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A unique look at one of the oldest professions and cultures in the world. The director-observer travels with the circus, revealing to the viewer the joys, sorrows, adventures and realities of a sometimes harsh and sometimes touching wandering life.
In its video essays KinoPoisk tells and shows how outstanding films and soap operas are made: why do we love "Harry Potter" or why David Lynch soundtracks fascinate us so much?
A story about the feature film "The Challenge", shot in space.
The project attempts to understand the causes of the Afghan War (1979-1989) and to provide the most truthful coverage of all its stages. On a cold day on December 12, 1979, a small circle of members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee discussed the situation in Afghanistan. After much hesitation, four people (Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Andrei Gromyko, Dmitry Ustinov) made the fateful decision to send troops into Afghanistan. Thus began the Afghan campaign – the first and only military operation waged by the Soviet Union outside the Warsaw Pact countries, which became the longest and most “forgotten” war in Soviet history.
Four part documentary telling the story of the rock band DDT
The reconstruction of the stories of witnesses and participants in the execution of the royal family, the investigation of which has not yet been completed. Many of the evidence and investigation materials have been made public for the first time. It is based on the story of the people who shot the royal family, which was recorded in 1964 on the instructions of Nikita Khrushchev. These audio recordings have been kept classified for many years.
Today, a series of hockey matches in 1972 between the national teams of Canada and the USSR is remembered only with the prefix super. They call it a milestone in the history of the development of world hockey, and not only hockey. The meeting of Soviet hockey players with Canadian professionals has become the main topic of world news. One Canadian journalist promised to eat the newspaper in which it is printed if the Russians win. The Russians won. And the journalist Dick Beddoes had to fulfill his promise and eat a report in the newspaper with borscht. What happened then, 30 years ago in the USSR, Canada, how the games were held in Canada and Moscow, the intensity of the political confrontation around hockey, life before and after the super series - about all this in five episodes.
A documentary series directed by Alla Chikicheva that tells the story of children's lives during the Siege of Leningrad.
Did you know that the world-famous Tetris game was invented by a Russian programmer? He, Alexey Pajitnov, is among the heroes of this documentary series, as well as Viktor Savyuk, the creator of the Dandy console, Evgeny Sotnikov, the author of Color Lines, Oleg Medox, the "father" of the iconic IL-2 Sturmovik flight simulator. Each episode of the project covers a specific historical period, introduces the games that appeared at that moment, game designers and those who have always believed in the success of Russian games. Having conquered the international market back in Soviet times, Russian game production still impresses the whole world with projects of the highest class — AAA+.
Every day of the cemetery's caretaker is scheduled by the hour: to repair a sagging fence, clean up old graves, and drive informal teenagers from the cemetery. He lost his beloved wife and daughter in a plane crash and spent his whole life trying in vain to find any way to contact them in the afterlife. Eventually, he realized that the only ghost stuck between the world of the living and the world of the dead was himself. One day, however, he discovers that the afterlife exists. But you can only meet him at death's door.
Eteri Tutberidze's students dominate the ice, her athletes take prizes at the Olympic Games, but Tutberidze's personality still remains hidden from sports fans. Behind the scenes of athletes' and coaches' lives, how the figure skating industry works.
They give hope for healing, a profitable marriage, quick millions, but leave people with empty pockets and in complete disbelief. Seven stories about people who posed as rich people, life teachers and brilliant doctors — and were able to make money on it.
A study of the life and work of the artist Aidan Salakhova.
A series of documentary feature films.
Masha receives an offer from her producer son to make a film about unknown places in the Moscow region and its inhabitants. Together with co-presenter Sasha, she goes along a given route and learns the stories of amazing people and places. Masha is inspired by the characters, and she decides to take the project beyond one film and, contrary to her son's plans, continues her journey to more distant regions of Russia. New acquaintances and heroes make the presenters reflect on childhood, how the place where a person grew up determines his path.
For the first time, the Moscow Kremlin has opened its doors to journalists. Secret passages and labyrinths, the second chimes, royal boudoirs, a hidden room inside the mausoleum — the film will reveal the secrets of the main Russian castle and tell the story of the Kremlin behind the scenes.
They caused so much pain. Their perverted fantasies caused irreparable damage and distorted hundreds of destinies. They tortured, raped, poisoned, killed and cut out hearts. Their victims survived in dugouts, bunkers and simply inhumane conditions. Real stories of serial killers, told by victims of their hands and relatives of the maniacs themselves.
Restored and colorized unique footage shot in the period 1941-1945.
