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The question is, whether Katya Golubeva, an icon of the European underground cinema, determined her fate with the parts she played, or the fate of her characters affected her own fate?

Albania in the 1960s, the city of Gjirokastra. Katya, a graduate of the Philology Department of Moscow State University, marries an Albanian, a young historian whom she met in Moscow. Soon after Katya enters into a dialogue with the dictator Enver Hoxha at an art exhibition, her husband is arrested on trumped-up charges.

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The year is 1989 and Stefan works as a bus driver between Norrland and Murmansk. With him on the journeys is the Russian interpreter Jana which he has fallen in love with. He is prepared to do everything to win her love, but her mother sets an ultimatum - get a safe front door. Stefan has competition from a Russian and soon the contest is on, "who can give the mother the best door".

The film is about a new generation of Russian football players. For three years, the authors of the picture watched the heroes' paths to big football: hopes and victories, difficult trials and injuries, inevitable disappointments and sacrifices – all for the sake of fulfilling a common dream of "being in the game" at the 2018 World Cup. The heroes of the film are Alexander Golovin, Roman Zobnin, Alexander Selikhov, Magomed Ozdoev, the Miranchuki brothers.

The world's first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin dreams of flying to the moon. Just like the 12th American astronaut Neil Armstrong. In 1968, the space race between the USSR and the United States reaches its climax, and it has to pay for it at the cost of human life.

A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.

One day, having entered the apartment, the thief runs into the landlady. After a moment, he realizes that the girl is blind. She walks past him and then goes into the kitchen without noticing his presence. The guy looks around and starts looking for what he came for. After some time, the hostess returns.

The film has two story-lines or "realities". The main characters are lovers, Maria and Vasin who discover they have access to an alternate reality wherein missed opportunities have become realities. In the film's first act, subtitled "The Pilot", Maria finds that she is in love with Vasin again after rejecting his marriage proposal twenty years earlier, when he was a lieutenant in the Russian Air Force. Vasin also lives a life of regrets, and wishes he was able to pursue his unfulfilled dream of becoming a film director. In the second act, "A Film Director", Maria is transported into a different reality. In this reality, she marries Vasin, and he becomes a film director. The plot questions whether they are truly happy with each other, despite having their wishes granted.

When does your childhood go away? It goes away when instead of playing football with other kids you sit down and silently contemplate the river. When your thoughts don’t let you sleep, and a lightning bug beats in a pot like a heart. When poems come into your mind and you feel you really need to sing. It goes away when you suddenly realize: this summer is going away and it is the last summer of your childhood.

Film version of Boris Eifman’s ballet, set to music by Beethoven and Mahler, which has been successfully performed on stage for more than twenty years. The choreographer turns to Paul I, one of the most enigmatic figures in Russian history. Confining the production’s timeline to his time as heir to the throne, Eifman depicts Paul’s fate as the tragic confrontation between an extraordinary yet emotionally fragile personality and a hostile world.

Grigory, the son of an oligarch, is fully rehabilitated after his humbling experience as a 19th-century serf. Moreover, he develops a strong sense of moral justice. When he meets a pampered young socialite named Katya, he is abhorred by her insolent escapades. Grigory transports Katya “back in time” to teach her a valuable lesson about humility.

Circus performer Samson will have to save the production of the ballet "Swan Lake" on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. The fact is that Samson's circus was tricked into falling into the hands of a moneylender named Zhadin. Samson tries to steal fictitious documents for the circus's ownership, but a chase begins for him. Escaping from her, he ends up at the theater, where he meets the personal costume designer of the prima ballerina Anastasia, Sonya. And it is at this moment that a unique tiara belonging to Catherine the Great, which Anastasia should have worn in the fourth act of the ballet, disappears from the dressing room. The performance is under threat of disruption. Sonya and Samson will have to find the jewel thief and save the play.

A practical joke ends up very wrong in Nigina Sayfullaevas curious youth drama. Two seventeen year old Moscow girls, Olya and Sasha, are visiting Olya's long lost father who lives in Crimea, when they decide to switch places and pretend to be the other person to the father. Little do they know that their joke comes with consequenses that will change their lives forever.

Rita and Sergey are the former spouses. Living in the same apartment in guerrilla war they both cherish one dream — to exchange it quickly and disperse. The conflict grows as their daughter Katya introduces her fiancé.

Deadly dance tournament is carried out in the city survived after nuclear apocalypse. Energy is extracted from the loser for the city to survive. A young guy from the street is forced to take part in the tournament and falls in love with girl who volunteered to participate in the battle. Will they survive or the arena will take their lives?

Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far between; this realisation of his penultimate and grandest stage work is a very rare and special experience. Kitezh is known as "the Russian Parsifal", which encapsulates its mystical flavour and steady unfolding of a legend of redemption

Ilya Naishuller's short for the Saatchi and Saatchi's 25x25 one-minute shorts collection.

Nastya, a 13-year-old girl from Yakutia, lost both her arms in a tragic accident, but found solace in swimming. Her mother, Lyudmila, had long protected her daughter from the cruelty of the world, but she knew that sooner or later Nastya would have to come out into society. What path in life will she choose? Will Nastya be able to overcome her fears and become who she always dreamed of being?

