Discoveries from Russia World Cinema

A few days from the life of a Kyrgyz family in Moscow. Nurik works on a construction site as handyman. His elder brother Mansur is without work. The mother, Mukhabbat, tries to help her sons solve their problems.

"Beachworld" is set in the distant future. Federation ship ASN-29 crashed on an unknown planet, only two members of the crew survived - Shapiro and Rand. They find themselves on an uninhabited planet. Desert, that stretches out in all directions. No food and no water. Despair and insanity creep up on survivals, sand devours everything and very soon they discover that they are not alone on the planet.

There are twenty minutes left until the premiere of the debut performance, and the leading actress is still not there. The young director urgently needs to find a way out.

The documentary film Another Life continues the main theme of The Happy People series: man’s faith in himself and his great capacity for survival. This is a film about strong people who are free spirits and who are not concerned with the majority of things that excite city dwellers. Perhaps these fates can serve as an example, can help us see ourselves through another person’s eyes, and allow us to take a new look at our own lives.

Grandfather and grandson live in one apartment. Grandson is a student, and grandfather is a former security officer who spent time in the camps. Out of love for his grandfather, the grandson preserves the situation of perpetual interrogation, inviting “clients” from time to time ...

Anna Berkutova - blonde in the armor of mini-skirts. Her weapons - her beauty, intelligence and absolute confidence in the fact that she knows men. It is an important project in Skolkovo and is going to marry a rich foreigner. But on her birthday, March 8, it is clear, as the financial report, the fate of change: Anna throws groom steal her project of Skolkovo, and she begins to hear the thoughts of men. This ability is first brought her to despair, and then opens wide possibilities ...

Filming of the collection of donations during the cinematic film week "To a Soldier in the trenches" in Moscow at the A. Khanzhonkov Theater on November 30, 1915.

The film focuses on women from a family living in southern Russia: two sisters, their mother, and grandmother. Every summer, the younger women visit the elders, returning to their roots and embracing a traditional way of life. This household is deeply matriarchal—men are present but play secondary roles. The film’s space is filled with rituals: fortune-telling, herb gathering, and bathing. Here, the sacred is intertwined with the mundane. The daughters follow the life paths of their mother, who once traced the steps of the older women in the family.

In an effort to conceal the embezzlement of large sums of money received from the presidential fund, the corrupt and mired in the most low-grade debauchery, the Governor of the City starts a grandiose scam called the "Martian Expedition". The vacancies of voluntary suicides are readily accepted by an artist, director, architect, choreographer and porn star. Meanwhile, the "shadow administration" of the City, consisting of the bosses of the largest gangster groups, is joining the division of the "financial cake"...

About the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Hermogenes, the hero of the Time of Troubles, who inspired the militia of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky.

The events take place in Leningrad in the mid-80s - a time of hope, promising changes and the flourishing of informal culture.

A disturbing documentary about true murders and real death.

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

All Theresa wants to do is paint. Unfortunately, she's going blind, and it's only a matter of time before she can never see another canvas. Her husband Eric is not supportive, and Theresa's condition wears on their marriage. One day Theresa meets James, and he's a charming devil. He sweeps her off her feet, and before she knows it, they've engaged in an affair. James is an artist, too and finally Theresa has someone who can understand her. She makes plans to leave Eric and be with James instead.

St. Petersburg streets. Cloudy day. The inflamed consciousness. The feeling of an invisible presence of somebody behind you. Who you want to be. your shadow... The shadow challenges you. All you have to do is figure out who really exists-you or your shadow.

Roman Lebedichkin, a founder of a big and successful company, is surprised to found out that he's not so welcomed by previous partners after he gets released from jail.

Liza’s life seems completely hopeless. From morning till night, she sells fish at a wholesale market, endures her boss’s rudeness, and returns home to a nagging stepmother and a constantly drunk father. Every day, walking past the city’s central streets, she gazes longingly at the shop windows behind which lies another, fairy-tale world — a world of happy people. Just when Liza is ready to give up hope of changing her life, fate suddenly smiles on her: she gets a job at an elite flower salon. But on her very first day, she is fired — she has neither the upbringing nor the manners expected there. Even dressed in an expensive uniform, she still seems like a market vendor. Determined to change her fate, Liza decides to become a true lady and win her place back. Fortunately for her, Professor Levitin — a philologist, aristocrat, and refined gentleman — is looking for a student…

Based on the novel "South of the Slot" by J. London. The movie didn't survive.

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 comes across a well whilst playing American football. He decides to descend it and has to pass various challenges before he can reach his goal.

