Discoveries from Russia World Cinema

He and She are at home. Evening. Music. Wine. Coziness. At first glance, this is an ideal relationship. So perfect that you involuntarily ask: "Is this real?"

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel. The first themed issue of Kino-Pravda, devoted to the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution in 1922.

The hermit Berimir goes to the forest in search of the missing village girl Anyutka. He leads her back to the village, but the prophetic bird Sirin prophesies trouble. Berimir decides to go a roundabout way.

The plot of the film is based on the large-scale reconstruction of the historical building of the HPP-2 power plant on Bolotnaya Embankment under the direction of architect Renzo Piano and the transformation of the power plant into a cultural institution and a cultural house of the V-A-C foundation, founded by Leonid Mikhelson. For five years, the process of fixing this reincarnation was carried out. The basis of the shooting method was the desire to show big events through the prism of the interaction of art and life of the construction site and the V-A-C foundation, through small details, through the people who are doing it all.

A short film based on Boris Vasilyev's story "Cold, Cold".

Marina, a beautiful and talented professor's daughter, drags out a miserable existence. After the death of her father, she threw all her strength into helping her married lover Yuri to advance in the service. And after becoming dean, Yuri, in order to avoid gossip, left Marina as a laboratory assistant.

A three young guys living in countryside meet two girls who change their lives.

New cartoon by Evgeny Golovin (Parovoz Animation Studio).

Little Muslimchik lives in a Dagestani village. After his father leaves for war, he has to not only take care of his father's flock, but also fight to preserve his parents' marriage and peace in the family.

This is a story about how a Man helped a Man. Ksenia Zueva made a documentary about her friend, neurosurgeon Dr. Vijay Dzhafarov, who performed a unique operation, relieving a young man from Rybinsk from a sudden painful illness. The doctor and the patient share their experiences with Ksenia Zueva. This documentary is not only Ksenia Zueva's directorial work, it is also her debut as a cameraman and composer.

About 30 ethnic groups live in the Republic of Dagestan, each with its own language and customs. The prevalence of the Muslim way of life is a distinctive feature of this republic. The number of men taking second and third wives has increased. However, according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, a man can only be married to one wife. So, being both a law-abiding citizen and a model Muslim is not yet possible.

The life of fifteen-year-old Sasha Kuznetsov seems ordinary: school, friends, tests. But behind simple conversations with his mother lies pain that they both try not to name out loud.

The plot is based on a conversation between two women - an adult and a very young one. Both women are filled with claims against each other. But what is hidden behind this, what relationships connect them? In the dialogue, the woman simultaneously tries to escape from the truth and find the truth.

Petya’s dream is to become a tram driver, and the boy has explored every corner of the tram depot located near his house. The lad is well acquainted with the “residents” of the depot: the old trams, which long ago served out their term and are now laid up forever in its furthest, emptiest reaches. One day Petya decides to show his classmate Katya his secret place, and the excursion turns into an adventure.

This movie is a collection of portraits of residents of Russian countryside. Not a single word. Only long look into the camera. Landscape. Flow of time.

NATO has attacked bridges in Yugoslavia. Capitalism against communism has not stood the test of history. War remains the unchangeable law of the world. People against people, continent against continent.

An early film by Vsevolod Meyerhold.

Seven vagrants set off in search of Divine Bar. But they don't know that they have to sacrifice their lives to end up in the Bar.

Mounting of the film by Dmitry Frolov on the basis of documentary frames of performances of Russian ballet dancers and lifeless margins of the Russian outback. Symbolizes the slowly naked and dying Russian world.

Based on a children story by J.R.R. Tolkien, Mr. Bliss is a tale of a man who set out to buy a motor-car and of what followed afterwards. The adventures include meeting with three bears, a visit to a fat family of Dorkinses, and a nightly adventure in the woods.

Russia's most skilled streetball players unleash a whole arsenal of unique tricks, incredible dunks, and defenders-destroying dribbling moves. Spotlighting the burgeoning streetball culture of the largest country in the World, documents first streetball challenges and tournaments including performances from the biggest names in hip-hop industry.

Depicts a community of pensioners living in near isolation outside of St. Petersberg as it enacts the weekly ritual of bringing a delivery of bread—left at a rail junction two hours away—into the village for distribution.

"Self-Assessment" is Denis Chuzhoy's fifth single. In it, the comedian talks about accepting himself, a hellish carousel of constant moving, and recalls how FSB fans came to his concerts. It also explains why one good immigration lawyer can replace five years of therapy.

A young man comes to the platform to commit suicide, but suddenly falls in love. The film was made using classical animation techniques - rotoscoping, hand-drawn frames, also using morphing techniques and artificial intelligence.

An autobiographical story, set in the city of Grozny in 1994 — its last peaceful year before the outbreak of the First Chechen War, Russia. It follows the life of one family and the tight-knit community of a single courtyard — a place full of warmth, quiet beauty, and the haunting presence of what was to come.

A young actor's family is starring in a film about the "beautiful life". But the shooting is over, and we have to return to the bleak reality.

An uncompromising Russian businessman returns home from Peru. He lost his memory, but acquired a mystical mentor who will help him unravel the chain of events that drove him so far from home.

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 Northerners is a cycle of film essays with a focus on northern individualism. Each one of the three parts plays out in different places around the Kola Peninsula over one day. The story revolves around the everyday life of three people who share no formal ties. Igor, who belongs to a dynasty of pilots, is a polar aviation squad commander; Vasily is a tug master at Murmansk’s commercial port; Volodya is a woodcutter, leader of a logging guild. Like most of those living in the north of Russia, they came here for work, and though they weren’t initially planning on staying, they ended up staying forever.