A small film based on a poem by Osip Mandelstam. What the poet is thinking about, sitting in his apartment.

A historical drama about the tragic fate of Nadezhda Alliluyeva, a woman who remained in the shadow of her husband Joseph Stalin. In 1918, 16-year-old Nadezhda married 38-year-old Joseph Stalin, a close friend of the Alliluyev family. The love of Nadezhda and Joseph develops against the backdrop of important historical events - revolutions, wars, arrests, and every year Stalin seizes more and more power. Realizing the terrible essence of her beloved husband, Nadezhda still remains faithful to him. But how long can she withstand this struggle with herself?

The film is a journey through a fantastic country in which the erotic images of the films of the great Federico Fellini came to life, and Tonino Guerra himself acted as a guide. The heroes of the maestro’s paintings are sailing on a ship to the Enchanted Island. There everyone goes ashore except two - Federico Fellini and Juliet Mazina. Their wanderings continue.

An influential banker is doing everything possible not to share the property with his illegitimate sons. But when he is deprived of all the money, it turns out that only they can help Matthew ... To regain his fortune, the billionaire will be forced to rob his own bank in Monte Carlo. And for this, he will have to perform an even more difficult task: regain the trust of children who grew up without a father ...

Comedy mini-series about doctor who cures hangoversIn the center of the plot is the story of the former doctor Grigory Mikhailovich Shtuchny, who drinks heavily and works as a security guard in an outpatient clinic. Piece - the inventor of the prescription drug, removing the cruel hangover and removing from the binge. The situation is such that the individual needs the money and he begins to earn, removing the hangover from wealthy clients. His young companion, Ilya, is looking for clients, and Piece with various degrees of success treats them.

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.

The condition of the show "Battle of the Chefs" - a report with parents - became an unpleasant surprise for Anatoly. Several years of conflict with his father alienated him from his family. Now, with the approaching filming, he will have to urgently restore relations with his family.

As a child, Shura had to endure a terrible shock: the death of her father. It took a long time before she recovered from the shock and got used to a measured life together with her mother. And here in their house appears a man - the future husband of the mother.With childish maximalism the girl in every possible way shows her protest and does not notice that her parent is seriously ill. After her death, Shura has to build a new relationship with her stepfather. From hate to love, as they say....

New film by Miraslava Vybornykh

19th century. Russia, one of the biggest and most powerful empires in the world is fighting a bloody war to subjugate the free peoples of the Caucasus. In 1828 Caucasian Imamate was established in order to unite Caucasian peoples against Russia under the banner of Islam. By 1834 the situation is dire. Ghazi-Muhammad, the leader of the Imamate, gets killed in an ambush by the Russian forces. One of his loyal warriors, Shamil, barely escapes alive. The fight must continue, but the future is uncertain.

The famous pop singer Larisa comes on tour to the Black Sea to Yalta. Having stepped off the ramp, she gives an interview in which she admits that she is looking for her fiancée. From this moment on, funny adventures begin to spin, the basis of which is cunning, love, and, of course, music.

A young copywriter Sergey dreams of escaping from a boring life and writing a novel. He quits his job, locks himself alone in his apartment to devote all his time to this, but the process is difficult. One day he notices in the reflection of the mirror on the door of an old massive cabinet that the page on the laptop screen is covered with text, while in reality it is completely empty. Sergey copies the written text from the reflection and realizes that this is the beginning of the novel, which he tried to invent himself. Soon Sergey gets acquainted with a mirror image of himself, which seems to him more confident, free and talented. Reflection gradually subordinates Sergey, gains power over him, teaches him how to become productive and successful. But what is the price of this success and the chances of finding yourself again

A newest Russian military plane "TU-106" equipped with nuclear weapon is controlled by terrorists. There is almost no time before attack...

With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.

Six girlfriends, gathered around a festive table, unexpectedly discover they are all in love with the same man, who goes by different names and changes his personality and image to suit each of them. Who is he and what does he want from them? The friends band together and devise a plan to expose and punish him. A perfect date night movie for all lovers, with an engaging drama where the antihero becomes the hero, and true love conquers all obstacles and prejudices.

She is 25 years old, lives with her father and does advertising for an online casino in her video blog. The father works as cashier in a grocery shop and irons the daughter’s socks. But half an hour ago he decided that it is time to stop that.

This is a film about love for oneself, for a spouse and for the motherland, about the difficulties of gender dominance in modern society, about the search for oneself and a better life, and the realization that the environment determines a person, but a person has the right to choose this environment.

Based on the ideas of Russian philosopher, Nikolai Fedorov, Anton Vidokle’s film was shot in Siberia, Crimea, and Kazakhstan. Fedorov, like others, believed that death was a mistake, “because the energy of cosmos is indestructible, because true religion is a cult of ancestors, because true social equality is immortality for all.” Fedorov was one of the Cosmo-Immortalists, a surge of thinkers that emerged in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They linked Western Enlightenment with Russian Orthodoxy and Eastern philosophical traditions, as well as Marxism, to create an idiosyncratically concrete metaphysics. For the Russian cosmists, cosmos did not mean outer space: rather, they wanted to create “cosmos” on earth. “To construct a new reality, free of hunger, disease, violence, death, need, inequality – like communism.”

