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Seven-year-old Lisa learns that the toy people that inhabit the mock-up museum depicting Russia are alive. But today this model will be destroyed. A little girl and little people have one New Year's Eve to become big and save their little Russia.
Irina Boyarova is an Olympic running champion. She has no family or friends – the heroine's whole life is devoted to sports. One day at the resort, Irina begins an affair with doctor Dima. Both understand that their relationship is serious, but, by coincidence, the lovers separate without explaining themselves to each other ... Soon Irina realizes that she is pregnant. She comes to Dima's house to tell him the good news, but her rosy hopes are dashed overnight.…
A man who was betrayed by his wife confesses first to a hitch-hiker and then to a priest. Each of them helps him to survive the betrayal of his wife in their own way...
Seven days of destruction of the Biblical world.
Oleg lives in a small Belarusian village with his wife, three children, and his in-laws. He has practiced more than one trade: ensign, tractor driver, technician at a local school... Then he decides to leave for Moscow to earn extra money: the life of many people compels them to do this (it is always better here we are not). Yet, what reason has Oleg? A closer acquaintance with the life that remains behind in Belarus provides an unexpected answer to this question.
Ilya Muromets has to rescue his trusty horse Burushka and Kiev treasury from the greedy hands of the famous bandit, Sparrow the Robber.
Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.
Gopnik Vasya from a provincial town by chance becomes Robin Hood, fighting against parochial corruption, as is known, the main enemy of our vast homeland.
A comedian from the people, Pavel Dedishchev, presents his new concert "Like a buzz". The very name of the concert already gives you the opportunity to choose. Do you want to know what people depend on? Do you want to know what classical music can be compared to? Or do you just want to get away from everything and mess around? Everyone will find something different in the concert... How exciting!
Beauty contest in the retirement home? “Horror! – you would say. – They barely breathe”. Not at all! Who said that womanhood, beauty and eye shine die before their owners do? Everybody thinks their only consolation are shelves with drugs. But it is revealed that among these shelves the eternal women steel is hidden. And the old ladies manage it very good.
A young couple Yulia and Vlad go to spend some quiet days on an island. Vlad is in his early thirties. He is kind and caring with Yulia. She suffers from a psychological trauma and partial memory loss. Complete isolation makes the young couple happy during first days, however, very soon the girl notices some strange behavior of her boyfriend. Terrifying hallucinations and memories that she cannot explain overwhelm her. Her trials to bring back her memory and find out the truth turn into struggle for life.
"Illegal" is an action-packed drama about a young migrant from Central Asia who comes to Yakutia to solve his problem.
Historians, researchers and stars of the world stage tell about the most significant periods in the life of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theater.
A chamber comedy with Aglaya Tarasova. Galina is enthusiastic about her new job. The Assistant to the Producer is not that important, but they solve important tasks. That's why Galina has to find a brown goat.
Robbers in shamanic masks attack the convoy and steal 40 pounds of gold. The St. Petersburg gold miner accuses the nomadic Tungus tribe, recruits a detachment of thugs to return the stolen goods and take revenge, but not only he has prospects for gold.
An early film by Vsevolod Meyerhold.
After four years in prison, Olya decides to start over. And first of all she wants to get her ten-year-old daughter back. However, the overbearing grandma isn't letting her grandchild go without a fight. The family conflict quickly gets out of control and turns into a wild chase. And it definitely won't end well for everyone.
Garik Martirosyan speaks with his large stand-up program, in which he will talk about his friends comedians, about modern trends, about Vatsap users. About how he posted the poster of his concert on Instagram and why it is compared with Petrosyan. Why is he not joking on the topic of Russian rap. How he writes his famous friends in a notebook and much more.
A forgotten affair leads to a series of crazy events.
Baba Yaga finds a smartphone in the forest, but does not know what it is and how it works. She pesters forest dwellers with a request to teach her how to use it. But the animals have no time to teach Baba Yaga. And then she, in frustrated feelings, begins to conjure. And everyone who refused her help suddenly turns into someone else. The forest dwellers understand that they were not kind to Baba Yaga, they fly to her to ask for forgiveness. And in the end, they explain to her how to use smartphones and even teach Baba Yaga to take selfies.
New animated film by Ilya Yudovich.
The Role is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life - the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his doppelganger – a revolutionary leader in the new Soviet Russia. First intrigued, then obsessed, he flings himself into the role and lives it to the hilt… even when the play of the life he is writing heads towards a tragic finale. Based on true incidents in the lives of Russia’s symbolists, this gripping film explores how far one man will go for the role of a lifetime.
