Discoveries from Russia World Cinema

The hunter gets the opportunity to see how the animals hibernate.

Danila and Olesya are a couple in crisis who don’t know what to do with their marriage. Spouses create fictitious accounts on a dating app and start communicating with other people, without even realizing that they are having a dialogue with each other. Will they be able to save their marriage and fall in love with each other again?

This story of the beginning of the century about a terrorist and a prostitute combined the inhumanity and sacrifice of terrorism - a disastrous and noble delusion that originated in Russia and spread throughout the world.

Voldya Sidorov, a high school student, is visited by his beloved grandfather, Yegor Kuzmich, who arrives from Nadym and brings a crystal the size of a baby’s head as a gift. The grandson and grandfather take the crystal to a pawn shop and ask for three hundred. And they’re offered three hundred... thousand dollars. The crystal turned out to be an uncut diamond...

At the heart of the picture is a common legend about the last days of Emperor Alexander the First Blessed.

A man's thoughts of revenge turn to thoughts of reconciliation as he comes to know his intended victim a little better. The story is set in contemporary Russia following the destruction of the Communist regime.

Director Nikita Mikhalkov documents the history of Russia from 1980 to 1991 by annually asking his daughter Anna such questions as "What do you love the most?", "What scares you the most?", "What do you want above anything" and "What do you hate the most?"

Melodrama based on the autobiographical screenplay by Svetlana Shafranskaya. A love story of a 12-year-old girl who goes on a tour with the theatre in which her father works. This love will bring her much trouble, disappointments and grief, but at the same time will awaken her soul, make her happier and wiser.

This small film raises the topic of Russian cinema. The fact that in modern Russia there are practically no decent artistic paintings. But a good movie might exist. The plot is as follows: an unknown beggar actor, who has come to the casting, begins to hysterical, which turns into a bright abusive monologue about a failed broken life and about hundreds of poor people like himself.

This is the life story of the outstanding Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov. They say that sometimes people are able to foresee their death, then before their eyes in a short period of time all life passes, all the most significant moments, all the people dear to a person. The plot of the picture and the style of narration is very different from everything that has already been shot or written on this topic. Like an ordinary Russian guy who has a congenital heart disease and is an eternal target for the wit of his peers due to a speech impairment, he was able to become the Olympic champion twice, eight times the World Champion, become the legend of Russian hockey and a role model for several generations of professionals and amateur athletes ? What was behind all these, at what price was this achieved, and what price had to be paid subsequently?

Five novels about a radio network in our life. Someone use it as a tool for influence, someone for an expression of feelings and someone just for cynical calculation.

The story of a Russian family living and dying through four wars: the Russian Civil War in 1920, the Great Patriotic War in 1942, the First Chechen War in 1996, and the Russian military invasion in Ukraine in 2017.

Sasha Rodionov, a sly cash-out operator from Moscow, owes money to a dangerous authority nicknamed Beekeeper. He does not forgive delays and deals harshly with debtors, so Sasha and his family flee to Dagestan under the witness protection program. But his wife and children are sure that this is an ordinary vacation, and now Sasha is forced to pass off a dilapidated barn in a mountain village as a fashionable eco-hotel. However, the popularity of the hotel gives away Rodionov's location to his ill-wishers.

Accidentally finding themselves in a half-abandoned hotel, the apparently happy newlyweds get acquainted not only with its strange owner, but also with each other's unsolved secrets. Will the lovers be able to maintain a relationship after what they have heard? Earn forgiveness? And if the truth is really capable of liberating, then which of them?

"СФИР Et. ЅЕᑫОНЖ (Worker & Parasite) is an Eastern Europe's favorite cartoon Cat and Mouse Team. The cartoon was made in a country that no longer exists. The animated series was released from 1959 to 1963. There were 10 episodes in total, each about a minute long." In actuality, this is an animation based off of a gag from The Simpsons.

The story takes place in 2011 against the backdrop of the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Far East. Ex-gangster Igor Khlebnikov works in a burger shop. Once, due to the ATM glitch, he receives 2.5 million rubles in cash, which starts a series of terrible and funny events.

Industrial city in the province. Having lost her best friend - her beloved dog Herring, Sonya could not find a place for herself. Mom Sonya got a boyfriend - a policeman Yevgeny Ivanovich, and mom was not up to the dog ... The chief architect of the region, part-time teacher at the Polytechnic Institute Yegor Vladimirovich was tired of his wife Katya, who abandoned her housework and practiced yoga all day long. Meanwhile, their son Yegor was threatened with expulsion from school for poor progress. Yegor Vladimirovich was not allowed to pass by the student Anya Timofeeva, who was in love with him, writing letters full of tenderness and love to him. Seeing that he was throwing her next letter into the trash, Anya decided to commit suicide. But Sonya, who happened to be nearby, prevented her from hanging herself in a wasteland. The girls are talking...