A story about the most difficult stage of the continental expedition across Russia, which started in Murmansk and ended in Chukotka.
The Champions League final. A grandiose event in the world of football, where everyone can not only enjoy the game, but also earn a huge sum by making a successful bet. But is it really possible to beat the bookmaker and hit the jackpot, or will the score always be against you? The main character knows the answer, who calls himself an Angel and carefully hides his identity under a mask.
Creepy and cynical stories about how criminals earn billions of rubles by deceiving gullible citizens. It is very difficult to solve this problem, but it is quite possible to reduce the crime rate and convey the essence of fraudulent schemes to as many people as possible.
Russia's top athletes will show their world closed from prying eyes. They will introduce you to your family, tell you how to live when your body fails, and answer the main question — why do they need all this?
The boys and girls who qualified for last year's SAMBO championships are starting to prepare for an important event in their lives — the World Championship. There are 16 of them in total, and everyone is doing their best. They will have to prove themselves in their native sections, participate in general training camps to be held in Ryazan and Kislovodsk, and then go to Bishkek. The very Championship that will determine the best fighter will take place there.
A story about the structure of elite European football through portraits of the strongest Russian players.
The 2022 documentary series from Okko.
Lilianna Lungina's cinematic monologue about the life of the soul and the world around us. With relentless vigilance, she examines her own development from childhood to her final days, making internal events no less fascinating than external ones. Her story is a unique combination of confession and scale, of the big picture and the general plan: it is both a portrait and a fresco, because the heroine never loses sight of life in general, of society, trying to present to the audience the fate of Russia and, in part, of Europe in the 20th century.
In 2009-2012, Yuri Mamin was the author and presenter of the educational TV program "House of Culture" on the STO channel (Russia), where he spoke in defense of civil rights, in defense of the values of world culture and in defense of nature and animals subjected to arbitrary extermination by hunters and poachers in Russia, by the barbaric laws of Russian officials.
Russian fairy tales are the most famous and colorful part of Russian cultural traditions. Everyone is used to thinking that these are just magical stories created solely for entertainment and to read them to children at night. But sometimes fairy tales tell us much more about our ancestors and the past than historical sources and expert research. They contain many mysteries and mysteries that have carried through the centuries a direct connection with modernity.
A story about the inner kitchen of one of the most decorated football clubs in Russia.
Leading Russian scientists discuss news, myths and riddles from various fields of modern science.
The new format of the traditional "Margulies Apartment Houses". Everything is as before: live music, warm atmosphere, interesting conversations. The only difference from the usual format will be the performers, because only the brightest and most extraordinary artists will get on the "Subscription". Presenters Evgeny Margulis and Alexander S. Stepanov will sort out incomprehensible lyrics along the lines, pull out the whole background from the newcomers of the modern scene, troll the idols of today's youth, learn all the popular dances in TikTok and record new tracks and freestyle.
The "Afghan syndrome" is the diagnosis of the last generation of Soviet people. This is one of the reasons for the death of the country in which they lived. Since then, Afghanistan has become no stranger to us — and remains so decades later. We perceive any news and stories from there as concerning us. Only after studying the Afghan epic — from the party meetings of the seventies to the mountain code of honor "Pashtunvalai" — can we understand what kind of society we live in today.
A project about the search for a formula for true happiness, addressing issues of career, money, happy relationships and self-development.
Every teenage problem is unique. But this does not mean that a teenager cannot be helped in solving it. This show will help those who don't know what to do find the right answers.
Legendary coach Yuri Pavlovich Semin and journalist Alexander Aksenov embark on a journey to find out why football is so loved in Russia, although there is always something wrong with it, and to show that in fact all problems can be solved.
The video podcast "Artistic Sense" is a unique opportunity to introduce viewers to the creators of the series produced by Okko. Actors, directors, producers, film critics and critics of the leading media come to the cozy cinema hall (and at the same time the studio for the podcast). They all want to thoroughly analyze the series under discussion, give the viewer more context, and sometimes food for thought.
God uses a smartphone to create the universe. Viewers only see its screen, where the interface of the most popular applications — from mobile maps to dating services — recreates the textbook plots of the Old Testament: Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, etc.
The WILD EDENS project was initiated by the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” and includes the filming and broadcasting of a series of full-length documentaries on distant corners of nature, whose ecosystem is especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming. The main goal of the project is to attract the attention of the international community to climate change and the need for a global transition to clean energy. WILD EDENS: RUSSIA - the first film of the new series, telling about the flora and fauna of the one of a kind wild corners of Russia: the Altai Mountains, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Arctic
