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Lonely Lisa lives in a big city. She believes in a miracle and goes to work. Her worthless life can change. We just need someone to notice it.

A year after the loss of her mother's son comes the news: her son is in Ingushetia.

At the beginning of the last century, young Lillian, engineer Carter and policeman Simmons meet on an ocean liner, tracking Carter down to arrest him on murder charges. Suddenly , all three find themselves on lifebuoys in the open ocean...

Family dinner on the eve of the weekend. Grandfather was waiting for them, because tomorrow he will be taken to visit his wife Tatka. Plans change in connection with the more important affairs of the son. Well ... Next time

Teenager Yura goes to stay with his grandmother to spend his summer vacation by Lake Baikal. One day, he finds a mysterious stranger on the shore who has lost his memory.

Ivan Tsarevich dreams of marrying Marya the Weaver. But the Tsar has decided to marry his son to an overseas princess. Three heroes help Marya the Weaver in her fight for Ivan Tsarevich's love. They must complete the Tsar's task and bring him the feather of the Firebird. And the overseas princess turns to Baba Yaga for help.

Accidentally finding themselves in a half-abandoned hotel, the apparently happy newlyweds get acquainted not only with its strange owner, but also with each other's unsolved secrets. Will the lovers be able to maintain a relationship after what they have heard? Earn forgiveness? And if the truth is really capable of liberating, then which of them?

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 portrait of Naum Kleiman — film scholar, historian, and sage. In conversation with him, a vast cultural landscape unfolds, where Pushkin meets Godard, Sokurov, Dionysius, Eisenstein, Snyders, Glass, Ozu, and many others. Kleiman reveals the simplicity of mystery, and in doing so, reveals himself.

Having gone to Samarkand in search of traces of colonial culture, of which there were quite a few left there, having carefully photographed them, we suddenly discovered that it was not the dead buildings that were much more interesting, but the living carriers of this very colonial culture. The result is a film about people who live on the ruins of an empire.

An offended old lady curses a sleazy official so that he can't be bribed. The curse comes true... Now dirty money just burn in his hands. And that's right before the biggest bribe of his life! If the official doesn't get rid of the curse during the next 24 hours, he will face a serious punishment.

Russia accepts a huge number of migrants who come by whatever means to earn money and find their place. The main character, the Thai Narak, has come to Russia with her husband Sagda to earn money and help their relatives in Thailand. Thai women find a job in Russia much easier than Thai men. Narak works as a nanny, Sagda doesn’t work, starts gambling and loses all her earnings. Fate grants to Sagda a second chance to change their story.

Five stories of romantic relationships intertwine on Valentine's Day in a small town at the foot of a mountain.

General Khadyakov turns sixty. He decides to ditch Moscow for a day and celebrate his birthday in an authentic Russian village with an immersive countryside experience. Fishing, a jolly feast, a visit to the banya, and a farm-style spa - that's the plan, and all of his beloved friends are coming. But the party goes awry: the rich guests manage to turn the whole village against themselves, get into a nasty quarrel and lose all the food.

The movie is based on the real story of Nika Turbina, once world-famous Soviet child poetess, who got completely forgotten in the 1990s. That's when we meet her: at the age of 27 Nika is full of hopes and doubts regarding her gift. Due to the age restriction, she's got just one shot to enter the Drama School, and that's her only chance to separate from her cherishing and oppressive mother. Acquaintance with a new friend Ivan gives Nika hope for a happy future, but there is still something in her memory that triggers her. Tragically cheerful, painfully confused and desperately believing in love and life after childhood, Nika puts everything on the line to overcome ghosts of the past.

Unrealized animated film based on Tolkien's works. The project was launched in 1991 and suspended due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. As for today only six minutes of prologue has been found and preserved.

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

The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of Cossacks, fugitive serfs, and many spirited people. In these troubled times in the God-forsaken Belogorsk young officer Pyotr Grinyov meets his first love - Masha, the daughter of Captain Mironov. Recklessly passionate love with each other did not want to notice the signs of impending trouble. They did not know that soon they will be an ordeal. They could not imagine how bizarre way their fates intertwined with the fate of the self-proclaimed king, and what an incredible effort will be worth it to save their lives and feelings in the bloody chaos of Russian riot.

Elliot, a 25-year-old British boy, discovers that he has a secret half-brother, Fyodor in Saint Petersburg. Elliot travels to the city, meets his brother and falls in love with Anya, Fyodor's girlfriend.

Finnick accidentally loses invisibility, and now the world of brownies is under threat. Together with his man Kristina, he goes in search of a magical magician who will help him regain invisibility.

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.