Four sorceresses from the Fairy Patrol — Varya, Snezhka, Alyonka and Masha — take on a new investigation: A magical artifact, an electric guitar, has been stolen from brutal dwarf rockers. Their sworn enemies, the forest elves, immediately fall under suspicion. The case takes a new turn when a powerful third force intervenes in the investigation.

A story based on O'Henry novell adapted to today Moscow realities.

A movie about a married couple of elderly intellectuals from St. Petersburg. About their wisdom, calmness, optimism, patience and forgiveness. That is, about everything that contemporary people lack. That is why they themselves, their warmth and their house attract those in need of warmth, help and support like fire.

A TV play in two acts based on the play "The Lion in Winter" by James Goldman. King Henry II, in his declining years, must announce the name of the heir to the throne. For the sake of this event, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine leaves her prison for a while. On Christmas Day 1183, three royal sons gather. The atmosphere of conspiracies, intrigues, insidious alliances between family members explodes with open hostility...

In 2016, Donald Trump became president of the United States, which came as a surprise to many voters. Public discontent with the outcome of the vote has given rise to many versions of what happened, one of which is the external interference of hackers from Russia. American intelligence agencies are entering into a real confrontation with the Russian "troll factory" — talented hackers who influence the global news agenda, shape public opinion and interfere in the internal affairs of the United States. But who is really hiding behind the resonant cyberattacks?

Surreal New Year special TV musical.

Sasha is a young girl living in a block flat with her family in Moscow. Once she falls in love with Antonin, a bohemian artist and hard drinker. Their short love affair is pulling her down, to the bottom of her subconscious. Overwhelmed with beautiful and frightening visions, she starts to paint - violently, until she can stand on her feet.

Against the background of Moscow of the new Millennium with its concrete and glass business centers and picturesque garbage seller Shoe store — "shoemaker" Gorokhov — gets out of the most incredible stories. Once Gorokhov falls in love with a young beauty Alice, the wife of crime boss named "Pukhliy"…

A producer and director of a western are trying to finish filming despite very low budget.

On the eve of the big concert "Hands up!" an attempt is made on the lead singer of the legendary band Sergei Zhukov. He manages to avoid a bullet, but what if this is not a miracle, but a cold calculation, and the purpose of the shooter is to intimidate the artist?

The events take place in the 70s of the last century, in the real country of the USSR and with real Soviet people: workers and state leaders. A patriotic film telling about how and how the country lived in those years, telling with love about the generation of fathers, about their working days and holidays.

The plot revolves around an employee of the German Embassy, which is ahead of schedule, returns from a business trip to his Moscow apartment.

The film is based on the events of the 4th International Orthodox Music Festival held in Moscow in February, 1992. The Festival featured not only such famous works as Rakhmaninov's "The All Night Service" and "Liturgy" but also the first performance of the latest interpretations of ancient Russian songs and the sensational first performance of Sviridov's cycle of "spiritual songs".

A young student and his girlfriend are trying to escape the mobilization.

Tanya, a young educator, accompanies twelve teenagers to a theatre festival in Sochi under the supervision of Maria Genrikhovna, an experienced head teacher. Initially, there's little sympathy between the two teachers. However, they discover a deeper bond in much more fundamental things: aversion to marching in formation and other forms of officialism. Their ability to find joy even in challenging situations unites them.

At the end of the 70s, a boy Mishka, abandoned by his mother and stepfather, lives in a provincial Soviet town. Curious, bold and angry. With his bluntness and fearless naivete, he conquers the local gangster John, and with the help of his patron begins to act in local taverns, finally leaving a dysfunctional family.

An incomplete family. A house without a man. A daughter without a father. Twenty years of waiting, full of a child's pure love for a man she has never met. The desire to understand the reason for her father's indifference to her becomes obsessive. She resolves to find him by all means. Express train "Northern Lights" St. Petersburg - Moscow. A long-awaited meeting that will turn her life upside down...

Carved to the beat verses of Allen Ginsberg and his eponymous poem, A Supermarket in California paints the most surreal contours of an America watched, dreamed, filtered through the eyes of a poet who meets Walt Whitman in a supermarket and pines for a world that may not exist.

A simple Russian family lives in a small town in central Russia. They are so unlike each other that they would never communicate if they were not relatives. By tradition, the whole family gathers only on holidays: calendar, professional, folk or family.

The people's favorite, the country's best football player Fyodor Cherenkov, is not going through the best period in his life. The only thing that keeps him from despair is his dream of playing at the World Cup. But the head coach of the national team removes him from the team at the last moment. Fyodor is seriously thinking about retiring, but for the sake of his family and fans, he returns to lead his club to the championship and become the best again.

