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In the late 1980s, a now infamous squat appeared on Moscow’s Furmanny Lane, which quickly became a gathering point for the most promising young artists of the time (Mukhomory, Vadim Zakharov, Yury Albert, and Andrey Filippov, among others) and just daring, high-spirited individuals. The inhabitants of “Furmanny” recall life in Moscow’s first squat and the opportunities created by this unique site.

Diploma work of the Kabardino-Balkar State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop)

Gelya is a full girl 22 years old, lives in a cramped apartment on the outskirts of the city with his despotic mother an invalid, and his entire life is dedicated to her. One day, fate sends her a chance to change all that and puts it in front of a choice...

Do you believe in miracles? Can you imagine that today on the planet somewhere in the tropics you can find pre-revolutionary Russia? Such a Russia, where men walk around in embroidered shirts, women in sundresses weed gardens, working among pineapples, so that the bathhouse is melted with coconut peel, and alcohol is made from mango or papaya. Do not rush to say no, because this is exactly the kind of Russia Sergei Yastrzhembsky and his team discovered in the tropics of Bolivia.

The story is about an unusual boy who, when he shouted, sang or laughed, took off.

In Bulgaria, there is a tradition to inform about the passing of a person by means of a special announcement. Usually it is hung out in some public place - at a bus stop, on a fence or the front door of a house. Such a leaflet is called a Bulgarian street obituary. The camera turns out to be next to a Bulgarian family going through mourning, and spends one day in a local village.

The story takes place in the not too distant future, when heart extraction is an everyday surgical operation.

The ancient monster Bodzilla awakens and begins to destroy Russia.

Mystical story of two people, a married couple demonstrating how human anger is able to kill.

Oleg Markov. a brilliant 40-year-old surgeon, is about to end his life. He is saved from a desperate act by a call from work....

The author's documentary film by film director, screenwriter, actor, Honored Artist of Russia Vitaly Maksimov is dedicated to the memory of the feat of ordinary artillery driver Stepan Perederia, who alone opposed a huge motorized infantry column of fascists on the outskirts of Krasnodar in August 1942.

At the turn of the millennium, Viktor Pelevin became perhaps the most fashionable, popular and commercially successful writer in Russia. At the same time, he does not appear in public, does not give interviews, wears dark glasses, and does not like to be recognized on the street. Who is this mysterious Mr. Pelevin? How did it happen that the most honorable title for a Russian writer – "the ruler of thoughts" - turned out to be applicable to him today? And how was he able to keep his "incognito" at the same time? All this is reflected in the film by people who knew our elusive hero well at different periods of his life – his classmates and teachers, friends of his youth and fellow writers, critics and publishers

Two years ago, only a few people knew about the amazing story of a 93-year-old veteran from the small town of Berezovsky near Yekaterinburg. Today, the name of Nikolai Vasenin is known to millions of people not only in Russia, but also abroad. This is the story of a simple guy from the Kirov region, who at the very beginning of the Great During the Great Patriotic War, in June 1941, he was captured during the Bialystok operation in Belarus.

In October of 2015 Marlen Khutsiev turned 90. The master had no intention of retiring, he was working on his new movie. The crew were lucky to be allowed on the set of this film about the relationship of two Titans of Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov. The shooting process, recorded over the period of almost a year, constitutes the main part of this documentary entitled Khutsiev. Action Starts!. It also includes Khutsiev's reflections on the nature of creative work and his dramatic creative biography.

This cinematic study tells us a story of one of the most famous lamas in Russia and Buryatia, XII Pandido Khambo Lama Dashi Dorzho Itigelov.

Windows to Europe With Sergei Shnurov is a 2017 documentary film.

A film about the history of the Orbelian family against the backdrop of the dramatic events of the 20th century.

He went through the circles of hell that he created himself. He is doomed by illness. The surprises did not end there, life presented another one, he found himself alone with nature, alone among the snows and endless tundra with a blanket and matches. How it got here, who threw it here. Now he is in the hands of the Lord, and can he survive?

Academic work of 4th courses of training of Kabardino-Balkarian State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop).

Facing sub-zero temperatures, with no protection from the elements, free-diver, Natalia Avseenko, swims naked with beluga whales in a bizarre experiment designed to tame the shy creatures.

