Discoveries from Russia World Cinema

TV version of stage play "California Suite" by Neil Simon, performed in Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre.

Once George was a famous boxer. He had no equal either in Russia or Europe, but because of the intrigues of his competitors, he had to interrupt his sports career at the “peak” and emigrate to the USA. He vowed never to return to his homeland ... But the vow was broken. The reason was the serious illness of the coach, who was once the closest person for him. 10 years ago, they were divorced by a major quarrel. Returning to St. Petersburg, George also meets his long-standing enemy, who is now connected with the near-sport criminal business. George will have to unravel the complex "criminal tangle", take part in the fate of a young boxer and, having met with his mother, fall in love again ...

The main character of the film, Zoya, lives in a provincial town far from Moscow. She is 25 years old, she doesn't take care of herself and dresses old-fashioned. Her dream is to sing on a big stage, but so far she has to be content with only benefit performances behind the counter of a store where a few customers act as listeners and fans.

The story is about a lonely fisherman and a girl who hatched from an egg and decided that the fisherman was her dad.

"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.

A musician arrives on tour in a small town. After settling in a small room, he feels the closeness of the overwhelming walls and life in it becomes a real challenge for him. Reaching the boiling point, the hero is faced with a choice - to stay inside his walls or allow himself to break free.

Victor Smolensky, the owner of a detective agency, instructs his assistants to find him the perfect wife. The fee for two is one million rubles. The task is difficult: the future spouse must have the appearance of Marilyn Monroe and the character of Natasha Rostova. However, fate will bring Smolensky to the exact opposite of his ideal.

Hansel's grandfather's wife died. They have lived together for over fifty years. For three years he has been living alone, cannot find a place for himself and constantly misses her.

A talented young man, Alexander, brought up in an orphanage, from an early age fascinated by the tough male sport - MMA. He is intensely preparing for the title fight, but His Majesty Chance unexpectedly intervenes in the ambitious plans of the young man. At a training camp in Crimea, he meets the mysterious deaf girl Dina. She is a photographer and pays special attention to her hands, because her hands are her voice. Overcoming difficulties in communication, young people fall in love with each other. What will this love bring? After all, a girl and a young man belong to different worlds, the world of the deaf and the world of hearing ... Will young people be able to stay together, overcoming the insidious fate, to become happy?

The story of Vitaly Smolyants, about a circus trainer of predators who is missing both legs.

A short film by Ivan Dobronravov, shot for the Action charity evening.

1979. Andrey Konchalovsky's film Sibiriada receives a special jury prize at the Cannes film festival. For the Director, this becomes a bridge to another world. Having received permission from the authorities to go abroad for a year, Konchalovsky refuses to return and requires a passport for permanent residence abroad... However, it seems that Konchalovsky himself does not yet understand that from now on his life will be divided into "before" and "after". That now all his subsequent paintings will be compared with the previous ones. And even when he returns to Russia 10 years later, his wanderings in search of his own "I" will not end...

A young department employee learns that the fire alarm for which he is responsible only exists on paper. Trying step by step to uncover the criminal circle of a deceitful system, he seeks support from his uncle, the head of the department. But this circle unexpectedly closes ... on himself.

An animator named Luka lives with his grandmother in the center of St. Petersburg. He huddles in a tiny but cozy attic and tries not to lose heart, making ends meet with earnings from roles in crowd scenes and performances at children's parties. Luka dreams of acting in TV series or big movies, so he periodically goes to auditions, which are rarely successful. Alexey Molchanov is a rich entrepreneur who lives at a crazy pace. He finds no time for himself or his loved ones, moving from one business meeting to another. However, time stops when, on the eve of his birthday, Alexey learns of his fatal diagnosis. The lives of both men take a different turn after their meeting.

Mikhail Petrovich worked at a lathe for almost forty years. He is an indispensable specialist at the defense plant. And he's not happy about it.

Yakov Ilyich is 66 years old. On New Year's Eve, he is dressed as Santa Claus and entertains the children at the New Year's fair. Seven-year-old Antip is unhappy. His parents are constantly missing at work, and the family is on the verge of divorce. In a desperate attempt to save his family, Antip enlists the help of Santa Claus…

After a major scandal on air, popular TV host Mark Nikolaev tries to restore his reputation and sets out to find Natasha, an orphanage graduate whose victory on a music show sparks a public conflict. However, the attempt to "fix the situation" unexpectedly changes Mark's world and forces him to confront real life for the first time outside of the cameras and social media.

Lyudmila's life consists of work and home life. She visits her elderly wards. But Lyudmila has love in her life. She constantly goes to clubs and listens, as if fascinated, to the popular pop singer Gennady Kruglov in the past. She has confidence that there is a connection between them and he is interested in her too. This is confirmed by the almost nightly correspondence in the Odnoklassniki social network.