Mathematics textbook for the 5th grade. According to the conditions of the problem, every day a Pedestrian goes from point "A" to point "B", on the way he meets a Cyclist. Then he returns home, where his faithful wife is waiting for him. The next day everything repeats. But one day the Investigator stops the Pedestrian and reports that the Cyclist has disappeared. The Investigator asks the Pedestrian to go with him to point "B" in order to interrogate witnesses and figure out this complicated story together.

A short documentary about the life and career of cinematographer Georgy Rerberg.

Italian gambler who is well-skilled in the card trade owes people in authority, and leaves his country to win the money. Arriving in a small Russian town, he tries to show off his tricks to the local card swindlers but is caught and ends up agreeing to a friendship and a cooperation. It is hard not to find oneself liking the gallant Italian.

Two young guys are going to participate in a new reality show called "No Sex".

The story of several Russian emigrants who moved abroad forever. Despite the complete change of scenery and immersion in another culture, they cannot get rid of their love for their motherland, no matter how hard they try.

An old teacher suffers from loneliness and insomnia. Long days are passing by, and there is no one who could support and help him. Incidentally, in an online advert of a brothel, he sees a girl's face, that makes his heart beat faster... A lost young woman and a lonely old man meet to change the course of their difficult destinies forever...

1984, Sverdlovsk, USSR. A shy freshman, an entrepreneur, a poet and two charming it-girls navigate life in a student dorm, sharing their griefs and joys, all for one and one for all. Suddenly a horrible accident blows up the life of the dorm when a female student commits suicide. The dorm is a miniature model of the world that encapsulates the full range of human passions, acts of bravery and cowardice, aspirations for virtue and failures, of love, friendship and betrayal.

A young man arrives in a village on the White Sea. He comes in search of a girl who ran away from the city without saying goodbye. An old man from among the locals offers to show him the way. Neither the young man nor the old imagine what trials await them along the way.

With a passion for solving crime, fueled by the unsolved murder of her father’s death at the hands of a mass murderer days before she was born, law student Fiona Reid sets about the task of catching a mass murderer.

Igor Lebedev is the finance director of large corporation. He commits murder of the accountant who knew about his dirty frauds and tried to restore justice.

The popular TV journalist Sergei Kupriyanov recently became the country's main television personality and began to make his own program. But success, money, and fame cannot fill the void in a marriage relationship. Sergei's wife Irina lacks his love and warmth, and Sergei himself is looking for novelty, which he finds in the arms of his charming colleague Lena when Irina leaves for St. Petersburg.

Marina comes to classmates' reunion and feels that her life hasn't changed: she is still divorced, lives with mom and works at school. After looking at her situation from classmates' view, Marina moves to Moscow from Petersburg to change her life radically...

The three heroes have a feat according to the schedule every day. You will have to investigate the theft of the princely crown, then rescue friends from the magical world of dreams, then the Horse Julius and Alyosha will clash in an epic battle of wits. There are no small adventures, and our heroes are not small.

Lera is an Olympic shooting champion. When she was unjustifiably disqualified on charges of doping, she suddenly became unwanted. During her brilliant career, American specialists offered to perform free surgery on her seriously ill mother, but when the disqualification scandal broke, they demanded full payment from Lera. Desperate, the girl accepts an offer to become a hitwoman. Vadim is a successful businessman who fell victim to a plot hatched by his own wife and subordinate. On his anniversary, he unexpectedly learns that, thanks to their efforts, he is now bankrupt. Unable to cope with the collapse of his dazzling career, he breaks down and decides to end his life. By chance, the apartment in an abandoned building, from whose window Lera is supposed to fire her shot, also attracts Vadim. By a twist of fate, the characters meet.

The struggle among the interested parties will intensify. Additionally, the blackmailer Evgeny threatens to publish the diary entries of the artist Ivanitsky, which could compromise all members of his family if they do not pay him for his silence.

The well-known metropolitan novelist of the detective genre Grigory Vetlugin, who already has 36 novels behind him, comes to the provincial town of Ogarkov on the instructions of the publishing house to meet with his readers. By the will of fate, he meets Anna Gureva there - a woman whom he dreamed of all his life. The terrifying visions that visit him from the scene of the murder with the participation of this woman aggravate and make this acquaintance mystical and fatal. She goes to jail on charges of murdering her boyfriend ... After going through pain, hardship and hardship, the heroes of the picture come to repentance. There remains the hope that Love will heal the wounds and finally unite their destinies ...

A young Jewish-American female singer is trapped in the USSR behind the enemy lines during the WWII...

To save his classmate Lisa, the fragile, dreamy Lesha commits a crime - he steals her mother’s talisman, a brooch in the shape of a dragonfly, in order to sell it and buy Lisa a ticket to her mother, who married abroad, after which Lisa stopped growing altogether. Lesha goes through all the torments of punishment, changes, and as a result, both he and all his friends who participated in Operation Mukhadrakon have their most cherished dreams come true.