Grigory Pomerantz did all the war from 1941 to 1945, roamed the Stalingrad circle, was in all the hottest battles, went all the way to Berlin. His observations and reflections on the meaning of war and man caught in the war are shocking. Nobody had thought of this way in the Great Patriotic War.

The history of Jewish people in Russia up until the 1917 revolution.

The story is about a girl named Jan and her new alien friend Ina, who came to Earth for the most valuable and necessary resource for his life – information. In each episode, Ying and Yang explore our planet and learn a lot about the traditions and lifestyles of different peoples and cultures.

Berik, a short drama about friendship and understanding, takes place in Semey, Kazakhstan. Berik, 33, blind and deformed due to radiation poisoning, spends his days at home alone, while his brother is at work. That is until Adil, 11, the smallest and least popular of the kids in the apartment block, turns up on Berik's doorstep looking for the local bully's football, which he has lost.

Sergey works as a wiper. His mother's ill. He has no friends. No girlfriend. Every day is just the same, and he expects nothing from this life. But casual acquaintance at the underground pass will change his life completely.

A short Psychological Thriller film about Oskanna and her daughter Vera. Vera is Oskanna's life and she's willing to do anything to help her. Once she finally finds out the true sickness that is affecting her daughter, Oksanna realizes there may be nothing she can do.

Uncle Vova is something like a crowd entertainer. For example, he plays various musical instruments for sick children in the hospital. But not only that. He has time And to look into the bar, and go to the church, and visit the old mother, and quarrel, and then reconcile with his wife. From the cancer center to the tavern, from the tavern to the kliros. What usually evokes sympathy for human weakness is here a friendly smile. Uncle Vova. It is impossible not to love him. Better have a drink with him.

The famous English science fiction writer H. G. Wells came to our country three times. The first time was 100 years ago, in 1914. Then in 1920 and 1934... And each time a different Russia opened up before him, completely different from the one he had seen during his previous trip...

The Putin era in Russian politics began on 31 December 1999, shortly before the millennium celebrations. The children born on that day and at the turn of the millennium have now come of age. They have only ever known ex-KGB man Vladimir Putin at the pinnacle of power. What do this generation think and feel? Some are ardent Putin opponents, for others he is an idol. Some want to leave the country others want to fight for change. From the perspective of these millennium children, torn between private dreams and political aspirations, a nuanced portrait of the ‚Putin generation‘ emerges.

The shadow of your smile, when you are gone. A teardrop kissed your lips and so did I.

The name of Vladimir Ovchinnikov has become widely known in Russia over the last decade - particularly this period of time the street artist has lived in a town that seemed to bewitch him. The town of Borovsk is a strange place, which has been an island of memory for all innocent victims since the XIV century. Boyarynya Morozova died here, Archpriest Avvakum was also imprisoned here and numerous victims of political repression were shot here. Here Ovchinnikov suddenly began to paint on the walls of houses - contrary to the indignation of the authorities: the "naive" graffiti artist is not 19, but 80 years old. Real passions began to flare up in the town in 2015, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov painted on one of the fences his first "memorial to the victims of political repressions"…

Once mom told Asiya that her dad is a pilot. Since then, the girl looks out for planes in the sky every morning and waves in the hope that dad will see her. One day, mom says that in the evening they will have a guest. Asia is sure that dad finally noticed her from the sky ...

One day in the life of a modern six-year-old girl, painted by the clock. Ballet, singing, English, and finally a swimming pool. But for a child, all this "development stuff" pales before the natural process of tooth loss!

At the dawn of Soviet power, a young security officer was ordered to escort a strange creature to Moscow to investigate the causes of its appearance. This is how the long adventure of two completely different creatures begins, which eventually makes them best friends.

72 years have passed as deer herder Vukvukai lives in the depths of Chukotka. He is an old man full of energy and wisdom - the 'real man of the tundra' whose life can not be seen apart from by the deer. His people take care of a huge herd - over 14,000 deer. Their life is a non-stop struggle for survival and well-being in the most harsh weather conditions of Chaun-Chukotka. They deeply believe in the strength of tradition and so succeed in their struggle. The ancient culture of Nomadic Chukchi takes care of them, so they preserve and follow it. As far as it is now - their realm remains stable.

Wolf Vasya, a young painter, comes to a provincial town to create a masterpiece that will make him world famous. But spring changes his plans.

The story of an old captain who went on his last voyage.

