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TV version of the performance by the Maly Theatre. Based on the eponymous play by M. Gorky.

A famous movies director tries to understand why his life started to change so drastically.

Several fatal accidents occur at once at the reinforced concrete products factory in the city of N. An investigator from the regional center comes to investigate the mysterious series of deaths, who understands that it is not technology that is to blame, but psychology. A number of people involved in a vicious suicidal circle are ready to take a step into the abyss. Everyone has their own reasons and motives. The investigator, when confronted with these stories, recalls his own personal tragedy.

Director Pavel Ruminov wanted to break up with his girlfriend. But she had a different opinion on the matter and refused to leave the flat, insisting their story was not over yet.

The movie has reveal the last days of the famous and popular Russian poet - Alexander Pushkin. After the poet faced scandalous rumors that his wife Natalya Pushkina had embarked a love affair, Pushkin then challenged her brother in law to a duel!

MUR investigators are investigating the murder of a singer.

Caucasus, City of Cherkessk. Soslanov Sasha or how friends are used to call him Sos is never dejected. Expelled from the University, nowhere to spend the night, a love of life Nina leaving the city - it's all rubbish. Sos is loyal to his fortune. One day, out of boredom, Sasha desperately gambles an "Express" wage - the bet is starting to win. However, Sos has lost the money-receiving card and now he has only 3 days to find his "Express". Cherkessk Odyssey has begun.

Schoolboy Khadko and his sister Ilne are heading to the tundra for the holidays to visit their grandparents, but they have no idea how this trip will change their lives. With the help of an ancient talisman, Khadko unlocks the power of their ancient lineage and the ability to communicate with animals. Now the fate of many tundra animals rests in his hands…

The film tells the dramatic story of two brothers, professional MMA athletes. This is a picture about duty and life values shown through the prism of the lives of brothers and their father – strong and proud people, a film about family, about the insults that we carry for decades, about the pain that we sometimes thoughtlessly inflict, and about forgiveness, which should always have a place in our hearts.

A grotesque musical comedy with elements of buffoonery and a political pamphlet, a paraphrase of the once famous French comedy - only a public toilet is being erected in a Russian city on the site of the city party committee.

Nastya has long been ready to marry Pasha, but he's in no hurry to go to the registry office, citing a lack of budget for a "Dream Wedding." A lottery ticket forces them to drop their facades and speak frankly.

Vasiliy Deryaba, an amateur ornithologist from Orel, arrives on a business trip to a small provincial town. Upon his arrival, he learns that the person who invited him had disappeared without a trace the day before.

Hoping to distract the boy from the loss of his mother, his father takes him to his grandfather for winter fishing. But the family falls into a blizzard and is lost on the ice of the largest lake in the world. Love and the mysterious powers of Baikal will help them overcome grief and find each other.

The action is set in 1970 as the Soviet Union (and the entire progressive world) are preparing to celebrate Lenin's centenary. Not to be outdone, the camp commander decides to have the prisoners put on a play about Lenin's life. However, the ensuing preparations turn everything upside down and seem to offer a God-given chance to plot an escape.

He wanted to put out everything that smoulders, smokes or burns. Even the Sun! Until he flared up himself... from love.

Recorded play by Dmitry Krymov in Moscow Chekhov Art Theater, based on "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.

Sami culture in the Soviet Union and today's Russia is a source of life tests and struggle. The film moves in the free-flowing memory tracks of a small indigenous people and tries to create a common memory image of the past 100 years from the diversity of the protagonists. The focus of the film narrative is the Russian territory of their homeland "Lapland", which is now divided between four countries. Grandmother of Zoya Mikhailovna was born in Finnish territory. In 1937, this was sufficient reason to upset the father of the little Zoya. Together with Zoya 18 Sami people of Kola Peninsula recall their past life memories in film. The past and the present flow into each other. However, you can feel a huge gap between "today" and "yesterday".

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.

Two get into the room, it's unclear how, it's unclear where. They could go out, but the doors suddenly close ...

Every woman considers herself happy if she finds three people in one man: a lover, a husband and a father. The heroine of the film did not have this happiness. Mario, an Italian, is the one who replaces her father in her life. Gunar, a private detective, claims to be a lover. The one who could become her husband disappears at the beginning of the film.

Forty-year old Alya has been abandoned by her husband and son. Her mother does her best to distract the heroine from her loneliness. However, her clumsy efforts do not help — Alya prefers top escape into the world of her dreams, fantasies and childhood memories.

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.

The main characters of the film have made choices, which change their lives forever. A young man Yigal Amir assassinates the Prime Minister of Israel and becomes the most hated prisoner in the country. Larissa, who emigrated from Russia, mother of four divorces her first husband, marries the assassin and gives birth to his son. For many years the film authors have been trying to solve and perceive this complicated story. One of them, Hertz Frank, passes away during the shootings remaining on the threshold of the eternal mystery - life, death and love...

The film tells five different stories, most of which are based on real events in the lives of Ingush people.

