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Summer is coming in a small town on the Volga, and in the life of the self-confident and resourceful Sasha, it is a transitional time. At the age of 15, he is in a hurry to grow up, and growing up for him means earning and spending what he wants, sleeping with a girl from the next class and overcoming his enemy - a bully from the working outskirts.

Until her unexpected death, grandma Ada was the head of the entire family. But even after death, the business-like old woman does not leave her relatives to their fate. Ada's Ghost appears on the doorstep and informs that the family may lose their apartment in the near future. Discouraged descendants under the guidance of a Ghost grandmother must pay off their debts, win back their rightful inheritance, and at the same time learn to live independently. Otherwise, the spirit of my grandmother Ada never rest in peace.

A story about a guy who's working in the Zoo and his adventures.

The task force under the command of Major Oleg Sorokin is facing a dangerous and many-sided enemy. Criminal authorities from Rostov-on-Don seek to expand their circle of influence to St. Petersburg and take control of a large pharmaceutical plant. However, in the course of the investigation, a no less formidable, but much more insidious “third force”, interested in the seizure of the plant, suddenly appears.

Farmer Ivan Dunaev gets up early. He feeds his piglets, does paperwork, fixes the tractor, and weighs the meat he'll take in his old pickup truck to the market to sell. He has a wife, a teenage daughter, and a young son. And he loves to hunt. His world revolves around these things. Then, one day, two new workers, Lyuba and Raya, on work release from the local prison colony, arrive on the farm. Ivan doesn't notice it at first, but something begins to change.

The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on 35mm film by the Lumiere brothers in 1898. On August 2 of the same year, a demonstration of Alexander Michon's program took place, which included the film "Fire at an oil fountain in Bibiheybat".

Prince Romanovsky's estate is burned down to the ground, and his family is exterminated by a French detachment led by the madman Elif Courage. Young Mikhail miraculously survives, saved by a mysterious lone partisan whom the French call the Ghost. Dreaming of revenge, the prince sets out with the Ghost, unaware of the trials that lie ahead...

Fascinated by a computer game that simulates the real world with unlimited possibilities, a young family man, an employee of an online store, gradually loses his sense of reality. Unsuited to family life, he makes a choice towards the flat world, creating in it an imaginary image of a man with a capital letter. Having made a bet on the virtual space, he does not notice how “orobotel". One day, coolly pressing “delete” on a folder with family photos, the only one that reminds him of reality, he finally plunges into the digital space and forgets about his loved ones...

In the fairy-tale kingdom of Nedalia, twin princes fell in love with a beautiful girl Mona, the daughter of a mirror seller. The beautiful girl gave her heart to the cheerful romantic Sebastian. The rejected brother turned into the cruel wizard Mortis and enchanted all the mirrors of Nedalia. But even this was not enough for him. Evil began to penetrate from the fairytale kingdom into the real world. Only the hereditary princess can break the spell: she turns out to be a kind and cheerful girl Carrot-top, who lives in a modern city and does not suspect about her "fairy-tale" origin... Dangerous adventures and comic situations, dwarves and wizards, an insidious mirror and a magic nut, mysterious Silkworms, Sandman, Chooch - a restless virus of mischief...

Russian writer Andrey Bitov and Georgian artist Rezo Gabriadze talk about Pushkin. The picture is made in the synthetic genre of animadoc — at the junction of documentary films and artistic animation.

The hero of the film is called Schnack, he is not an ordinary guy, and from his company, which leads a rave lifestyle - fashion clubs, girls and continuous parties, he is distinguished by one thing: Schnack is a dreamer. He is constantly surprised and envious of beautiful girls: “How easy it is for them to live and everything succeeds thanks to a charming smile and long legs. That would be ... ". But is it so easy to cover beautiful legs with a miniskirt and not be in bed of bosom friends. And anyway, is it safe to dream when a wizard is nearby looking for another victim to fulfill her cherished desire ...