Igor, a Russian oligarch gets into a heated argument with Eva, his estranged daughter whilst traveling on his private jet. Igor orders the plane to land. As the plane touches down Eva disappears into the Goan jungle. Thus begins Igor's desperate search for his only daughter. A search that will bring him and Eva into contact with various characters who in turn are trying to find their own paths through life. Makar, a guy from Novosibirsk, who is desperately searching for enlightenment. Alexey and Kristina are ending their marriage here, while Dimon and Lenya are raising hell and pushing Goa to its partying limits. Kosmos the Guru ("just don't call him that") dispenses the chemicals that in a bat of an eyelid will take you to an alternate reality. There are different destinies here. There are a myriad of people. But all of them have one Motherland, which is easy not to love as long it is close to you

Trouble seems to find Ray Perso, or maybe he just looks for it. First he's busted for hacking Manhattan's ATM banking system - sending twenties flying on every street corner. Then he's sprung from the Computer Rehab by a Russian gangster and smuggled to Moscow to work for an imprisoned "businessman". Maneuvering his way through the chaotic and violent Moscow Underworld, Ray finds love. But, his bliss is short-lived when he finds out someone has 40 million reasons to want him dead!

After his wife Lucy walks out on him, Alexander tries to seek solace in alcohol and drugs, but the pain just won't go away. He is given the address of a mysterious man who claims to have the answer; a strange, powerful narcotic that will take away his anguish. Alexander can't take any more so he visits the dealer and is given the drug. For a while he feels fine, life is good again, until he realizes that shadowy figures are pursuing him. He tries to escape but there is no hiding from the Ingression.

The Great Patriotic War. A ship carrying wounded across the White Sea comes under fire from German aircraft and goes under water. In the midst of the icy void, only two remain alive — a blind soldier and a nurse. Now she becomes his eyes, and he is her test and support at the same time. There are kilometers of ice and snow ahead, without any certainty that there is a chance of salvation. The already difficult path is complicated by another threat: the survivors become a target for the German pilot, who has received orders to destroy them.

In the war-torn countryside, an orphan and his young friend use all their skills to defend their home and people from opposing forces.

Nowadays. Time of tolerance, universal equality and brotherhood. A trainee, a test swallow of the experimental national program "Tolerant Russia", enters the police station of city N. Young law-abiding brown bear Arkady Chizhikov, erect and Russian-speaking. A modest and quiet trainee tries with all his might to "join" the new team and win the trust and respect of colleagues. However, the existing composition of the site does not accept the newcomer.

The 1990s. Two friends Masha and Taya are trying to escape from the narrow confines of a provincial town. Masha rebels through dancing and conflicts with her mother and her young lover, while the timid and indecisive Taya seeks salvation in a marriage with a foreigner organized by her parents.

He wants to leave, but always stays. She wants him to stay, but she cannot forgive. Night gives them a chance to see how will the life change if they do as they want. They see one dream together and there they realize why are they together.

Lech, by his 30s, has already burned himself in a relationship and is now enjoying bachelor life in an apartment with a friend. But a friend suddenly grows up and decides to move in with his girlfriend, whom he found in the STPP — "Potential Partner Selection Bureau". Lech does not immediately, but decides to also try to find "compatibility love" based on computer modulations. And finds it! But there is a problem: she has already found love for herself, and this is not Lech.

I was reminded of people who were not exactly "healthy" according to everyday logic, but were nevertheless genius: Vrubel, Fedotov, Van Gogh. And always—Dostoevsky. Who would have benefited if all these great artists had been healthy? Illness caused them a great deal of suffering, but, when expressed through their creativity, it still brought about such stunning results. So, here it is entirely appropriate to ask: is it necessary to cure them? - Valeriy Fokin.

Young Oksana puts her newly born Denis in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children's home, intent on making amends for her maternal neglect, and to exploit him to earn money in a corrupt legal system.

The head of the American humanitarian organization has a serious problem. She is "narcotic" dependent on American dollars. The psychoanalyst advises her to leave the States. Hannah arrives in Moscow. And he heads the humanitarian fund. Her foundation imports chicken legs to Russia. When checking another large batch of chicken legs, Hannah discovers that the chicken legs are infected with a dangerous virus. Her Russian counterpart offers her $ 1,000,000 in cash so she can give permission to import chicken legs to Russia. Hannah physiologically cannot refuse such an amount. But she cannot live on, becoming a bribe taker. And then a mental transformation takes place with her...

"Free Floating" is a melodrama with elements of comedy about a young lad from an ordinary provincial town like many in Russia, with just one kindergarten, one school, one factory. As a result, one grows up here never facing the alternative as to what to choose, for everything is preordained. Leonid is an ordinary lad who, like his peers, goes to discos, dances with girls and picks fights with the local riff-raff later. Everything is going well for him, as his life is totally predictable. But one day the factory closes down and he becomes disoriented. For the first time ever, he is to make a choice on his own and think seriously about what he would like to do...

A Russian film about a guy who makes the mistake of enlisting the services of a gypsy. His life spirals out of control, and he spends most of his days in a satanic netherworld.

War destroys hopes, dreams, mercilessly burns generations.

The "To Stumble" comedy is based on "Death of an Official" story by Anton Chekhov. Trying to catch the ironic intonation of the writer, in whom the comedic side by side with the tragic, the director blurs the boundaries of time and talks about the present day.

