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Old age knows no national boundaries or geographical limits. She can be peaceful and happy in the circle of loved ones and become a disaster if you are abandoned by people dear to you. Man is the only living creature in the world who knows that he will die.
Simple guy Diulus never had any luck in his life, but one day he was lucky, he won a large sum of money... to return home with a win, you need to pass the tests that you will overcome with your best friend.
The annual opium production in Afghanistan is equal to 150 billion single doses! This is 25 times more than the population of the globe. At the same time, even if all heroin production in Afghanistan is destroyed now, the current situation is that its reserves will last for future generations for at least another 100 years! At the same time, according to the UN, more than 100 thousand people die from Afghan heroin every year in the world. And every third of them is a Russian! There was no similar situation in the recent (relative to 2010) 2001: there were practically no poppy fields and drug laboratories in Afghanistan. But after the start of the anti-terrorist operation "Indestructible Freedom" (directed against the ruling Afghan Taliban regime and the terrorist organization "Al-Qaeda") and after the introduction of US and NATO military contingents into Afghanistan, the production of opiates has increased 44 times in 9 years here!
In the Russian city of Barentsburg, the miner, Viktor, lives. At 78 degrees north, he lives a life of isolation far from his son Tolik. Viktor is losing hearing, and in the unforgiving Arctic landscape, his reality is about just one thing - a connection.
For the first time in a long time, the family gathers together to congratulate mom on her birthday, but the old conflict between the two brothers leads to irreparable consequences.
The plot unwinds in the Soviet time Sukhumi of the 70s. A young guy Makhaz comes over to the city, and thanks to his brilliant drawing skills easily enters the Sukhumi School of Art. However, as the character claims, he couldn’t make it to graduation because of falling in love. The movie tells a story of hardship he goes through after meeting his beloved one.
A short documentary film about Samvel Galstyan - a taxi driver from Erevan. The film puts his profession in the background focusing on Samvel's hobby - he's been an artist since his childhood.
Siberia, Western Sayan. Hunter and amateur videographer Sergey goes to the remote mountain taiga to hunt, watch the wild beast in ambush all night. Deciding to make a documentary about this, he prepared a video camera and a flashlight. However, the event that the hunter has to experience in the impenetrable darkness of a dense forest will remain in his memory for a long time!
Jura is 23 years old - and Lena is 23. They live in Budennovsk, play computer games, walk and learn. They live in a city where Shamil Basayev entered 23 years ago with militants, and know almost nothing about the events of that time.
Year 2020. The world is fragmented after the war, and families, friends and even enemies are divided. Large cities ceased to exist. And soon echoes of war will come to our small town.
The hydrographic expedition of the Arctic Ocean (or GESLO, 1910-1915) made the last great geographical discovery – the Northern Land (then the Land of Emperor Nicholas II) and was the first to pass the Northern Sea Route from east to west, from Vladivostok to Arkhangelsk, overwintering at Cape Chelyuskin. According to Amudsen, "if this expedition had happened at a different time, it would have caused the admiration of the whole world." But in Soviet times, the most productive and successful Arctic expedition of the early twentieth century was "erased" from history. The reason is the participation of Admiral Kolchak in its organization. Unique archival materials immerse the viewer in a gripping dramatic story.
"Buranovskiye Babushki", a group created in the mid-1980s, became famous for rehashing famous rock hits in their native Udmurt language, in a singing style inherited from their ancestors. None of the experts can give a clear definition in what style and genre they sing. One thing is known for sure, that this ethnic project is of interest not only in Russia, but throughout the world.
Anton made a proposal to Tanya, but he was refused. He decides to take revenge on her. But circumstances change and he realizes that his game has gone too far...
The main character receives a large amount of money in the bank and decides to call a bodyguard for escort. However, instead of a large man comes a beautiful girl who does not know how to handle weapons. But there is no other way out, so the hero agrees to use her services. She fails to protect the hero from the attack, but he turns out to be more cunning, hiding all the money in the pocket of his coat. Happy and cheerful, they sit in a taxi together, where the bodyguard girl unnoticed contacts the robbers.