There is a boy living in a small town. He is secretly in love with the most beautiful girl. Besides, he has a lot of very important things to do: an endless showdown with the guys, a touching friendship with a funny poet and a crazy philosopher...
Kira is a 30-year-old successful architect living in the illusion of absolute choices while being obsessed with constructing the ideal Moscow. She is used to living life according to her own rules, but she has to face her fear of the future and inability to love. An unexpected tragedy will lead Kira to face her past with her family, start life from the scratch, and become a mother.
The last film in Vidokle's trilogy on Cosmism is a meditation on the museum as the site of resurrection-a central idea for many Cosmist thinkers, scientists and avant-garde artists. Filmed at the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Zoological Museum, The Lenin Library, and the Museum of Revolution, the film looks at museological and archival techniques of collection, restoration and conservation as a means of the material restoration of life, following an essay penned by Nikolai Federov on this subject in the 1880s. The film follows a cast comprised of present-day followers of Federov, several actors, artists and a Pharaoh Hound that playfully enact a resurrection of a mummy, a close examination of Malevich's Black Square, Rodchenko's spatial constructions, taxidermied animals, artifacts of the Russian Revolution, skeletons, and mannequins in tableau vivant-like scenes, in order to create a contemporary visualization of the poetry implicit in Federov's writings.
Architect Alya is going through a difficult time: her personal life is failing, and her professional plans are falling apart. Trying to start over, she takes on a competition project for a country house for a young couple—blogger Inna and IT director Sasha. Unexpectedly, she discovers that Sasha is the creator of her favorite city podcast, "Piter, My Love". A series of coincidences sets in motion a romantic plot in which the city itself becomes a participant.
During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Linko, who ejected from the plane. Each of them has to find his way and perform military tasks, return to his own forces and simply to stay alive. The situation becomes more complicated because of an act of sabotage, which has been committed before their take-off at the aerodrome. Honest Grivtsov gets on the bad side of the colonel of SMERSH by defending his friends. Instead of being granted a medal "Star" for his 100th flight, he is pronounced a traitor and is to be executed.
Unapproachable women, half a million dollars and four guys are to take part in a very funny game “Sexlotto” which is organized by an extravagant millionaire. The essence of the game is to seduce as many women as possible in the seaside resort within five days. Having received the task, the magnificent four rush into the battle.
Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who chase them. Thus, two totally different men start a long and dangerous journey together, constantly arguing with each other regarding their ideology, morals and opinions about life. But life will put everything on its place and make the men understand who they really are.
After discovering a dark window which appears on the wall every midnight two boys decide to investigate the mystery of a dark room behind the window.
The painting is about the metaphysical "train of Russian history" that departed from the tsarist era, went through revolutionary cataclysms, three wars, the times of Stalinism and the "thaw" and finally arrived on the platform of our time. It is a platform of wild primordial capitalism, and its geographic location is the Russian-Chinese border.
A problem family gets a visit from social service workers and a reporter who come to take a little girl to the orphanage from her mother in case she turns out to be drunk again.
The year is 1941. Nazi Germany has declared war on the USSR and begins launching air assaults on Moscow and St. Petersburg. Stalin immediately orders a retaliatory air campaign under the code name “Wings over Berlin.” The closest entry point to Berlin from the USSR border was an airfield on the Estonian island Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. It would be a 7-hour flight over enemy territory in outdated aircraft leaving no chance of survival for the tail crew members in case of attack. Despite overwhelming odds, the first units completed the mission and made it back to base safely, unlike many others that followed.
Champion boxer Artyom Kolchin climbed all conceivable heights and became a national hero. He does not enter the boxing ring any more, rather choosing a coaching job and wild high life, including continuous TV appearances, hanging out and love affairs. One morning his daughter and his wife Vika meet him at home. Vika does not see the Artyom she once fell in love with in him any longer... The externally happy life of Kolchin comes to an end when the boxer he trains is almost killed during a match with the famous Kuerte. Artyom suspects that he used some forbidden technique. To obtain the proof, he has to go to Hong Kong where his long-time friend Vagit Valiev waits for him: he knows something about Kuerte which is not known to anyone else. To win, Artyom will have to enter the ring again.
