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The film is about the life of Russian paramedics in rural areas.

An ordinary quarrel between teenagers spills over into a parent chat and leads to a serious conflict. At this time, in the hospital, the girl asks for an urgent operation, but the doctor, in fear of breaking the law, does not dare to perform it until midnight, when the girl becomes an adult. Somewhere in one of the apartments a frank story unfolds about a man who, secretly from his wife, begins to flirt with a seductive neighbor. In a neighboring house, a young guy borrows a lot of money from a businessman to play on the difference in exchange rates, but on this particular day the dollar exchange rate goes crazy. And the crazy old man, meanwhile, goes to another city to meet with the killer of his son, so that he will answer for everything. All of them are faced with the question of choosing and making difficult decisions on which their lives depend.

Best friends: A seven-year-old girl and her elderly grandfather escape from their parents' dacha to rescue their grandfather's dog, who is locked alone in the apartment. The trip stops being fun when it becomes clear that the grandfather is mentally ill.

This film tells the stories of five Russian families who have lost children, mothers, fathers, and grandchildren to shelling. What secret memories do they hold of their departed loved ones? Who do they hold responsible for these deaths? And how do they view the world now? These are the heartfelt monologues of people who have endured the unthinkable yet still retain their capacity for compassion. In this moment, nothing is more important than their words. Over the two years of military action in Ukraine, the UN estimates that more than 10,000 civilians have died—and the shells continue to claim lives every day. Novaya journalists are unable to access Ukrainian territory due to censorship and cannot fully tell the stories of what is happening there.

The hero of the film is a successful young man, in whose life His Majesty Chance intervenes. In just a few days, he loses his job, betrays his mistress, goes to war, not counting such trifles as participation in fights, races, endless hangouts.

A documentary about financial crisis in Russia.

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their people with food since time immemorial. It is known, that the whale hunting today is controversial and subject to international criticism and regulations. But the Inuit and Chukchi hunt is permitted by international law because of the whaling is the foundation of their culture and their life. The contemporary story of elders Aleksandr and Aleksei blends seamlessly with that of “the woman who gave birth to a whale” and other ancient myths, told here in vivid animation, in this ongoing struggle for survival and preservation of a traditional lifestyle in one of the most remote places on earth.

Vyacheslav Ermakov, a phony businessman and life-waster, owes a large sum to a crime boss and, to pay off his debt, is forced to agree to carry out his errand. But a fateful encounter occurs along the way. To survive, Slava must play a survival game. The film is unusual in the ambiguity of its antagonist and his motives, all set against the backdrop of class conflict and reflection on the collapse of the USSR.

A curious spider has settled in the house of an old lace-maker. The love of weaving patterns helps them to make friends.

A young girl's godmother uses magic to find her a husband, but the girl is dismayed at his suspiciously catlike features. Based on Antony Pogorelsky's 1825 short story "The Lafertovo Poppycake Seller".

Popular at the end of the Soviet Union and Russia's transformation to a new era was a sort of escapism into surreal animation like this one.

The film tells the story of Robert Schuman, his life and creative work. He could have been a talented pianist. But he invented the device to prop up his fingers while practicing. The idea was to strengthen them and develop independence, but instead, two fingers on his right hand were permanently injured. As a result Schuman became a great composer and publisher of a music magazine. He fell in love with a talented pianist Clara Wiek - the daughter of his professor - and married her against his will. The film is a romantic story based on the composer's personal notes and his drawings on the margins of sheet music.

A truly remarkable New Year’s Eve in St Petersburg’s fabled Mariinsky Theatre, with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky (ex-Kirov) Ballet. It was at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg that the ballet The Sleeping Beauty premiered in 1890, with a score by Tchaikovsky and choreography by Marius Petipa. This New Year’s Eve programme revolves around Act III, in which Princess Aurora is brought out of her long sleep by the prince of her dreams and marries him. In addition, prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina dances Camille Saint-Saëns’ famous Dying Swan, first performed by Anna Pavlova. In conclusion the soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre’s Young Singers’ Academy perform the finale of Rossini’s Journey to Rheims in a joyous celebration of the coming of the New Year.

