last summer in the garden - bekky O’Neil (Canada) • Waiting for the New Year - Vladimir Leschiov (Latvia) • Piper - Alan Barillaro (U.S.) • Bøygen - Kristian Pedersen (Norway) • Afternoon Class - Seoro Oh (Korea) • About a Mother - Dina Velikovskaya (Russia) • Exploozy - Joshua Gunn, Trevor Piecham, & John McGowan (U.S.) • Inner Workings - Leo Matsuda (U.S.) • Corpus - Marc Héricher (France) • Blue - Daniela Sherer (Israel) • Manoman - Simon Cartwright (England) • All Their Shades - Chloé Alliez (Belgium)

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.

A young artist Ivan is preparing a work for an exhibition on the preservation of values. His work causes a public outcry: it attracts the attention of religious activists of the "God's punishment" organization, officials and journalists. As a result, the painting is removed from the exhibition, and the activists first attack, and then set fire to the artist's studio. The painting is saved, but Ivan faces a criminal case, so together with the curator of the exhibition, he goes to the Pen & Paper Bar Association to find protection and get advice on what to do next in this situation. Lawyers are preparing a defense strategy, and a bewildered artist, who by chance found himself in the epicenter of an absurd religious and cultural conflict, confronts musician Sergei Shnurov at the door of the college. Who seems to need help too.

A mother is informed that her only son, who is serving in a military combat zone, has gone missing in action. A soldier who served alongside her son soon arrives to confirm that he has probably been killed. Nothing interrupts the everyday course of events. After a short while, the mother notices a homeless boy - an immigrant worker with an injured hand. She takes him in, but doesn’t realize that in some way she has decided the fate of her son, who is actually about to return home.

Basta and his friends had a serious conflict with the powerful clan of silovikov. The guys have to find a way out of this situation, including the power of creative energy.

About spiritual sensitivity and human solidarity. A graduate of a medical school is assigned to a fishing collective farm in Glubokoe town.

A coming of age story taking place in a small Soviet town in early 70s...