Discoveries from Russia World Cinema

The story is about a married couple over 40 and without children, who decided that they could not and did not want to live without each other in the literal sense. She is diagnosed with a serious illness, and he says he will follow her. After a very short time, he falls madly in love. Although I couldn't imagine myself next to another woman. What should I do now: Should I say it or not, leave with her, keeping my word? The moral choice the characters face is not easy, but it seems to them that their decision is adult and confident. However, where there is death, love always flashes brightly.

Based on a fairy tale by Sergei Sedov. This film is about a king who suddenly forgets what he did, what he should do, where he is going, a film about those moments that push us out of the usual circle of actions and actions, revealing for a moment the infinity of the unknown.

Praskovya continues working in the Bank despite hunger in the freezing siege of Leningrad. Her husband went to war. The only thing he left is the ink pot. This gift is the only item which makes Praskovya feel warm. In the most critical moment when no hopes or energy is left only the ink pot acts as a twist of destiny.

A romantic parable based on real events. He and She are lovers who want to unite their fate by marriage. But by the will of fate, the lovers get into an accident and find themselves on an island washed by the sea of Uncertainty.

This found footage film is composed entirely of often-shocking videos that Russian teenagers have posted on social media. Innocent morning rituals on YouTube or TikTok have been placed next to shots of panicking young people fleeing school shooters. And students all over Russia are apparently secretly recording images of violent teachers who can’t keep their hands to themselves. In class they are told that a woman must have sex with her husband whenever he wants; furthermore, students are called idiots and are beaten. One critical teenager is threateningly told that a report will be made about her political views.

When life turns unbearably miserable, a lonely old man takes part in a medical experiment, reviving a long-forgotten story of his love.

Stand-up comedian Arthur Chaparyan spoke about the “Бывшая” (“My ex”) channel — from an idea to a sale, shared experience and interesting observations on the Telegram audience. In 20 minutes you will understand how cool Arthur is and why the “Бывшая” took off, but mothers, clients, lovers and other Telegram entities are not.

Three friends, winter, village, night. An ordinary booze turns into a crusade, where everyone carries their own banner of sorrow and pain. In order to forgive all insults in the morning, cuddle up to each other, and, finally, warm up and melt like snowflakes.

The anniversary ceases to be a holiday when happiness and love replace mutual reproaches, unjustified hopes and domestic conflicts. But maybe that was the plan?

(born 23 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. He last played for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. He is currently a free agent. Born in Germany, he plays for the Cameroon national team.

Two weeks later, football players from Abkhazia go to England. The World Cup among unrecognized states and autonomies will be held there. For the national team of Abkhazia, the challenge is to win this tournament at all costs. What overshadows the plans of Abkhazian football players is that it remains unclear to the last whether they will receive a British visa and whether they will even get to London.

A biographical film about the popular rap artist Detsl, whose real name is Kirill Tolmatskiy. The rap artist passed away at the age of 35 in 2019.

A story from the life of things.

Eight-year-old Lyosha hides from the older children in a derelict building, where he finds a toy lorry locked behind a grid. Lyosha decides to get it.

With this poetic collection of photos, news footage, and home movies, filmmaker Mikhail Zheleznikov takes stock of his childhood in the USSR and post-Soviet St. Petersburg.

A documentary about Arsha Ovanesova, documentary filmmaker and screenwriter who created the first Soviet newsreel series for chidren.

The heroes of the film "Backyard" pensioners Nikolai Nikolaevich Churin, Valentina Fedorovna Pikova and the Shatkov family live in the Vyatka hinterland, and each in their own way confront the circumstances in which they found themselves by the will of fate and history.

Over the past year, the anonymous segment of Telegram has been hit by a wave of arrests of deanonymized authors and owners of anonymous channels. Most of the cases involved extortion of money in return for non-publication of information discrediting honor and dignity. In the research film, famous victims of fakes, representatives of major publications, administrators of popular Telegram channels and people involved in the search and de-anonymization of authors who have violated the law, spoke about the importance of freedom on the web, the price of anonymity, fakes and other threats hidden in the anonymous "cart".

A neglected wife finds hope in a friendly stranger, a single mother finds love in the most unfortunate of places, and a shy young wallflower gets a little closer to knowing what she wants by trying what she doesn't. A collection of five tender stories that show us, no matter where you are, Love is Never Far.

Father and daughter are fitting out their house away from civilization. Shots are heard in the forest and the father is surprised to learn that his daughter has killed an unexpected animal for dinner. Since this moment, he realizes trouble is close.

About the tragic fate of the German teenager Hubert Loste, who by the will of circumstances came to the USSR in the era of the "great construction projects" and the "great terror".

Mother and daughter, forced migrants from Chechnya who survived the war. Both lost their husbands. Now they live in a small town with the belief that everything will work out.

Everyone is awakened by a combat alarm signal, according to which soldiers and officers instantly wake up and go to save the Motherland. But no one knows exactly where. It is worth noting that all this happens on New Year's Eve. And now, through a snow-covered forest in pitch darkness among centuries-old fir trees, our heroes are riding in a "shishig" on a special mission ... on a narrow track only headlights are visible ... After some time they arrive at a bunker lost in the forest ... What kind of special task can be on New Year's Eve do they wonder? Among other things, it turns out that Ensign Danilych, Private Poghosyan and Nurse Dasha were forgotten in a hurry. And these three, having decided to catch up with those who left, try to get to the place themselves and get lost in the night forest ... How will this adventure end, because there is very little time left before the New Year?