This film presents a unique behind-the-scenes look into the lives and training of two of the world’s top figure skaters, Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova. In the spotlight, they soar and spin through the air while beaming radiant smiles. But their real lives include more discipline, devastating falls, and harsh criticism than perfect landings and effusive praise.
Having got through a rape, a convent novice tries to find God again.
The true, detailed lives of the girls of the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. as they break through in their promotional tour in America.
Sami culture in the Soviet Union and today's Russia is a source of life tests and struggle. The film moves in the free-flowing memory tracks of a small indigenous people and tries to create a common memory image of the past 100 years from the diversity of the protagonists. The focus of the film narrative is the Russian territory of their homeland "Lapland", which is now divided between four countries. Grandmother of Zoya Mikhailovna was born in Finnish territory. In 1937, this was sufficient reason to upset the father of the little Zoya. Together with Zoya 18 Sami people of Kola Peninsula recall their past life memories in film. The past and the present flow into each other. However, you can feel a huge gap between "today" and "yesterday".
Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer and an acknowledged genius whose career was abruptly cut short after sustaining an injury in the 1990s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative and that he will soon lose the ability to walk. Aleksey sets out to choreograph a ballet he envisaged long before but never staged for fear of failure. “What will I leave behind after I am gone?” is a question Aleksey feels he must contend with. However, returning to the world of ballet will not be easy for a man who has made so many enemies over the course of his life.
On December 31, 2099, tables are set and cyber-shooters are decorated all over the Solar System, and Martian farmer Nikolai is waiting for his wife and two daughters to visit him from Earth. But what if all interplanetary flights are canceled due to abnormal solar activity? New Year's Eve is a family holiday, and Nikolai decides to get to his family by all means. Boole's favorite "loaf", a homemade teleporter and a portable black hole will help him in this.
Collective work of students Of the school-Studio "SHAR". In the summer of 2018, all of them were gathered by George Boguslavsky and sent around the city to observe Moscow life. And then I covered the Windows with a black cloth, and the students drew, smeared, and scratched on celluloid scenes from the life of summer Moscow.
Two cosmonauts, two friends, try to do their best in their everyday training life to make their common dream a reality. But this story is not only about the dream.
Rafael - the minister of sports of an unrecognized country, and Natasha - a Russian opera singer, try living together in Abkhazia - a war-torn future-less country. Observing their difficult relations, we see life in a place marked by war and nationalism. The film portrays trapped people dreaming of peace, normality and happiness.
Kind and lazy Jenya comes to Moscow from small village in Belarus for earnings. Criminal incident unexpectedly separates Jenya from companions and leaves him alone without money and documents. He has no friends or relatives in this big and hostile city and he is about to end as a homeless bum.
When love gives way to burning resentment and painful suspicions, even an innocent prank can have irreparable consequences...
Sockeye, a species of wild salmon, is born in Kamchatkan waters and spends its entire life in the Pacific Ocean. Only once does it return to fresh waters — to give offspring, start the circle of life, and die. It is an inexhaustible resource that feeds billions of people on the planet, restored every year. But soon, we may find ourselves facing the unimaginable: humans will exhaust the inexhaustible.
The film tells about a difficult period in the fate of the legendary ancestor of the Hangalass clan Tygyn Darkhan. At the turn of the century before the advent of the Russian Cossacks, he waged a difficult struggle to unite the tribes and clans that lived on the territory of modern Yakutia. The film is based on the eponymous work of Vasily Yakovlev-Dalan.
A short story about a father who went to put up with his mother, about a mother who tried to keep her daughter out of trouble, and about a daughter who just wanted to watch cartoons.
A small provincial town. The inhabitants are bored, apathetic and bitter... Peredonov, a modest high school teacher, dreams about a promotion and moving to the capital. Gradually his dream becomes an obsession. Varvara, his second cousin who dreams about marrying him, writes a promising letter about an invitation to Saint-Petersburg on behalf of the capital's princess. But the teacher's dreams aren't meant to come true: he becomes a victim of his own insanity and kills his friend and the hateful Varvara...
Pale, thin, cold-sweating Pik (Khugaev) teaches literature at the local university to students so indifferent they play cards and take phone calls while he lectures. "The hell with you,” he says, walking out mid-class. It’s unclear just why Pik seems so sickly, though by midpoint we realize he’s a heroin addict in withdrawal. Broke, alienated, shunned by his dealer, he searches for a fix or any other salvation, sharing his bleak thoughts in voiceover. Attractive lensing and spare piano/ambient sound score abet the feature’s melancholy, meditative aura.