Orphans Dimka and Yaroslav live independent lives. Each of them received a one-room apartment from the state, but the guys decided to live together in order to rent out free living space. They record their reckless life on an amateur camera. However, when the work that the state offers doesn't suit them, one of their acquaintances offers his help - he kicks out the non-paying tenant, draws up papers for himself so that the guys can get a loan for a private business, and then ... deceives and sells their apartment. The first test of adulthood turns out to be cruel, but even more severe trials await Dima and Yaroslav ahead...

Egor Korshunov (40) is a Siberian forest guard who works in a local environmental company, fighting fearlessly against poachers in taiga. Egor is a great family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. Unexpectedly, Egor finds out that he has terminal cancer and has only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save Egor. Finally, left with no other options, he decides to take the last desperate step. He attempts to completely change his identity in order to fool the oncoming death, just like Zhamba the drake, the hero of a legendary ancient Siberian epos, did.

This is the second installment of a three-part series of autobiographical films about the director's life. The first, which won various awards for its maker, was entitled Zamri Oumi Voskresni and was later retitled Zari, Umri, Vokresni ("Freeze-Die-Come to Life"). At the end of that film, set at the conclusion of World War II, the young Valerka was striving hard to overcome the inertia of just getting by, along with his sometime friend Galiya. In this one, he is adjusting to Galiya's death and is back in school and is living with his mother, a prostitute. After a girl at the school is found to have been gang-raped, the headmaster chooses Valerka to be one of the scapegoats, though he had nothing to do with the deed. The punishment seems mild enough, he was simply expelled from school. However, after quarrelling with his mother about the incident, he takes to the road, and discovers a society so bleak, degraded and hopeless that it is a wonder he remained alive.

Dasha is 10 years old, her mother Lera drags her to castings in advertising agencies in the hope that they will be able to earn a better life. Dasha manages to get into the advertising business, but she is afraid of disappointing Lera and is ready to do anything to earn her mother's love, even the most desperate step...

As a child, Dmitry got lost in the forest, and since then has avoided going there. Now an adult, the guy graduated from YSU and has not yet decided what to do next. The height of July, Dmitry’s friends are calling to the forest to drink vodka and eat barbecue. Already being in a fair amount of drinking, they begin to stray and stumble upon a shaman tree. There is a quarrel. The guys, warmed up by vapors of alcohol, pluck evil on a tree, and someone is already watching them from the forest.

Our three hapless heroes - Igor, Artyom, and Sauna - return for another lesson from St. Valentine. This time they must learn the true value of fatherhood.

Uzbek citizen Yury Derbenev is sent to work in Moscow to raise money for the treatment of a seriously ill daughter. His profession, however, is inappropriate: Yury Alexeevich is a teacher of Russian language and literature. And by nationality he is Russian. After many ordeals and misfortunes into which the capital plunged him, Yury is faced with a choice: to go to kill and save his own daughter or remain an honest person.

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.

One day, Artyom, a Moscow schoolboy who is passionate about computer games and the latest technologies, discovers the magical world of the circus. Despite his mother's prohibitions, the boy once again sacrifices sleep for sitting in front of the monitor and becomes the hero of a computer game. Now Artyom and his classmates will have to complete an exciting quest, face the intrigues of a virtual circus, save gymnast Agatha and escape from the evil magician-trickster Fortunatus themselves. Real life will also present the young heroes with a number of challenges that the children will have to cope with without the help of their parents.…

Based on the novel by Emile Zola. The picture was not released. The movie is not fully preserved.

Surreal New Year special TV musical.

The rat lives in a cage that stands in the room of a large communal apartment in which the poet lives. The apartment is in the house; House - in the yard-well; The courtyard is in the city; And in the courtyard - 1939 ...In the film there are many newsreel frames of those times, the sound series contains both popular and propagandist songs, both Soviet and German. The plot is divided into many unrelated episodes, which are colorized in different colors. The author claims that everything shown should be understood outside of symbolism: everything in the film means only itself.

An extraordinary Wanderer comes to a crumbling house, a dying family, where there are children, where there is prosperity, but there is never loud laughter or children making noise. Who is she? Who did she come for? What does he want? With her arrival, everything in the house is gradually changing.

A traffic light. A red signal. A masked guy jumps into the car of a young man. He points a pistol at the driver and shouts: “Go!”. The guy has a bag full of money. When the driver looks around at him, the robber points the pistol at him, and the car gets involved in an accident. After a stop on the roadside a small child starts to cry on the back seat.

The movie takes place at a charity event at a country house during which a series of people try to talk an oligarch into giving money for a project. Masha, a young attractive woman, has been invited as a possible lure for the oligarch, and she has brought with her a casual acquaintance, Nick, a Russian living in the United States, who films the party for a documentary project. Later, he shows the footage to his producer Kate.

The heroes of the film - artist, director, architect, choreographer and porn star - tell numerous stories about their sexual exploits. A bizarre synthesis of Decameron, Lolita and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.