In the name of his first love for a beautiful Turkish woman, the young German renounces his past by burning family photos. He is no longer Thomas. Now, he is called Hamza. And he is enlisted. Alexey Basargin is a captain in the Russian army, a scout, a loving husband, and father. They keep video diaries of their lives. Two destinies. Two worlds. The collision is inevitable.

Leonid Pavlovich Mozgovoy (born 1941) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater, cinema and literary variety, Honored Artist of Russia (2002), winner of the Nika Prize (2001), winner of the Golden Aries, Petropavlovsk, The Bronze Horseman, Listopad, master of the acting course in SPbGIKiT since 2015.

Mara—the spirit of the night, the weaver of darkened dreams—pressed upon my chest as sleep held me captive. My memory. In the haze of a dream, I saw those I loved, their faces bathed in an otherworldly glow. The nightmare was not the shadows nor the fear they whispered, but the cruel certainty of waking—of losing them to the morning light

After a wild party, Katya wakes up on a mattress in the middle of the water. It's time to understand yourself and find your way in the sea of possibilities.

Kirill Ivanovich Shchelkin is not well-known among the most honored scientists of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Shchelkin was one of the main creators of atomic and hydrogen bombs, one of the founders of modern cosmonautics, three times a hero of Socialist labor, a man whom Igor Kurchatov called ‘The Godfather of the atomic bomb.’ The scientific research of Shchelkin and his colleagues, without exaggeration, saved the world from a third world war and ensured a peaceful life not only in Russia, but for all mankind.

A former neo-Buddhist who has become an ardent defender of Orthodox values, Dmitry Enteo riveted public attention after performing several eccentric actions on himself. He calls himself an orthodox ‘actionist’ and gathered a movement of Orthodox activists around himself called ’God’s Will’.

The film tells how in the summer of 1942, on the approaches to Stalingrad, Wehrmacht soldiers were blocked by the defenders of Altitude 220. Machine-gun crew of Hanpasha Nuradilov destroyed almost a thousand soldiers and officers of the enemy in an unequal battle, showing an example of selfless courage and heroism. With his sacrifice, Nuradilov stopped the powerful attack of the Germans, thereby giving time to regroup the Soviet troops, and did not allow the enemy to capture the Serafimovichi bridgehead, which gathered the main forces of our army for the main attack on the Wehrmacht group in Stalingrad.

Meet Kokosha, a little crocodile who braves snowstorms, dives into the depths of the underwater world, and even transforms into Godzilla—all within the confines of a single apartment!

The most famous person on the planet which no one has seen, suddenly decides to open up before the world.

Millionaire Gornostayev and ballet dancer in Ilona are always arguing about what is more important - youth and beauty or wealth. Ilona thought that youth and beauty are more important, but Gornostayew disagreed with her. He intended to prove Ilona that she in wrong. Gornostayew signed a contract with young worker Alexey. They moved abroad. Year later. Alexey changed into a real aristocrat and returned to Russia. Gornostayew introduced Alexey to Ilona and she falls in love with him.

Based on Lermontov's poem of the same name, Boyar Orsha (Peter Chardynin) leaves the service of Ivan the Terrible.

A sad comedy. A young writer Sandra presents her first novel in Paris. She sees a mysterious stranger among the guests, who reminds her of the secrets of her past.Looking for answers, she goes to St. Petersburg and finds there a replica of herself,living under a different name.

The film is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov, a Soviet football player, hockey player and outstanding coach. Bobrov was an Olympic champion, honored master of sports and coach, as well as the only captain of the national team in history who competed at both the summer and Winter Olympic Games.

At forty-five, a writer decides to change his life and devote himself entirely to his art. Leaving behind a troubled family, he moves into an abandoned house…

It's not easy for a rabbit to live – then a hunter tries to shoot with a gun, then a bear attacks, then a wolf threatens to eat, then a fox. How to survive in the tundra, how not to disappear in this not very hospitable region? The poor hare is like between two fires – he barely has time to hide from the hunter, as predatory animals immediately overtake him…

A long time ago, Prometheus was cursed by the God's for bringing fire to mankind. Today, Fedor finds himself in Moscow for the first time and falls in love with Masha.

A story about the history and creativity of the Russian metal band [Amatory].

A small owl-Sparrow is very sleepy during the day, but it does not get a good night's sleep because of noisy neighbors.

The teacher Lydia Mikhailovna and her former student Zhenya are going to celebrate the New Year. Worthy men were not found, and therefore decided to celebrate the holiday together. Women dream of cooking stuffed carp, but none of them have the spirit to kill live fish, which serenely floats in the bathroom. Suddenly a doorbell rings and Lydia Mikhailovna recognizes her first love in the uninvited guest - Borya, whom they have not seen for 30 years. But Borya does not recognize Lidia Mikhailovna and takes the teacher for Zhenya's mother! Offended Lydia Mikhailovna tries to expose the guest for the door, but Zhenya decides to resurrect his former love and finds an excuse that Borya should stay: he must kill the carp ...

A story of separation and reunion unfolding in an astronomers' village – a place where space isn't screened off by streetlights or the noise and bustle of the city.

A married couple who have lived together for 10 years decide to divorce. They both understand that divorce is the only way out of a stretched failed marriage, where each of them believes that they have not fully realized their potential and that divorce will give impetus to a new life and forgotten dreams.

The story of Mrs. K., who steals jewelry not for profit, but for herself, unable to resist the temptation of owning beauty.