Based on the stories by Arkady Averchenko. Short stories: "Morning," "Ninochka," "Service," "The Exhibition," "The Ichneumon," "Bless You!", "Iron Memory," "The Lady in Black," "A Man’s Fate," "Before Sleep."

Seraphim, who unjustly served ten years in prison, was released.

Young poet Tatiana comes to Moscow to enter the literary Institute. Capital meets her surly: first, a cheating taxi driver, then her trying to steal. Everything is changed by a chance meeting with a young architect Denis, who offered to drive a confused girl. A five-minute conversation in the car creates a miracle: two strange, not from this world-a poet and a hapless architect — understand that they have found each other. Here it is — happiness? But the heroes lose each other in the big city. For Tanya begins a black stripe. She does not enter the Institute and goes to work as a housekeeper.

A modern interpretation of F. M. Dostoevsky's work "Demons".

The main characters of the film are Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi, participants in the most scandalous episode in the history of football. During extra time of the final match of the 2006 World Cup, pitting France against Italy, the French leader, superstar Zidane, for some unknown reason took a running start and head-butted Materazzi in the chest. Zidane was sent off the field and, as a result, the French lost the match on penalties. This head-butt and the unexpected loss were now bound together in the minds of sports fans forever. But the burning question - why did it happen? – has never been properly answered. After thoroughly studying the lives of the participants in this match, the filmmakers reveal an amazing story: The 2006 World Cup appears to us in the form of a play “directed by the Creator”.

The first ever comprehensive history of animation worldwide. Animated with hosts created by Bill Plympton, this films includes over 160 films from 26 countries.

Anna, a modern business woman, lives with her husband-writer in a rich house on Rublevo-Uspensky highway. A prosperous life without worries, but once family happiness simply crumbles before our eyes: Anna has to sponsor the circulation of detective stories of her husband, put up with his high self-conceit, solve problems with her first husband and endure the betrayal of her beloved man with her own sister.

The events begin in 1922 in the Volga region, where famine is raging. A mother donates the last piece of bread to her son, dreaming that he would stay alive and grow up brave and strong. Two decades later, he is already fighting the enemy on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. The platoon is being transferred to the front line. There, in a fierce battle with the enemy, the hero shows unparalleled courage, performs a feat and dies. Nowadays, the great-grandson Sergey, a young cadet of a military school, learns from the Internet about the feat of his ancestor and decides to find the descendants of other soldiers of the unit in order to visit a memorable place and learn more about the events of the war years..

Prosecutor Azhogin, who sent many criminals to prison, by the will of fate himself ends up behind bars. He is placed in a cell with juvenile lawbreakers. The situation is far from the worst one. So thinks the Azhogin, who eventually becomes a true friend and mentor of his fourteen-year-old inmates...

On a remote almost uninhabited island, there are two gently friendly representatives of the once opposing sides. They have long been accustomed to each other and do not expect any changes in life. And all of a sudden a woman appears on the island!

Two gypsy lovers sneak away from camp at night. The man proposes, the woman refuses. He then murders her with a knife. The body is immediately discovered. The distraught man then leaps off a cliff to the rocks below.

A girl gets on the train and behaves strangely. A little later, her boyfriend joins her, they quarrel, but then he helps her remember what really happened between them.

Leonid Parfyonov travels to Georgia, where he studies how amphorae are made and grapes are crushed with bare feet, and learns why orange wine is slowly conquering the world.

The New Year celebration for Cheburashka and Gena is jeopardized when the main symbol of the holiday — the New Year tree — mysteriously disappears.

The heroine of this story, a young woman, considers herself a believer and tries to live according to the commandments. But an unexpected meeting turns for her into love for a married man, and her feeling does not remain unanswered. However, a man belongs to a culture where the presence of a mistress is not forbidden, and even encouraged, while divorce is extremely negatively perceived. He sees no problem in starting a second family. The heroine will have a harsh choice between her faith and her beloved. And the most important thing is that she will have to find out whether she can make such a choice on her own, or everything is predetermined from above.