The war in Abkhazia ended more than twenty years ago. But the shadows wandering in the corridors of the republican psychoneurological hospital still remind us of its impact. Sometimes we see ourselves in those shadows and glimpse fragments of reality in their monologues. The monochromatic way they see the world carries many more meanings than we are able to perceive.

The heroes of the film will be real people who have faced blood cancer, whose lives are hanging by a thread, who have received hope for salvation by finding an unrelated donor.

A young family moves to the countryside to escape creditors. But in the village home of their deceased aunt, an evil more dangerous than any debt collector awaits them.

Fifteen years old Nikita Dzhukov (The Bug)- handsome and clever - he is a leader of the class. There is a newcomer in the class - Senya Ivanov. He's got oncology, but only the principal knows about it. Both Nikita and Senya like Lisa, a girl from their class. The Bug trip on Senya, showing his supremacy. Senya stops appearing in school. He is in hospital, doing chemical therapy. The Bug finds it out. Time passes and Senya comes back to school. He is bold because of the therapy, and he worries about how the classmates will receive him - wan, thin, and, most of all, bold. Senya comes to school, he's wearing a cap. The classmates with The Bug in charge meets him in front of the school. They all are wearing caps. They are standing in front of Senya. Senya is frightened. But the Bug and the rest put off their caps, they are all bold. They are smiling. Senya puts off his cap, smiling in response. They hug each other, laughing joyfully.

Eighteen-year-old girl Alena decides to meet her biological father. Vasily, a veteran of the First Chechen War, lives alone and works as a switchman on the railroad. The arrival of his daughter completely changes the life of the hero.

Brother and sister, teenagers Savva and Aglaya, live in the city and do what they like most. Savva is a fan of computer games and an eternal fidget. Aglaya is a young genius of science who dreams of making an important discovery. Each has plans for the summer holidays: Savva is going to a games festival, and Aglaya is working on a project at a science camp. But one day, their plans fall apart. Since the guys are always teasing each other, arguing about everything and can't agree on anything, one day a disaster occurs, as a result of which their apartment is simultaneously flooded with water and engulfed in fire. As punishment, the parents send the children to the village to their grandparents. For Savva and Aglaya, this is a nightmare: they are used to food delivery, entertainment, games and the Internet, and in the village they have to get up early, work in the garden, feed for slaughter, go to the bathhouse and a bunch of other village "delights".

Vasya is an elderly cloakroom attendant who has worked at the Moscow Art Theatre for many years. Posing as an actor, he tries to help two teenagers who love the theatre as much as he does get into the Moscow Art Theatre School. However, everything changes when a new female ticket collector learns of his secret.

Zhenya and Roman arrive in Moscow and get a job as a servant in a private country house. For them, this is a temporary stage, an opportunity to settle in Moscow, but hopes for a future happy life together are not destined to come true. Soon they find themselves involved in a difficult family relationship between the owners and guests of the house…

When Masha was ten years old she lived in a far away northern village, where she was the only pupil in her school. She loved her village - a quiet place without any stores, cell phones, and other spoils of civilization. Masha dreamed to build a clinic there. Masha is seventeen now. She goes to a boarding school in a nearby village, and realizes that she needs to leave.

Touching the past through the pre-revolutionary archive of my great-grandmother, a contemporary of the 20th century. My hands grope into the dark, viscous depths of time. The abyss resonates, and a foreign present resounds within me. Our voices merge, and a song emerges from oblivion.

About the life of Elizabeth Feodorovna, sister of the last Russian Empress.

Because of Mirel's unrequited love for Yura, she has not been able to fall in love with someone else for 11 years. Desperate to meet her love, she decides to become a nun. Mirel sings in the choir of the Catholic church, where Yura comes to arrange his wedding.

Russian gore film where the government turn people in to zombies.

A poetic essay on the city of St. Petersburg in the 18th century, based on poems by Alexander Pushkin and Alexander Blok and a novel by Andrey Belyi. The film contains reworked footage from Aleksey Batalov's "Overcoat", Eisenstein´s "Strike", Petrov's "Peter The First", Tikhomirov's "The Queen Of Spades" and others. Petersburg is an unbounded visual fantasy where reality and imagination merge into one. The history of the city represented in a digital form may live its independent life. Yevteyeva presents sights of St.Petersburg that have become the genetic code of the Russian culture in a particular manner in her film. Each shot of the film was hand-painted with special strokes.

Nikolai Malinin marries the young beauty Katya. From his first marriage, he has a son, Seryozha, who is very hard at the divorce of his parents. In all misfortunes, he blames his father’s new wife, believing that it was she who destroyed the family. The young man intends to take revenge on his stepmother. A friend of the hero jokingly suggests that seduce Katya. Sergei succumbs to his persuasion, but he does not suspect what a fleeting connection might result in. As a result, Sergei falls in love with Katya, and she does not know what to do. The girl is literally torn between father and son. The “perverted” connection will shock everyone - Katya’s friends, Sergey’s friends ... As a result, Nikolay also learns about the betrayal. Love triangle gives a crack.

