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Creative search for 20 year old heroes. Trauma as exhaustion or trauma as inspiration and the basis of creative impulse? Get out of a violent relationship and find self-confidence - is it possible? The story of two girls in modern Moscow.
After living in the city, Andrei Khodas returns to the land and settles on a farm. However, the rapidly growing city catches up with him here. A couple of young and energetic businessmen intend to buy a picturesque area for new construction and are trying to evict its few inhabitants.
The poet Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936-2013) gained wide popularity first of all as a participant in the dissident movement and one of those legendary eight who on August 25, 1968 went to the Red Square to protest against the invasion of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia, having paid for this several years of imprisonment. She was often called the heroine. She objected: "I'm not a heroine, I'm just an ordinary person." The authors of the film shot Gorbanevskaya for several years, asking questions that worried her as a poet, forced them to go to the square, and how her fate developed after forced emigration from the USSR.
“When you raise a winner, you grow a warrior. In the warrior you need to kill love so that he can win. Mom raised a daughter, a good warrior, did not take into account only that the warrior does not care who to kill. ”
According to UN data in the workforce, in terms of numbers and sex, in Russia there are 794,000 people
With her the husband and her mother Katya lives in a small provincial town and works at the local factory. The mother suddenly falls ill and decides to transfer her property to her son, Katya’s brother. Katya feels this decision to be unjust, and begins to fight for her inheritance. In pursuit of imaginary material well-being Katya decides on a most desperate act.
The main characters are ordinary 30-year-old men who live in an ordinary Russian village, where it is always bad to work, where there is always no money, where they drive moonshine, for which they pay with food or firewood. They did not study at institutes, do not speak foreign languages, do not understand politics and consider the words “Internet” and “glamor” as curses. For such words, they can give in the face. They see life mainly on the TV screen. Yes and that - black and white.
The world is in the grip of surveillance cameras. Youngsters are at a protest, their motto being "Say No to Cameras." Yet there is a paradox: these very youngsters, despite their fervent opposition, cannot bring themselves to reject the cameras.
After the death of her son Julia seemed to be frozen. I can not regain consciousness. But she believes in a new meeting with the one she lost.
The documentary about the Ukrainian Aidar battalion was filmed in a single 80-minute sequence.
A stage production of Anton Chekhov's play at the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre.
This story unites the destinies of the landowners and their servants, and is considered to be one of the most complete portraits of the Russian life in the late XIX century. It takes place in Dry Valley, a village owned by the noble family of Khrushevs. The story tells about Natalia, a young and naive girl who serves in their country house. We see and experience her love, dedication to her masters, mysticism, exile, betrayal and faith, while the Dry Valley is falling to pieces, slowly but inevitably, as well as the lives of its inhabitants.
Hansel's grandfather's wife died. They have lived together for over fifty years. For three years he has been living alone, cannot find a place for himself and constantly misses her.
The story of two artists, endowed with love and talent, trying to live in personal and artistic freedom in a totalitarian regime.
Zhenya and Roman arrive in Moscow and get a job as a servant in a private country house. For them, this is a temporary stage, an opportunity to settle in Moscow, but hopes for a future happy life together are not destined to come true. Soon they find themselves involved in a difficult family relationship between the owners and guests of the house…
The mountains of Altai. Six people slowly rise up... Each of them has their own character, their own fate. And each of them has already overcome the most difficult route in their life – from a severe, deadly disease to a lung transplant, which brought them back to full life. Now these people set off on a difficult journey to show themselves and everyone how limitless their life has become. Meanwhile, in Moscow, the days of those who have yet to take their summit are slowly stretching – to wait and undergo a lung transplant operation. One year of life between Moscow and Altai mountains.
Visions fugitives are the moments of when music is born; they are elusive and normally hidden from the audience. This film is a portrait of the legendary musician and composer Vyacheslav Gaivoronsky (the creator of music for films by Evgeny Yufit, Oleg Kovalov, and others). Shot over year, it focuses on unique episodes during rehearsals. Featured in the film are Vladimir Chekasin, Vladimir Tarasov, Vladislav Pesin, and other outstanding musicians
During the Victory day celebration, the heroes realize that the themed military party has been replaced by the reality of the fascist rear. Five guys, known to the audience from the first part of the film, find themselves in a German beer hall. In the confusion of the battle, they manage to escape, but in the confusion, "aliens from the 21st century" accidentally injure a red army soldier named Kantaria. Friends understand that if he does not survive, the course of history will change — who will plant the flag on the Reichstag? Now their task is to get to their own, not to let the future war hero die and, of course, go back to their time…
The documentary looks into the fate of the girls trapped in sexual slavery. The film unfolds in India, a country that occupies an unhappy first place among countries with the highest volumes of human trafficking. Several prostitutes who became heroines of this film are living in the Red Light district of Mumbai – some time ago they were sold to this district by their own parents. The other plot line of the documentary is the story of a little girl living in one of Northern India’s poorest villages. In a couple of years she too can follow the Mumbai ladies’ path.