The young man Vasya arrives to a village to find his relatives, but he meets the old man who thinks that Vasya is him son, who is misssing.

New York-set comedy about a group of immigrants who have become hostage to their life choices.

The kidnapper gets into the house where the nine-year-old girl Nadya and her animator, student Lenya, are left. His target is a girl. The student will have to make a choice: resist and risk his life, or allow the girl to be taken to save himself.

Mother and daughter, in grip of their acting profession, are stuck in a crisis. The career of one inevitably and painfully moves to its end; the other torments herself while trying to determine herself. Youth, beauty and talent — the daughter has everything necessary for success, but can she use her talent and take her place as actress or is she compelled to repeat her mother’s fate?

Two of the best representatives of modern youth come to visit the veteran to congratulate him on Victory Day. Both the old and the young will have to learn a lot of shocking things about each other.

If the whole world is lying, why not do the same? So thinks Yegor - the protagonist of the film. But the reality all the time offers a choice: continue to lie or face the truth.

Nadia lives in a city by the sea. She is a wonderful cook who has found herself in her profession, but not in her personal life. One day, a friend decides to introduce Nadia to her social media pen pal, Konstantin, a wealthy Greek yacht owner. However, she does not specify that Konstantinas needs a cook. Nadia gets a job as a cook instead of a sick neighbor on a ship bound for Greece. The special services send their agent to the same ship, because there is a suspicion that someone from the team is transporting diamonds...

A police captain and the widow of a murdered customs official investigate corruption in a port city on the Black Sea.

A film about how we imagine and portray death. Our heroes are the most diverse people who have been asked to go through all the stages of death, from dying to existence “on the other side.” This study of fear and laughter - the two main reactions of man to the approach of death. Death as a collective (what will happen to everyone) and individual (what will happen to you). What is special about the attitude to death in Russia? Do we know enough about this most important event in life - death? The film creates a kind of catalog, a "herbarium" of human reactions, fears and hopes that there is life after death.

Europe and Russia are shocked by the unexpected death of the young Emperor Peter II. He died at the age of 14, leaving behind neither an heir nor a will. Who will get the crown of the Russian Empire? A fierce struggle for power begins. Having chosen Anna Ioannovna, the Privy Council hoped to use her as a puppet and a screen for the implementation of their own selfish plans. But the nobles were mistaken - the people do not like eight tyrants. Let there be a tyrant, but only ONE!

Valeriy Pecheykin's one-man theatrical piece explores and celebrates the life of Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky, an aristocratic 19th-century Russian polyglot. Using inventive mechanical, musical, and acrobatic set devices, the play sketches out boundaries of Odoyevsky's eccentric character by imagining his pursuits across time and place.

A group of teens, miles from civilisation and hopelessly off course, is pursued through the desert by a creature that craves their flesh.

The ancient frescoes of the Egyptian city come to life. A story about the relationship between a man and a woman in a humorous, erotic, philosophical and artistic way.

Russian activists Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samutsevich decide to separate from the well-known activist group Voina and create their own group named Pussy Riot that would express their ideas of female independence, combining activism, feminism, and punk rock music. Their defeat in court becomes their moral victory, as Pussy Riot are cheered on by thousands of their new-found fans.

Based on the novel The Man Who Killed by Claude Farrère.

Three young women, who each have a sought-after commodity - their virginity. Kristina, Karina and Katya each try to make their way in a world ruled by fame, popularity and money.

MARUV fires up the iconic MTV Unplugged stage with an exclusive performance for MTV Россия. Setlist: 1. Intro 0:35 2. Siren Song 03:17 3. Drunk Groove 07:21 4. Black Water 12:40 5. ETL 16:19 6. Mon Amour 21:10 7. For You 25:40 8. Shame on You 30:30 9. Focus On Me 34:50 10. Между нами 38:20 11. Siren Song 43:02