An ordinary Rakhmatullin family with many children, finally bogged down in loans and debts, drives an old minibus to the “Family of the Year” competition. They are sure that the main prize of the competition is the last chance to save the family from ruin.

Friends and relatives gather for grandpa Yura's birthday, though he resembles more an embodiment of a gen's terror than a living person.

The performance features shadow scene performers and the "Sirin" ensemble under the direction of Andrei Krotov.

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.

Two babies are in dire need of pacification.

The TV version of the play by A.K. Tolstoy, staged by the Maly Theatre.

What does an actor leave behind? That is the question that Alla Demidova asks herself, the audience, the eternity. She went and lived through the tragedies by Shakespeare, Electra, Phaedra, Medea. Where can one go henceforth? If only become a phantom, an image, something eternal, an enduring reflection of this world in the mirror. This film is a journey away from our reality to an imaginary universe, to reflections, images, phantoms. It starts with an exposition devoted to Alla Demidova at the St. Petersburg Museum of Theatre and Music Art. But it does not only document the space; thanks to Demidova's speech it turns into a retrospective of her work, the parts she played, an explication of her approach to acting.

The youth troupe of the Kirov Theater under the direction of Andrei Bosov staged an intermission opera by Yuri Khanin - from the ballet “Shagreen Bone”... The opera is even more eccentric - if that is possible - than the composer wandering around the frame and climbing around the back of the stage...

Провинциальная девушка Таня Клочкова работает официанткой в кафе, расположенном на трассе, и живет с матерью в поселке. Здесь у нее есть лучшая подруга Люда и влюбленный в нее друг детства Боря. Но судьба не преподносит ей сюрпризов, а другая, красивая и яркая жизнь, проносится мимо. Однажды в кафе заходит Кирилл, молодой и успешный москвич. Он влюбляется в простую и обаятельную Таню, и она отвечает ему взаимностью. Вскоре он увозит ее с собой в Москву.

The saga of relocation from a dilapidated district escalates into a confrontation when an old man steps up to defend his garage—a place where he conceals something mystical.

Russian photographer Maksim Dmitriev liked reality, and in the beginning of the 20 century, he photographed bums, workers, farmers, bankers, and monks. Hundred yours later we showed these photographs to nowadays heroes. And they recognized each other.

There is a sterile megapolis outside. Chaos of pain and despair reigns there. People have lost their ability to be people and death is waiting for them everyday and everywhere. On contrary, "inside" is the place where they receive doctors' help. While saving the wretched, the doctors save all of us too.

Single dad Nick trolls the parking lots of New Jersey, looking for the next victim for his dent repair scam. But with his fed-up teenage daughter along for the ride, his day goes off the rails.

A film about choices in life. Any significant decision can fundamentally change our destiny. What if you're only 16 and the life of another person depends on you? Only standing on the edge of the abyss, you can realize what is really dear to you.

A French policeman, a wine grower from Georgia, a couple of young actors in London, an Italian priest. Four stories of change in people through the prism of a drink that accompanies human passions for 8000 years.

The adventures of two old friends: Andrey Andreevich - the former KGB colonel and Oleg Borisovich - former chief of police.

The arthouse project is based on the famous play of the same name by William Shakespeare. According to the plot, the family sends the main character to a boarding house, where the main actions of the semi-documentary experiment of the eminent director will unfold. The filming, by the way, took place in a real boarding house for the elderly and people with disabilities. The roles were performed by residents of this institution.

The work of the Soviet writer, a villager, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Fyodor Abramov, is riddled with pain for a dying village, thoughts about the Russian North and the fate of Russia.

Mitrofan Aksenov is a genius who anticipated the most important and influential scientific discovery of the twentieth century — the theory of relativity.

Callousness and indifference... When they are around, trouble happens. Everyone needs help sometime. The outstretched hand of a friend in time, the understanding and support of loved ones, the love and sympathy of others. This film is a man's cry for help that goes unheard and unanswered because it cannot permeate the mountain walls.