In the near future, a young journalist is blackmailed by a powerful government agency to spy on an underground nationalist group.
A few friends carry a valuable cargo for them. Before friends a noble goal. But it doesn't make them better. The most serious obstacle in their way are themselves.
This story, full of tender sentiment, is about a mechanic who accidentally cuts off his hand while rehearsing a love declaration. And the story continues with the hand stitched back on. Back on it is, true; but the wrong way round.
American psychologist of Russian descent Alex comes to Tuva to open his third eye and learn shamanic practices. Chochagar Kes-Kam becomes his “teacher of shamanism”. Together, the master and the student visit the famous Tuvan shamans and travel around Tuva. But their relationship is being seriously tested.
A portrait and self-portrait of the former TV journalist Vyacheslav Nemyshev, who reported on the Chechnyan war in 2001 and now leads a reclusive life on an island.
In 1994, on the initiative of Perm rock musician Oleg Novoselov, a charitable collection of rock music artists "Songs for Tani M" was created. Funds from its implementation were aimed at the construction of a children's cancer center in Perm. Tanya M., Tanya Modina, was among the children who were treated for a terrible illness. Then she was 7 years old, children were shot on an amateur camera, and Tanya became a "face from the cover" of the disc. In the anniversary of that charity event, the widow of Oleg Novoselov, Lena decides to find Tanya, who should be 22 today. And he finds ... in a female colony, where she fell for a robbery...
Bibo is a robot who sells ice cream. The world around him is destroyed. Just a few houses are left in the middle of the desert. Everybody loved Bibo in the past. Children, adults, everybody... He was a star! And now, the only thing that keeps Bibo going is his job. This is his life. Every day he comes to his workplace no matter what. And every day, at the same time, 3 children run towards him to buy ice cream. Again and again... Until that one day, when a girl in a red dress freezes in the middle of the street.
A committed synchronized swimmer tries to win the championship and the heart of the coach.
After avenging the murder of her husband, Polina flees to Odessa where she hopes to hide from her merciless enemies. There she meets a young and charming Gleb and their sympathy begins to grow into something more ... but the mafia’s influence spreads very far, and the criminal group comes to the city to deal with her ‘for good’. Thus, Polina becomes a reason for fights for the territories. To stop this endless criminal saga, Polina is forced to turn from a victim into a hunter which draws her new and, as it turns out, mysterious friends into this dangerous game ...
Academic work of 3rd courses of training of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop).
This is a story about a guy who killed a man. This is a story about a woman for whom this guy killed for. This is a story about a man who was killed. Three lives in a destructive twisted triangle. This is a story about bad choices which led to horrible fate. This is a story about love, lies, infidelity and manipulation. This is a story about blood, nightmares, forgiveness and faith. This is a story about crime and punishment. This is a story about The Killing.
The Soviet philosopher Evald Ilyenkov tries to purge Marxism of ideological cliches, but is rebuffed by his colleagues and the Soviet authorities. The struggle for a true philosophy turns into a tragedy for him and his family.
The film is about volleyball coach Nikolay Karpole.
Anna Grigoryevna, an ordinary Soviet woman, dreamed of a trip to Paris for thirty years. And in 1986, during perestroika, she finally finds herself in the city of her dreams. Her husband and son give her a camera, but because of an excess of emotions, she forgets all the instructions and brings the film, which, when developed, turned out to be a marriage. Recently, the adult son of Anna Grigoryevna found a film. And I decided that this is modern art! He walks around the studios, exhibition curators, they laugh at him, this story is incomprehensible to his mother, his girlfriend is not interested in it. And between these walks, a life passes in which each of these women claims her rights to him.
Diyor who is eleven years old, lives in the little town with his mother. Life lost it's meaning for him. After his father's death, he is having nightmares all the time. He is not able to go back to normal life. The past again overtakes him, when he once, lost in the woods, meets his dead father.
On the 11th of November 2018 the elections were held in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. One of those who came to vote is a former locksmith Alexander Zaslavsky, a participant under the call sign "Old" in the battles in 2014 and 2015.
This is a story about natural coincidence, the battle against time and overcoming the self for the sake of common good. In this black comedy everyone will recognise themselves.
The inhabitants of the forest unite in the face of an enemy from the outside. And the easiest way to deal with him is through the principles of rhythmic musical composition.