The hunt for imperial gold continues. A priceless scepter, a treasure that could secure a worry-free life in sunny Rio de Janeiro for Ibrahim Bender and his young apprentice Ostap, has slipped from under their noses and ended up in possession of Nestor Makhno, an anarchist army commander. Makhno is convinced that the scepter is one of many imperial relics hidden in the area. With mafia, partisans, and officers of the Red and White armies all determined to get their hands on the fabled gold cache, Ostap and his mentor Ibrahim must surpass their own brilliance to outmaneuver their rivals and snatch the prize. And with Ostap’s beloved fair maiden losing her trust in him, he must do everything in his power to win her back and stop her from marrying another man.

Three friends are in the entrance of a luxury home in the heart of the city. They are young, full of strength and energy, they have the talent, skill and thirst for life and ... - well, they have all but one. But money...

A year after winning the Night Hockey League, the Hockey Dads returned to their usual lifestyle. Now their children, the Harsh Tigers team, together with coach Andrey, are showing excellent results in hockey at the new ice palace and are entering the top division of the youth hockey tournament. But everything changes when they find out that the new management of the club has other plans for the team. And now the only way to restore justice is to participate in the International tournament "Games of the Future". The dads of young hockey players are ready to put on their skates again and, together with their teenage children, compete with the best teams in the world.

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.

Two young students - Sonya and Ippolit - are spending their holiday time in sunny Greece. But not everything is going as planned.

Masha is an energetic three-year-old who lives in an old train station in the forest. Precocious, silly, and friendly with everyone she meets, this energetic girl can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Bear is a warm, fatherly figure that does his best to guide his friend and keep her from harm, often ending up the unintended victim of her misadventures. Though he enjoys his quiet time alone, he misses those moments when Masha is not around. Together with a rag-tag group of friendly animals that have made the forest their home, Masha and the Bear entertains adults and children alike, teaching viewers about creativity, loyalty and true friendship.

Anya is used to achieving everything in life on her own. Denying herself many things, she is the only one in the family who works and takes care of her mother and sister. Anya’s sister, Masha, is her complete opposite. Since childhood, she has been the parents’ favorite, with every whim indulged, and she is used to getting the best of everything and attracting plenty of male attention. Masha easily steals Anya’s boyfriend, Yuri, who in reality is interested neither in Masha nor Anya, but in obtaining a Moscow residence permit. Life keeps bringing Anya new surprises: unexpectedly, a man appears claiming to be her real father. Gravely ill, he comes seeking her forgiveness. But Anya’s happiness is short-lived — her father dies soon after.

A mono virus outbreak at Highland Park High takes out the most popular kids for two months, allowing the outcasts to rule the school.

The once friendly and loving Gureev family finds itself on the verge of divorce. Spouses Olga and Sergey have moved away from each other, and children Anton and Nastya worry about their parents. Sergey, a fashion photographer, receives an assignment to fly to an exhibition. He is trying to cancel the business trip because it is Nastya's birthday. Olga, once again disappointed in her husband's actions, is ready to file for divorce... But eight-year-old Nastya, their daughter, buys a trip to Armenia for the whole family with the donated money. Fun adventures await the Gureev family, including an immersion in the flavor of a local wedding, which is celebrated for just 7 days and 7 nights. They will also pass their own tests, which will help them understand what is most valuable and important in this life.

Two boys head into the forest to photograph a mysterious creature rumored to have haunted the area for years. Along the way one of them falls into a hole and breaks his leg. Finding themselves in a precarious situation, each realizes that the pain, fear, and gathering darkness are not the worst of it, because the mysterious monster is no myth. And it's closer than it seems.

Additional materials for "Major Grom: Plague Doctor" (2021).

A beautiful and instructive Far Eastern fairy tale. The film tells the story of a little boy who outsmarts a dangerous tiger, saving its life in the process. Surprised by the boy's courage and determination, the tiger reveals its secret and showers him with gifts. The boy returns home safe and sound, to the delight of his parents. The film is suitable for all ages. It will be made using a hand-drawn technique, with stylized characters and backgrounds. The film will feature ethnic music of the Nivkh people, reinterpreted and remastered by the composer.

An unbelievable story about love which survived the horrors of WWII and a time abyss of 67 years.

10-year-old Vladik is a genius of neural networks and a master at getting rid of nannies. When his mother urgently needs to go on a business trip, he has to go to the village to visit his grandfather, whom he has never seen in his life. Vladik dreams of returning to the city and getting into an important IT competition, and his grandfather has no intention of following his lead. Each of them is sure that they can easily outsmart the other, but this meeting will change them both.

The failed hero-lover Kolya is locked in a closet, and the closet ends up at the epicenter of a joint operation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Drug Control Service.