A young couple encounters supernatural terror in their new home.

Diploma project by Aylin Emlin (Program "Director", Moscow Film School).

“Shchedrin Suite” is a candid conversation with the renowned classic. On how he fell in love and was overwhelmed by the beauty of bronze hair and green eyes: the exceptional ballerina Maya Plisetskaya not only became his devoted life companion but also a cherished soul. On how many times he resisted compromising his own conscience and yielding to the omnipotent system. It delves into the composer’s creativity as a profound mystery and an ongoing process. It also reflects on the geniuses whom fate brought into his life: Shostakovich, Rostropovich, Gergiev, and Pierre Cardin. Lastly, it contemplates the world’s current state from the perspective of age and experience.

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.

An old widower, former WW2 radio operator, perceives flashing bulb as his late wife's messages from Heaven. His love will never die even when the lights are gone.

Serge Prokofiev's enigmatic work, this is a tale of the supernatural, religious hysteria and demonic possession which is set in Germany at the time of The Inquisition.

ACA 177: Bagov vs. Shaikhaev 2 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Friday, June 28, 2024 the Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Веселая история о том, как уберечь отношения и жениться на любимой девушке. Не дать брачному аферисту разрушить союз и увести свою невесту. Иногда для этого нужно приложить много усилий, а иногда нужно просто... просто проснуться. А пирожки? Просто хорошо, когда твоя девушка вкусно готовит.

Nadya was born with a pathology. She has a large red-burgundy hemangioma on her small face. In the native village Nadya faces the hostility and ridicule of others, furthermore her own family does not accept the girl as she is. Nadya grandmother tries to treat her illness with all religious methods she knows, while Nadya mother constantly dreams of a surgical operation in Moscow. Nadya just wants to be herself. Her only wish is to sing in the choir. After getting into another mess, she ends up in a Moscow hospital, where meets people like her. But even after the physical problem has been resolved nothing changes in her family life.

Europe and Russia are shocked by the unexpected death of the young Emperor Peter II. He died at the age of 14, leaving behind neither an heir nor a will. Who will get the crown of the Russian Empire? A fierce struggle for power begins. Having chosen Anna Ioannovna, the Privy Council hoped to use her as a puppet and a screen for the implementation of their own selfish plans. But the nobles were mistaken - the people do not like eight tyrants. Let there be a tyrant, but only ONE!

Mother and little Eva return home on a winter evening from kindergarten. A random find helps the girl transform a dark twilight evening into a colorful world. My mother also tried…

That legendary performance from the Ice Palace that changed my life forever. A huge stadium where I said things that no one dared to say so openly to such a large audience in Russia at the time. I dedicated the performance and the ending with the “last cigarette“ to my grandfather, who passed away that year. This special was filmed by Edgar Dubrovsky, who later went on to direct the hit Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler“

Friends and strangers, lifelong friends and sworn enemies, our territory and the enemy's territory. These are the thoughts that Aikhal, the leader of a rural gang, lives with. He's torn between life in the gang, with its violence and fights, and school life—with exams, love, and the future. Aikhal's frivolity and short temper will lead to great difficulties not only in his own life, but also in the life of his younger brother, Darkhan.

Miracles always happen in a New Year’s fairy tale. When the evil Wolves and the kind Hares unexpectedly meet in the winter forest, they end up dancing together around a decorated tree.

Concert therapy. The concert is a journey deep into yourself. Mark gathered friends and family in the apartment to tell the truth about himself for the first time.

The story of an aging woman and the unusual services she has to provide as a maid in a noble house. Based on a story by Julio Cortázar.

Slava's Snowshow is a universal and timeless theatrical poetic spectacle which has unanimously enchanted and empowered the imagination of audiences and critics since 1993 in tens of countries, hundreds of cities with multiple thousands of performances resulting in millions of ecstatic spectators from all nationalities, gender, beliefs, types and ages, probably like no other show. It is a genre of it’s own and remains as spontaneous and magical as the first day, systematically catapulting all adults back in childhood

Stand-up concert by Yulia Akhmedova.

Lucien, a young composer, sets out to conquer the Parisian scene in search of glory. His success soon blinds him, and he betrays his friends and his love. Lost Illusions is a new ballet created in Moscow in 2011 by Alexei Ratmansky with dramaturgical advice from Guillaume Gallienne. This stylised adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel features thwarted love, ambition, and disillusionment, with 19th century Paris as its backdrop.

This is part of the program that Poperechny presents in St. Petersburg as part of tour with Ruslan Usachev. The video is made up of different pieces and some moments were not included in it (for example, the beginning of the stand-up, its middle and jokes).