Documentary by Dmitry Davydov
Travellers cycle across Altai.
Anvar is a 72-year-old third-generation wild honey farmer. He makes the trip into the forest for the wild honey that his grandchildren love so much. Anvar would never have thought that the most delicious honey on earth could one day become bitter.
The story is about a mysterious event that changes fates of a dreamy young Russian woman, a middle-aged American DJ and a pregnant Romanian.
A girl from another dimension uses a mysterious function - The RANDOM - to materialize in our world and perform a certain mission. She does not know the aim, she follows her intuition and absolute trust in the Game. On her way to the town she meets different people... those who she has to help... and those who she would better not meet. A pregnant girl with an amazing gift... An insurance agent exploring his dark side... A policewoman dancing flamenco... A man trying to find his daughter he left 20 years ago. Their roles are not random either, in this game called The RANDOM
In a Kafkaesque story about identity and free will, a well-to-do man finds himself suddenly struggling for his place in society in the face of authoritarian corporate and state interference. (Russian with English subtitles).
Everyone loves pies. Poetry is no exception. In 2003, the world's first "pie rhyme" was written, which caused a whole wave of pie-making. Thanks to the unpretentious poetic form and the fundamental denial of spelling, every fool can write a pie. As it turned out, making a cartoon on a pie is also. With pride and categorical denial of any meaning, we present the world's first animated pie almanac.
"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.
The bird met the hippopotamus, and they became friends.
The ironic, hilarious story that interesting things can happen in the life of a person who has stopped in self-development, dreaming of only one thing - do not bear any responsibility. Forget about all obligations. Escape as a lifestyle.
The story of the two wrestler girls in and out of the ring. Mephisto, the champion of the NFR and the champion of India, is a the sales manager in everyday life, while Casey, or the Queen of the Scream, is a recent graduate of the University.
A professional water jumper, exhausted by active training, refuses to jump and goes to a massage session.
Jane was born in Petersburg, lives in Moscow, works as a model. Her father moved to Russia from Ghana when he was 20 years old. Listening to the stories of her father, Jane always wanted to go back home. She had never been to Africa, had not seen her relatives, including her grandmother and aunt ... Suddenly, Jane finds out that her aunt will become the leader of the region in Ghana and decides to go on a trip to Accra to attend the inauguration of the leader and meet her relatives ...
A failed suicide attempt became the beginning of a long and happy life.
"Vacation" is a story about a big family, a small town and a strong feeling. The life of a foster family, where there is one mother for five, is strict discipline and established rules. Everything collapses when the eldest daughter's boyfriend comes for the New Year holidays. He is 17 years old, he is eager to become a new member of the family and happily pronounces the word "mother-in-law".
Two twin brothers. Bright and charismatic. One paints temples, the other writes musicals. And for three years they have not communicated and live in different cities. What has separated them? Different views on life and creativity or love for the same girl?
The film is dedicated to a unique artistic phenomenon—the work of musician Oleg Karavaichuk, who with great strength embodied the understanding of “The Spirit of St. Petersburg” in our time. About this film composer who wrote music for more than 100 movies, and the creator of virtuosic piano, improvisations, Dmitry Shostakovich said, “Karavaichuk is not a talent; he is a genius.” This is how he was discussed, as the last musical genius, in June 2016, when Oleg Karavaichuk passed away. The next year, 2017, he would have turned 90 years old.
The almanac includes films: "Foundling", "The Most Scary Animal", "Two Lambs", "About the Girl Who Found Her Bear", "Yin and Yana. Family", "The Playmate", "Dangerous Walk", "The Tin Can".
The film is a farewell. Farewell to the native land, the primordial banks of the river and the people who have lived on the Hangar for centuries. History repeats itself. And again, as it was 40 years ago at the Bratskaya HPP, the life and fate of entire generations will be under the water of another man-made sea. We see all this through the eyes of three heroes - the writer Valentin Rasputin, the publisher Gennady Sapronov and the critic Valentin Kurbatov. The film was awarded the Award of the Academy of Russian Television TEFI-2011 in the categories "Television documentary" and "Director of a television documentary / series".