A short film that deals with a significant problem in Russia – the LGBT minority. It is an excellent sociological experiment for the western world to better understand the horrors that are hiding in one of the largest countries on earth. The testimonies hidden behind knitted dolls are shocking, and any viewer who finds the power to watch ‘Save LGBT in Russia’ should take the short as a door to an unexplored land that can and will be shocking.

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.

The hydrographic expedition of the Arctic Ocean (or GESLO, 1910-1915) made the last great geographical discovery – the Northern Land (then the Land of Emperor Nicholas II) and was the first to pass the Northern Sea Route from east to west, from Vladivostok to Arkhangelsk, overwintering at Cape Chelyuskin. According to Amudsen, "if this expedition had happened at a different time, it would have caused the admiration of the whole world." But in Soviet times, the most productive and successful Arctic expedition of the early twentieth century was "erased" from history. The reason is the participation of Admiral Kolchak in its organization. Unique archival materials immerse the viewer in a gripping dramatic story.

In the mid-50s of the last century, at the dawn of the Khrushchev thaw, an unknown young director Grigory Chukhray, whose debut - the film "Forty - first" - became a bid for big cinema, quickly and boldly broke into the Soviet cinema. Then, one after another, followed "The Ballad of the Soldier", "Clear Sky", which became a real breakthrough to historical truth and an example of civic courage.

Walter the lamb wants more than anything to become a free and beautiful cloud. But the path to his dream turns out to be really difficult and unpredictable.

A parody of the Terminator franchise made by teens in the post-apocalyptic landscapes of panel-block microraion Kuntsevschina, Minsk.

In the space of the metropolis lives the lost girl Orlandina, who is programmed for self-destruction. This film is about the real, about the man himself, about the soul of man. You live, breathe, walk, the soul subconsciously, unconsciously returns you to its root, awakens gene memory.

New Year is coming at Lida's family. Her sister, Nadya, is dreaming about her acting career, but she is a doctor as her father. Lida too, has her own dreams. But they were a secret for her family until this New Year Eve. Would her family accept her own dream and decision? Would Lida's decision be acceptable for her?

Nadira 21, and all that she has is a body. Her body. The body seduces, the body works, the body earns. The body lives beautifully. But does Nadir live? Who will win: is she her body or vice versa?

Uneasy relationships inside the yard reflect our adult world. Through conflicts, children come to friendship and mutual understanding, creating their own little world in the sandbox.

A little dinosaur sees snow for the first time. And, it looks like he likes it.

In a small village on the slopes of the former coal mines, Oleg Pavlov, the father of many children, screens the "Little Prince" of Exupery. The camera is the cheapest, bought for retirement. In the roles - Oleg and his four children. Two years of filming and editing - and journalists from all over Russia are on a visit to an amazing creative and friendly family. But the family never calls his father at the table. Children refuse to go to the premiere of the film. And Oleg himself does not go to spend the eldest daughter, when she leaves to live in another city. He just sleeps. And no one wakes him up.

A documentary exploring the power of hope through the voices of everyday people. As an Uber driver named Hope (a translation of the filmmaker’s Russian name), the director asks passengers one simple question: “What is your hope?” Through candid conversations, the film captures a wide range of responses, from personal dreams to hopes for the world.

Children climb into an abandoned attic and meet a talking rook who is rushing to the Pokrovka district to save houses from the house-eater - the spirit of oblivion. The children decide to help the rook and go with him. The rook takes the children into the memory of the house and tells the secrets of the houses. Going on this adventure with the heroes, the viewer will walk along the streets of the Pokrovsky district of Moscow: learn the history of the Levitan house, the Rakhmanov house and the Ukraintsev chambers.

The world stands on the brink of an apocalypse, with no salvation to be expected from the cosmos.

Millions of people saw Mussolini's corpse hanged in disgrace in a square in Milan, as his face was mutilated. The Italians were jubilant. But was it Mussolini or was it his double? Vladimir Solovyov is looking for answers.

A philosophical contemplation of the author about finding and losing yourself and the other in yourself. The film traces the opposition of photography and cinema.

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

A fabulous story about good and evil, friendship and love, deceit and justice, based on the Crimean Tatar folk legend about Hıdır Dede - a wise old man who could come to any house under the guise of a stranger. The uniting of the hearts of two romantic heroes is hindered by an greedy tax collector who works lawlessness on ordinary people. Their little brother and sister go to the aid of the lovers, who manage to meet the wizard. He, with the help of a just ruler, punishes evil and rewards those who are kind, respectful to elders and pure in heart.

Alexander V. Men was a Russian Orthodox priest, theologian and writer, whose influence is felt among Christians, both in Russia and abroad. He was murdered on September 9th, 1990.

On the fate of small businesses in Russia. Five completely different stories about entrepreneurs, their successes and failures, the joys and complexities of their business.