Plot TBA; the first feature-length theatrical film based on the Russian animated series Masha and the Bear.

In 2041, the USSR and China create a new techno-socialist superpower, where the main weapon is a person united with AI. Police captain Mark Sokolov hides inside himself Adele - an artificial intelligence fused with his brain since infancy. Investigating a murder, Mark faces betrayal, state secrets and an internal struggle for control over his own body and the fate of humanity.

Boy brings his granddad's award badges for participation in World War 2 (The Great Patriotic War) to summer camp and finds out that during WW2 his granddad lost his award badge in the town, where the camp is located now, as his new friend's grandmother, who was a doctor in the same hospital during WW2...

Once the main character Andrei worked at a hot spot as a peacemaker and rescued his co-worker Victor. Victor promised Andrei that he would always remember who he owed his life to and would come to Andrei’s help at any time. The chance to pay was presented to Victor after 20 years. Andrei quarreled on the road with an escort of an expensive car with a flashing light and was badly beaten. From his wounds, he died, leaving his pregnant wife alone. Victor is looking for Katya to help her achieve justice and avenge the death of her husband. The crime drama "The Last Hero" tells a difficult story about honor and friendly duty.

Fedya is a failed business psychologist. During one of his training sessions, while intoxicated, he makes a scene and becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of those around him. In his blog, Fedya broadcasts the "secrets of success," but he himself has long lost control of his life. His daughter Sonya is a withdrawn, problematic teenager. After her mother's death, an insurmountable wall grew between her and her father, and her grandfather took upon himself the girl's upbringing. After a fight with her peers, Sonya risks ending up in a penal colony - to avoid punishment, she is sent to a summer correctional program at a provincial school. Fedya goes with his daughter: to look after her and at the same time work as a school psychologist until the information noise around his name dies down. There is one summer ahead that can change everything.

What if?.. This question is asked by anyone who wants to make a good movie. What if the tale about Cinderella and the Prince, tale as old as time, will suddenly happen nowadays? Why not? Kids, who are studying at FIGA Film Studio, which exists at "Karavella" camp for 44 years, as well as their teachers, thought about it. They thought and created a film in a short period of time, just for 4 months only. There is no falling of Cinderella's boot here, no folden carriages and no mice turning to horses, but there are Internet and orbital satellites. There are also kids and adults who can do brave voluntary actions and childish pranks. As well as friendship which can do real magic. Based on Vladislav Krapivin's play "What will happen, if?.." (Что будет, если?..)

Part 1: The forest at Katyn. Mass graves of more than 20,000 Polish officers and government officials. They were discovered by the Germans in the spring of 1943. Goebels' propaganda immediately gave the matter publicity, blaming the Russians for the crime. Part 2: When the Russians occupied the Smolensk region in September 1943, they came across the graves erected by the Germans at the site of the Katyn massacre. Now they, like the Germans before them, made a propaganda film blaming the Third Reich for the murder of Polish officers.

Five young men set out in search of Kolchak's legendary gold, following a map accidentally discovered in the museum's storerooms. Each treasure hunter pursues their own goals, but a tragic accident changes all their plans and forces them to act according to the brutal rules of the "gold rush." ​​Unexpectedly, the expedition's search is overtaken by the centuries-old past of these places—those very same fractures in time prophetically spoken of by one of the gold bar hunters. The Reds and Whites, exhausted by the civil war, also have their own plans for the gold of the Supreme Ruler of Russia...

Journalists from Moscow, Vika and Alexey, dissatisfied with life, tired of bosses and problems at work, come to the outback to report on the residents of an emergency house, where they face shocking fates of people.

Beaver, Badger, and Mouse go to the forest to pick mushrooms.

"Don't Look Back" is the third Russian-language concert by Evgeny Chebatkov. The broken rhythm of the narrative, liveliness, and vivid organic energy, all of these are present in "Don't Look Back". Bold and unexpected visual solutions from talented director Ivan Makhrov perfectly correlate with the comedian's unconventional humor.

Ten years ago, the famous Russian actor Konstantin Khabensky organized children's development studios in several cities of Russia. A feature of such studios was complete freedom of expression for children and improvisation instead of staging standard plays. In the studio, everyone has the right to invention and protest - this is how children heal emotional wounds, probe the adult world, and, on the stage, fantastic performances appear on the stage. Every year, young talents gather in one of the cities for the Feathers festival, where Konstantin Yuryevich works with them. The guys show everything they learned and do it to the fullest