The young and talented photographer Maxim Kaverin has a good life: an interesting work, the beautiful wife Olga. Suddenly he receives an order for a series of shots of one of the old houses of the city. The hero goes to take pictures and does not suspect what tragedy is going towards.
In the space of the metropolis lives the lost girl Orlandina, who is programmed for self-destruction. This film is about the real, about the man himself, about the soul of man. You live, breathe, walk, the soul subconsciously, unconsciously returns you to its root, awakens gene memory.
A drug smuggler is betrayed by his partner and is then forced to seek help from Russian mobsters.
The almanac includes films: "Foundling", "The Most Scary Animal", "Two Lambs", "About the Girl Who Found Her Bear", "Yin and Yana. Family", "The Playmate", "Dangerous Walk", "The Tin Can".
Every day, an elderly man named Kharis waits to reunite with his first and true love. But will this meeting ever happen, when life sometimes spins people in a carousel of relentless circumstances?
Danila Poperechny's live show from Aurora Concert Hall in St. Petersburg.
In 2016, an HIV epidemic was announced in Russia, more than 1,000,000 cases, and more than half of them are women. This film tells the stories of three women who have been living with HIV + status for more than 10 years. They will openly tell about what it is like to be HIV-infected, and at the same time remain a woman, mother, wife, without ceasing to fight for themselves, their lives and family.
A musical film based on the Russian folk tale of the same name. The story is about an arrogant but agile bread kid who managed to get around everyone except the treacherous Fox.
Documentary film from the set of Igor Olshansky’s debut short film “Easter”. Igor Olshansky is a participant of Alexander Sokurov’s programme “Example of Intonation”, a non-commercial film support foundation.
A young man dumps his girlfriend without telling her directly, trying to steer the conversation to other topics so that things will end naturally. However, the inner feelings don't simply disappear. The film explores the girl's inner, psychological state during unrequited love.
This story is about a simple village boy and two capricious twin boys who, during the New Year holidays, find themselves in the disappearing icy world of old Chishaan. It would seem that fate itself gave them a chance to touch the magic and save the country of Odon, but what if you need to do the impossible-to love and believe…
The Chukchi reindeer breeders are peculiar people. They are nomads. Reindeers are their welfare, the purport of life. The mother-reindeer is the main divine being; it protects the Chukchi from misfortune and troubles. Nature is not friendly towards people here. Only Chukchi can survive in Tundra. A rush period for the Chukchi reindeer breeders comes in winter, when the temperature rises up to 50 degrees Celsius at night and in the sunlight of the day it doesn't exceed 40 degrees Celsius in tundra: they should separate young deers from the rest of the herd, the weak from the strong. And this, considering that the herds of the Chukchi reindeer breeders number some thousand heads...
A detective film with some serious depth. Called back from Moscow on a search for a missing person, this is a story of a man forced to plunge into the past, reminded at every turn of the previous life he led in Saint Petersburg. He must come to terms with the present to move forward - and on top of it all, he's not even sure he's awake. The over-arching presence of St Petersburg, sometimes benign, sometimes threatening, bears witness to his journey.
A young student Irina comes to a small sea shore town to spend some time with her grandmother.
Neither her, nor the last five, not one of them was Alyona. But he knew she was waiting for him. And he would find her. Based on Stephen King's short story of the same name.
The story of an unusual friendship between the leader of Moscow gangsters and a famous jazz musician.
The successful and beautiful Anna Kortsova has achieved everything in life that can only be dreamed of. But one day, she felt sick, went to the hospital, had a check-up, and something terrible happened: she was HIV positive. The woman was confused and scared, and she didn't know how to go any further.
The monologue of a grown-up woman, whose husband is leaving her for his young mistress. The viewer does not know until the final frames whether the heroine is actually speaking with her husband or simply rehearsing a future conversation, in which she thanks her husband for the time together, assures him that his decision is the right one, confirms his honest choice of heart, and remembers the touching moments of their past, releasing her husband and promising to cope with loneliness. And only the unexpected finale uncovers for the viewer the woman's true desire in this moment.