A film almanac consisting of three short stories, each of which tells about the fate of a woman, her hopes for love and the vicissitudes of fate. A village girl Mira dreams of a groom, and now an officer stays in their house for the night, and Mira soon discovers that she is pregnant... Valya, who returned from Venice, where she lived for two years, meets Alexei, her sister's lover – and she likes him. Vera, a retired ballerina, teaches yoga at a hotel and falls in love with a married man. And one day a Spanish theater comes to their city with a ballet ... each of the women will have to make difficult decisions in an attempt to find happiness.
Анна и Никита воспитывают чужого ребенка, но теперь у них появился шанс на рождение собственного: беременность Анны подтверждается. Женщину кладут на сохранение. Однако их счастье омрачается попытками некой доброжелательницы убедить Анну и ее мужа, что в ее возрасте опасно рожать. По ее мнению, Анне следует прибегнуть к помощи суррогатной матери. А пока Анна находится в роддоме, Никита берет на себя заботу о матери-одиночке с новорожденным ребенком, отец которого трагически погиб...
How often do we think about ecology, about the environment, about health, about our life and the life of future generations? A new film from the brand "Uncle Vanya" - "Ecology Lesson" - calls to stop and think about what concerns each of us.
In 2016, eSports games were declared the official sport in Russia. Letsplay is a multi-month observation of the life of world champions of eSports. This is a backstage of large-scale computer battles, victories and defeats of the heroes of the virtual world.
The mother sent the teenager to learn how to swim with a good trainer. After the first classes, the boy staged a local revolution in the pool. It seemed more important to resist than to learn how to swim.
Two friends are engaged in theft of cars in order to extort money from their owners. The next stealing runs smoothly. The owner of the car agrees to pay, but puts forward an unexpected condition ...
The story of the creation of Philip Kirkorov's most ambitious show.
2015 is declared a year of literature in Russia. But what is it for a writer to live the year of literature? Neighbor informs the writer that his house will be demolished for the construction of the highway. The highway project is posted on the Internet. And you can see a schematically designated house, where the famous contemporary writers have gathered recently: Alisa Ganieva, Anna Kozlova, Pavel Sanaev, Sergei Shargunov, Anton Sekisov and others. Months of waiting are on. And the writer decides to live as if nothing happened. He's writing.
A lonely girl with a scythe appears in a Moscow street on New Year's Eve.
Phil Esposito, the legendary Canadian hockey player, was one of the brightest participants in the 1972 series of hockey matches between the USSR and Canada. The film covers the period between 2012 and the present day and highlights the most significant visits of Phil Esposito to Russia. Phil talks about how these trips changed his attitude towards Russia - from a sharply negative one, which persisted for forty years after the end of the 1972 Super Series, to a respectful and friendly outlook.
Dmitry is a strong willed, solid guy. He could easily quit the game, if only he knew he was playing.
The second almanac of the author's films based on pies-poems. The theme of this collection is life and death.
The story of a Russian family living and dying through four wars: the Russian Civil War in 1920, the Great Patriotic War in 1942, the First Chechen War in 1996, and the Russian military invasion in Ukraine in 2017.
An old fairy tale with a new twist! Young Cinderella suffers from the attacks of her evil stepmother and her narcissistic daughters, who, in the hope of getting a prince, go to the royal ball.
An accountant from the Ural city comes to St. Petersburg in search of acting happiness.
While visiting the old pub Andrey suddenly gets an opportunity to try to live somebody's else life. Available for rent is a life of famous chef and restaurants owner...
Zoe - athlete with a masculine character. Therefore, it is difficult for the stronger sex, and they run away from her. But Zoe wants to get married and have children.
Sasha, a singer at a musical theatre, persuades his friend Kulik to take him to a remote sacred place for fishing. Soon they find out that wood spirits live here. Kulik warns Sasha to ask them of nothing and not to fool the evil spirit, but he breaks the taboo — and now the spirits demand blood payment. Kulik faces a difficult choice: to leave Sasha in the forest and escape, or pull him out and pay with his life.
Documentary about people who work on illegal allotments near the airport for more than 30 years, but soon the allotments should be destroyed, because of technical progress and development of the area.
Program on the life and career of Larisa Shepitko was broadcast on the Russian television channel Kultura and features interviews with the director’s sister Emilia Tutina and son, Anton Klimov.
"Time, forward!" - two orchestral suites by George Sviridov, published for the first time in 1968 (first suite) and in 1977 (second suite). The suites were created on the basis of music for the film "Time, Forward!" By Mikhail Schweitzer (based on the novel of the same name by Valentin Kataev, shot in 1965, released in 1966), dedicated to the construction of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine. From the first suite, the most famous part is "Time, forward!". Subsequently, it was used in a number of films, in television and radio programs, documentary films about the first five-year plans, industrialization, and post-war reconstruction. Sergei Oskolkov composed his suite: "Time, back!" The film is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the revolution in Russia.