“Male's way” is the first male series devoid of thieves' raids, pseudo-romantic maxims and melodramatic self-torture, an uncompromisingly honest look at the relations of men and women, devoid of political correctness alien to this form. These are stories about “sex in the big city” through the eyes of women and men living in the Russian metropolis, this is a challenge to the norms of hypocritical morality, screaming about tolerance and chastity, but mired in oppression and debauchery, this is a bitter medicine, caustic truth about the heroes of our time forced to live according to the laws of the society to which they serve. And in this hopeless accuracy, the main note of all interwoven plots, where life itself will put everything in its place, and yesterday's monster can become handsome, and Cinderella can turn into a witch.

The plot is based on two parallel events, with detective Steve Carella at the center. He is assigned a difficult case: the day before, millionaire Scott, the owner of a luxurious villa, hanged himself in a small windowless room, having locked himself in from the inside in a very clever way. At the same time, a woman named Virginia comes to the police station with the intention of killing Carella himself. After all, he once arrested her husband, who died in prison...

Childless spouses writer Andrei and artist Olga adopt the eight-year-old Ksyusha. The director of the orphanage where the girl was brought up is Andrei Iren's ex-girlfriend. She still passionately loves Andrei and intends to return him at all costs, even if for this he will have to destroy his family happiness. Meanwhile, Andrei is writing a science fiction novel about the dark side of Petersburg. On the pages of his book, the city on the Neva turns into a phantasmagoric world, where time itself has stopped, and the streets are inhabited by soulless creatures. Suddenly, Ksenia enters the world of "dark Petersburg" from the novel by Andrey, where he meets a mysterious friend Paramon. Heroes are waiting for many dangerous adventures...

A fat middle-aged man in German officer's uniform gets off a train somewhere in Russia in winter. He is a doctor who has just been called up we learn eventually. This is the end of the line- the Germans are about to retreat. He goes to a hospital which is being evacuated and is thrown out. Kicked out he wanders with another conscript- a failed actor turned postman. The postman is deafened by a shell explosion. They meet their Russian equivalents, others as bad at killing as they are, while other Russians and Germans kill one another around them.

Each grain crop - wheat, rye, rice and corn - has been "creating" a special type of person for centuries. For example, rye formed the Slavic culture, wheat influenced the inhabitants of almost all of Central Europe and a significant part of Asia, corn formed the inhabitants from Mexico to Nicaragua, and rice - representatives of Japan, India and China. Today, genetic engineers are trying to create the bread of the future. It is likely that after some time we will have three-dimensional food printers in our kitchens that will be able to "print" buns, loaves or confectionery. However, scientists are convinced that only part of the components for the "printer" will be chemical, and the rest of the components will continue to be grown on earth. At the same time, some researchers believe that genetic engineering may turn out to be a "Pandora's box", while others are sure that they can no longer do without it.

To bring together her divorcing parents, eleven-year-old Polina makes them come across each other by deceit. Nevertheless, their conflict increases with a vengeance as it is Polina who is the main cause of the dispute.

why cannes is a gulag, zvyagintsev is an electron, and anton dolin listens to bach on the croisette promenade

Good and Kind People Are Living in the World... Despite all the strange thing which are happening to you.

A TV producer is trying to get a job on a very prestigious channel. The most defenseless segment of the population in the person of a pensioner is fighting back against telephone scammers. A difficult "crust" falls into the hands of an ordinary dogsitter, fulfilling all desires without magic and sorcery. Would-be Casanova invites all three mistresses to the wedding — without conspiring, they come to take revenge on the same day. Arriving from Belgorod, the girl shoots a blog about Moscow and makes an appointment with a native Muscovite guide, but everything does not go according to plan.

Set in Tbilisi, the film’s protagonist walks through the city’s streets as he contemplates whether to accept a job abroad or to stay at home with his family and girlfriend.

Beginning with perestroika and reaching its peak after the demise of the Soviet Union, pessimistic youth sub-culture films abounded in Russia and the former republics. Anguely V Rayou is another example of these "youth without future" films. Based on the novel Two Notebooks by Piotr Kojevnikov, the action takes place in the Leningrad of 1975, when the "stagnation" era is at its peak. Two teenagers, Micha and Galia, are experiencing a slow death in the slums of the city. Galia's aunt is going crazy in her desperation. Micha's mother is killed by a drunk. One of their friends has committed suicide. These kids are typical of a generation wasted by alcohol and misfortune. Some are bound to become outcasts, some will be destroyed, and others will be sacrificed in Afghanistan. The title is ironic, as there is neither paradise nor angels in this story.

Frank accounts from eyewitnesses — a former police officer who worked with “night butterflies,” a Soviet prostitute, and a catering worker with over a hundred romantic stories behind her — are intertwined with analysis from experts such as historian Lev Lurye, sociologist Elena Zdravomyslova, and sex blogger Arina Kholina. They help the viewer better understand how the legacy of the Soviet era is reflected in the intimate lives of people today.

The sinister ghost of the Queen of Spades is out for blood, her victims the students of an old boarding school shrouded in gloomy rumors. Exploring the school’s abandoned wing, the teenagers discover a mirror covered in mysterious drawings. Facing it, they playfully recite an incantation which renders their innermost desires a reality - at the expense of nothing less than their souls.