The film tells how people get into the' top ' of society. In the context of the film, casting is a social 'sieve' - a sequence of tests, the results of which determine a person in one of two categories: he becomes an outsider or a leader. Soon choice (s), soon 'Casting.' Camera debut a film Director 'As Victor Garlic weight Leh Pin in a nursing home' Alexander hunt, as well as directing the first film by Igor Stam

Vladimir doesn't have instagram, he's never watched a rap battle and never heard the word "hype". He has a completely different life.

The film shows several episodes from the lives of different people, which turn out to be connected by a single monetary bill.

The portrait of the creator of the Kino group, consisting of the thoughts and memories of people who loved him, appears before the audience as a musical prophecy of a talented artist about his own life.

Stand-up concert by Yulia Akhmedova.

The film tells the story of a man trapped in his own thoughts, so detached from the outside world that he struggles to truly live. One day, a strange phenomenon occurs—his body begins changing into unusual colors, which turn out to reflect the city of Moscow. This forces him to explore the city, leading him to confront his own mind and gain a new understanding of himself.

A young driver fascinated by cars suddenly meets a young girl who owns a Ford truck.

A film about an act of nature in the mountains, caused by a strong downpour.

The film crew of the TV program “Earth and Sky” arrives in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, home to an astrophysical observatory, to prepare a report on a scientific conference. Their work is complicated by conflicts within the team, the host’s inexperience, and the fact that the events unexpectedly take on personal significance for him, shifting the focus of the shoot.

Mark is 18, and his buddy Kirill is 20. They’ve been friends for just a month but they’re obviously meant for each other. They both crave attention and have a provocative attitude to the world around them. They dance together on the railings of Moscow’s Krymsky Bridge, gatecrash parties, hang out on their skateboards, challenge authority figures and mouth off to everyone who crosses their path. “I’m young, I can do what I want,” Kirill tells us.

The last day of Ivan Bulkin’s life has come. Death is at his front door and wants him to confirm with his signature that he was satisfied with his life. But Bulkin thinks he can trick the grim reaper and cheat death.

Psychotherapist Anna Sergeevna Bochkareva has everything that is considered to be indicators of success and solvency in life. She lectures at the institute, her articles are published in respected scientific publications, she has her own practice and a house in perfect order. But one day the system into which the heroine turned her life is destroyed because of one single meeting. In the charity orphanage where Anna works, a new patient appears - a strange Old Man who has only a few months left to live, and he makes Anna look at many things in a new way - at the events of the past, at the value of human feelings, at repentance and at the meaning of our being...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: International Youth Day and demonstrations / All-Russian Olympiad / Streetcar collision / Construction of automobiles in a Petrograd factory.

Pavlensky/Pawlenski, artist and activist, is leading the way in forging social change in Russia. Through an multiple courageous performances, he acts as society's conscience in the face of an increasingly totalitarian state. From lying naked in a coil of barbed wire, to nailing his scrotum to the floor of Red Square, his acts of defiance aim to spark debate and catalyse reform. This documentary follows his mission to challenge the state.

Mysterious Call is 2000 Russian short film based on the short story "Sorry, Right Number" by Stephen King.

The virtual world generated by the real world of the twentieth century is growing exponentially, like an organism in a Petri dish. Crossing its own borders in to new zones, it absorbs its founders and mutates in to something absolutely new. In this new world real wars look like a game on americasarmy.com. Prison torture appears more like the sadistic exercises of modern-day valkyries. Technologies and materials transform the artificial environment in to a fantasy landscape of a new epoch. This paradise is a mutated world where time is frozen and the past is neighbor to the future.

A young guy Sasha runs into a second-class car of a long-distance train with a guitar in a case. He, like many other musicians, tried to conquer Moscow, but failed. Sasha settles in a compartment to an adult shift officer Ivan returning home. For a long time on the way, the heroes manage to make friends, write songs, create their own musical group and perform on the platforms in several cities. But what will happen to their group when Ivan leaves at his station?

Gena and Cheburashka have a day off. But each of them wants to spend it in their own way: Gena dreams of relaxing with a newspaper and a cup of tea, and Cheburashka cannot sit still for a minute. Will the friends be able to find a solution and spend the day together?

Using the patriotic military celebrations of May 9 as an ongoing and disquieting motif, St. Petersburg–based documentary filmmaker Rudnitskaya introduces several ordinary gay and lesbian couples whose legal rights are increasingly invalidated, and whose very lives are in constant danger in a cultural and political climate that’s turned blatantly, unapologetically homophobic.