A married couple on the edge of breaking up decide to fix their relationship, by taking part in a swingers meeting. But it comes out that the wife wasn't ready for the aftermath.

Trilogy about love, experienced at different moments in life, by different people: an old couple, a young couple and two children at infant school.

The story of the fallen angel Gilbert, who returns to earth with a terrible mission. He must kill his own daughter.

A comedy about an unexpected gift that ended up in the hands of a person who was not supposed to have it. Vadim Valiullin's graduation project.

The restless great-granddaughter of Santa Claus Snezhin is not at all like her mother Snegurochka. She is mischievous, impatient, very curious and considers her family's business in the Internet age outdated. Out of curiosity, having violated the rules of the frosty tower, she accidentally breaks the mechanism of the magic book of the Chronicles of Santa Claus. Everyone who receives gifts that endows their owner with special qualities is entered into the book. Now their future is at stake. Snezhina will have to discover the secret of her great-grandfather's gifts, find her destiny and correct what happened. And the young Mechanic and the keepers of the secrets of gifts will help her in this.

A journey into the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Mustang

A former jailed owner of a large metallurgical enterprise gives an interview about the death of his longtime friend, the regional governor, with whom he made a fortune in privatization in the 1990s

A cineastic journey into the world of Naum Kleiman, one of the most important intellectuals in Russia today. Naum Kleiman, an internationally acclaimed Eisenstein specialist, is the director of the „Musey Kino“, Moscow’s museum of cinema. Since 1989, the „Musey Kino“, has shown previously banned classics of world cinema and Soviet films. Many saw the „Musey Kino“, as Moscow ́s most important intellectual forum. In 2005, the Moscow municipality sold the „Musey Kino’s“ building and it became homeless. In October 2014, the Russian Minister of Culture fired Naum Kleiman as director. In protest, his entire team handed in their resignations. Scenes from iconic movies and interviews with Muscovites of different ages and social backgrounds form a documentary film collage which mirrors Russian reality today.

This film shows the leaders of organizations that emerged after the Russian Revolution. It is the fragment of ‘Anniversary of the Revolution’ made by Vertov in 1918.

The folktale of Masha and the Bear.

Fifteen-year-old Ars, due to psychological characteristics, spent most of his life at home. After moving with his mother to a small town, he decides to go to school. Ars faces a difficult path of socialization and verification of his moral beliefs. Due to the non-standard behavior and versatile hobbies of Ars, the initial rejection of classmates is replaced by interest and sympathy for him. Only the guy with the nickname Sissy hates Ars more and more, wanting to hurt him in every possible way, and, eventually, provokes him to a duel that will be a turning point for Ars.

With the help of his smartphone camera, the young director Grisha, an admirer of Tarkovsky and Kurosawa, creates an amazing video universe. After the first hundred thousand views, sponsors begin to come to him, offering to light up either a bookmaker's office or a pack of crackers in a new video. Choosing between creativity and money, Grisha commits a difficult act.

Far East. 70th years. A small garrison on the border with China. Here, as everywhere, there are men and women. Everyone has his own story, his own destiny, his own love. The common thing is that they all came here once on duty and stayed for a long time. Marina Goloshchekina is nice, kind, right. Galya The tourniquet is intelligent, passionate, determined. Albina Raven - extravagant, unpredictable, thin. Three friends, three sisters in happiness and misfortune, officers' wives. They help each other stand in this completely feminine world, where every man has a gun! And this means that love and danger go hand in hand. Marina quite unexpectedly meets her true love of the young officer Ivan Stolbov. Learn about this new secret love girlfriend. On the one hand, you can rejoice over Marina. But how can she rejoice herself, if behind five years of marriage with a strong, strong-willed and very unpredictable Nikita Goloshchekin?

Alla Demidova ranks among the greatest actresses to have graced the Russian-language stage over the past six decades, as well as screens big and small. She's famous for her tragic characters. Perhaps because she, above all, understands the world as a realm of worries and sorrow?

“Today you will hear my most honest and truthful story about how I made a movie with Eisenstein and Pudovkin almost 90 years ago, how I shot from a bow in the movie Ivan the Terrible, about how I taught the Red Army to ski, how I built the Riga Film Studio, about Naval ships, about Stalin and life in the Universe."

She is a healer. A hermit. A Fool-in-God. She is a little over forty years old. She doesn’t disdain alcohol. She can be ridiculous, humiliated, offended. She has long been indifferent about herself. Everybody avoids her and is afraid of her, but secretly at night they all hurry to her home. After all, only she can get rid of their illnesses. For her, this is a damnation, and each time she swears that she won’t help people any more, but each time she is unable to refuse them. She knows that her gift will ruin her some time, but she continues to be the only chance of salvation for people.