This Soviet general was in a special account with Stalin and was known as his favorite. In December 1941, together with Zhukov and Rokossovsky, he was called the "savior of Moscow." In 1942, the Leader entrusted him with a new, responsible mission. No one could have imagined that very soon the name of this general would become as common as the name of Judas.

Is it easy to be a doctor in rural Russia? The main character of the film – doctor of Vologodsk air medical service Sergei Diakov – tells about struggle, hope, empathy and responsibility.

A girl named Adiyah runs from her parents' house to a big city for a better life.

Vasily Sigarev about the film: "After the well-known events, my mother suddenly decided that now I can finally go to Crimea. She sincerely believed that it was impossible to get there earlier. As a result, it had to be urgently evacuated to Moscow, as it turned out that they did not take cards anywhere. And she, spit on a good tradition to carry money, sewing in panties, went, like a white man, with a card. Actually, all that she had time to do was go on some crazy excursion, where they were constantly filmed on the camera, then to sell the discs. From this disk and mounted a movie. I laughed so much when I watched that I decided to do something of this".

A story of some love. Is love and life always dependent on chance? Or perhaps from destiny? The problem of the loneliness of the individual among people and the low sensitivity of society towards the underprivileged by fate.

The film tells what protocols are being treated in Russia and abroad, how the P53 cancer gene was found, what a cancer cell is and whether it is possible to “capture it”, are there killer cells in our body and why they sometimes fall asleep, who and when the disease overtakes. After all, when you know, it's not so scary. After cancer, life goes on.

Eternal twilight, passing trains, a man's hunched figure walking in the fog, a smiling girl, shadows and silence that are related to each other… Under the infernal sounds-noisy, creaking, howling-there are words that " rub against each other, giving rise to something shaky, almost nonexistent." In the center of the metropolis, people with the" Cain seal " look for the forest and the sea to get lost,and there they stay. And death looks for people to look at, and finds them there… In the film by Valentina Antonova and Dmitry Mamulia, the 82-year-old founder of Russian "metaphysical realism" Yuri Mamleev plays himself shortly before his own death and as if before our eyes is preparing to move to another world.

About the path of becoming a talented young man. From early childhood, he was interested in painting and dreamed of becoming an artist. But he had to take special courses and get an education to do this. If you want something badly, even the heavens will be kind to you. Luck smiled on the hero. He gets into the best General education institution. The guy now goes there every day, and gets the information that a true art critic should have. Everyone who studies here comes from very wealthy families. The only person who got here from the people is the main character. He is not particularly eager to find friends, and the surrounding guys perceive him as an eyesore. The most well-mannered just ignore the guy. In such an atmosphere, it is difficult to study normally, you need to abstract and try to achieve your goals. Will the guy be able to finish school? Would no one be friends with him?

"Gone. Chekhov Way" is a short film by the young director Alexandra Artemyeva, based on the story "Gone" by A.P. Chekhov. It is an ironic story about the importance of understanding one's own family life before passing judgment on others. The plot of the film shifts the setting from the 19th century to the present day, while keeping the dialogues and the content of the story unchanged. This highlights the relevance of the work even in modern times.

A documentary short film by Polina Kondratieva, a graduate of VGIK (workshop of the Kott brothers).

After losing his girlfriend because of his obsession with necrophilia, death and a morbid fascination for decomposing human bodies, Sasha falls into despair. He suffers dreadful nightmares where he is wandering a dead otherworldly forest filled with fog and strange creatures. He happens to disturb a demonic shaman, which results in outlandish beings which start moving into our world, and strange voices are heard on his telephone line. A phone repairman comes to help with the faulty lines, but the old man is not what he seems; he's a phone-wizard and knows more than the average man about dreams, nightmares and the creatures that inhabit the other world with no shapes...

Shots of forgotten songs, rural and urban landscapes of the hinterland. Young people..

November 8, 2016 marked the 55th anniversary of the airing of the very first KVN program. The "Fun and Resourceful Club" has known good and bad times: for censorship reasons, it was closed in 1972, and revived only in 1986. But even without the broadcast, KVN existed on the student and amateur stages, lived, developed, and changed along with the time and the country. There is no such TV centenarian in the world. So who are they, the inventors of this "perpetual motion machine": Muratov, Yakovlev and Axelrod?

Since I was a child, I didn't understand what it means to be a girl. Being a girl means being neat, neat, and gentle. Not like me? So who am I, then, and where is my femininity?

One day of life.