One day a completely ordinary man finds out that is fatally ill. Reflecting upon his last will, he understands that he has nobody. And here he decides to place an advert in a newspaper.

USSR 1960s. The writer lives in a studio apartment with his beloved Margot. The writer is writing a novel and wants recognition. In his imagination, he creates a family of characters. Hoping for success, the writer takes several chapters of the novel to different publishers, but gets rejections everywhere. Failures give rise to doubts and fears in the creator, which mystically are embodied in the image of a lady in a black dress. Lady is negative energy. One day, the writer decides to burn the manuscripts of the novel. At this moment, in the form of a hallucination, a Lady appears in front of him.

Transitional age is a difficult period, especially when you are in love. But what to do when the object of your love does not notice you? Fight and at all costs attract attention - the main character Anton decides and enters the path of confrontation with the older candidates for the attention of a neighbor who has been loved since childhood.

An animated short film by Alexei Petrov.

Korzhik, Caramel and Kompot dream of a bright and unusual New Year celebration, this is their main goal. But when the kitten Lollipop appears, they turn their attention to him and are forced to save Lollipop and his parents. And suddenly the New Year turns out even better than they expected.

A street painter meets a woman and asks to paint her. Two years later, the two are now a couple living together but struggle to get by. When the woman finds two abandoned kittens, she sets out to find them a new home.

The legendary Sedin plant was founded in 1911 in Russian Empire, in the city of Krasnodar (Ekaterinodar). The film shows the struggle of workers (rallies, pickets, strikes) for the future of the Sedin Plant and for their rights.

The girl meets a strange boy, who seriously offers to fly to the moon, and she agrees ...

A glance across the border in northern Russia, where the small town of Montegorsk suffers under the heavy metal from industry. Nature is transformed into a poisonous desert: in long shots the camera probes the pale, skeleton-like branches of the dead trees. The small family, whose everyday life Helke and Suutari follow, lives in a state of waiting: waiting for the next German car, the next medical examination, the next holidays. White Sky exemplifies the artists‘ approach with currents of time flowing together: no one can say how long it will take for nature to regenerate itself here; yet people live here in their own time, with their own individual wishes and expectations.

The film is based on real-life events. Alena, a voice-over star, suddenly discovers that her voice has been stolen by the developers a major bank's neural network. Now her voice can be heard everywhere—from airport announcements to entertainment and gaming platforms. Alena realizes that in the modern reality a person's voice does not fall under legal protection. Thus, not only voice-over actors but everyone is at risk. The actress starts a struggle for the right to her own voice.

Meeting ethno-electropunk band HAGRIN from Kalmykia and going on a journey in Dark Steppe. But also it's a rave at the dawn, singing sands, burning water, kamlanie, mantras and beats. Journey begins with Kalmyk tale about wise Kooky, who wished to receive as a gift khan's left eye and instead gained everybody's recognition of her wisdom and married khan's son. Continue in the steppe, which is full of spirits. Here myths and legends become reality and something strange imagining in dawn's mist.

Based on the materials of the Rumyantsev Museum. Drama from the exposé series "Seeking God", dedicated to the sect of "runners". Continuation of the films "Whips" and "White Doves". The movie is preserved without credits.

The main character is a young girl Nastya who studies in one of the Moscow universities and lives in a usual dormitory. She is not happy with herself and her life. One night , Nastya finds a mysterious website «No man- no problem» and orders her death.

The stalker was incredibly lucky: he got a rare and valuable artifact "Heart" in the Zone. His younger brother, nicknamed Nimble, was even more lucky — he got a tip on a larger target. There is no time to plan a sortie. Without waiting for his brother's consent, Nimble goes to the goal alone. To save his wayward brother, the Stalker is forced to return to the Zone, where his new artifact begins to show unexpected properties. Breaking through military cordons, gangs of looters and mutants, the Stalker encounters something more dangerous than anything he has seen before.

Mikhail Ugarov and Elena Gremina, the founders of the Theater.Doc, died in 2018 with a difference of 45 days. Now their student Zarema Zaudinova puts on performances, comes up with new projects so that the theater, which has suffered so much persecution from the authorities, will survive and live a new life.