Encounters

Encounters 2023

5.00

Life on Earth has changed after the visit of alien ships hovering in various parts of the planet. Their passengers — biopages or "Vitaliki", as they are popularly called — produce a substance called "prak". Its purpose, as well as the purpose of the aliens' visit, is unknown, but nurse Nina (Irina Salikova) from a quiet provincial town hopes to help her sick father with the help of prak. After contacting Vitalik, Nina learns the truth about extraterrestrial beings, which completely changes her life.

2023

The Land of Sasha

The Land of Sasha 2022

6.80

18-year-old school graduate Sasha is indecisive to choose painting as his profession. He does not want to let down his mother, who wants him to make a safe career choice. The meeting with his father, whom Sasha never knew, complicates things even more. But when Sasha meets an unusual girl Zhenia, he has no other choice but to grow up.

2022

We Should Make Movies About Love

We Should Make Movies About Love 2024

8.60

A Russian film crew is coming to Varanasi to shoot an arthouse film. The whole atmosphere of the ancient city encourages us to think about the meaning of what is happening, about the essence of cinema, about values that are usually considered obvious and not discussed. Soon, the filming process begins to collapse, and the film begins to shoot itself. This movie is a parable about the crumbling of the world and correction, about love as the only force capable of healing the world.

2024

Conference

Conference 2020

6.25

Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.

2020

Liar

Liar 2024

1

The life of 17-year-old Eva is boring and uninteresting, she feels invisible. But everything changes when she accuses a famous singer in the past of sexual harassment and turns into a national heroine — "a girl who was not afraid to tell the truth."

2024

The Firebird

The Firebird 2024

1

An actress and theater dancer flies to India to find her mother, who once abandoned her and joined a certain sect. Soon she no longer understands whether what she sees is happening in India or whether it is the scenery inside her native theater. Masks, dolls, songs - does this happen in a small town square or on one of the venues in St. Petersburg?

2024

The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow

The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow 2021

1

The story of how a son gets a second chance to find a mother. About how war generates only human grief and creates unhealed wounds. The hero of the picture, 40-year-old Walter, left his native land for several years and works as a foreman at one of the Moscow construction projects. He builds not only houses in Russia, but also tries to build his new life. However, one day a phone call from his homeland breaks all his plans. Walter learns that the hostilities have reached the village in the mountains where his mother lives.

2021

Moscow In Love

Moscow In Love 2019

8.00

The young man nicknamed "Amur" works as a taxi driver in Moscow. Every day his taxi passes through the entire capital from the outskirts to the center. Areas, lifestyle, people are changing before our eyes. But Cupid will not find his place here. Moscow is just another source of problems for him. But once the capital itself decides to achieve reciprocity from Amur! It turns out to be the “intersection point” of three love stories at once.

2019

Vanya

Vanya 2019

1

After her release from prison, Katerina tries to start a new life. After some unsuccessful attempts to find a job, she manages to find work washing dishes in a children’s home. The youngest and most problematic child, Vanya, decides that Katerina is his real mother.

2019

In Deep Sleep

In Deep Sleep 2020

3.70

Victor was having a wash in his cabin when the boatswain called him to the phone. Although Victor had already heard: “Nika died”, he shouts all the same: “I can’t hear!”. Victor goes onto the mainland. After two days without sleep he reaches the hospital. When the doctor has finished speaking, Victor indifferently turns away to the window. All the details of this view from the window suddenly feel closer to him. Victor goes outside. The street is fast asleep. The entire town is asleep, as if extinct. But everything is breathing, snoring, muttering in a dream. This sleeping town is like a nightmare. In this nightmare those helplessly asleep are intertwined with the memories of his love. Victor wanders around the town in search of a person who is also, like him, on this side of reality. And he finds him.

2020

Sasha

Sasha 2022

1

When you feel you need a fresh start, do something remarkable. Shave your head. That’s what Sasha did when she discovered that she was no longer able to live with her grandpa, who raised her, but is now hospitalized with cancer. Sasha has to move from a small town to her Dad’s in the Moscow suburbs. Unexpectedly everybody in Moscow takes her — shaved and lost — for a boy. From that point Sasha begins her wandering through the big city and its lonely, hidden places.

2022

Another Name

Another Name 2022

2.00

Liza is a sophisticated woman who lives in a ‘high class world’. Her husband Peter speaks Russian with a German accent, he owns a chocolate factory. They live in a cold world of minimalistic interiors, holding back their emotions. There are no children in their expensive countryside house but there are expensive greyhound dogs. However, Liza can’t stay stone cold calm, as she has a secret from her past that burns her from inside, one that she would be happy to get rid of forever… And somewhere near there is a burnt room, and teenager Ulya has the keys.

2022

Panic Attacks

Panic Attacks 2024

1

Eighteen-year-old Vika, in order to recover from a disease that is considered demonic possession in her village, plans to escape and stay in the neighboring Norway. Her way is much more scary than finding a local groom or finding a job.

2024

The Time of Women

The Time of Women 2019

6.00

A film almanac consisting of three short stories, each of which tells about the fate of a woman, her hopes for love and the vicissitudes of fate. A village girl Mira dreams of a groom, and now an officer stays in their house for the night, and Mira soon discovers that she is pregnant... Valya, who returned from Venice, where she lived for two years, meets Alexei, her sister's lover – and she likes him. Vera, a retired ballerina, teaches yoga at a hotel and falls in love with a married man. And one day a Spanish theater comes to their city with a ballet ... each of the women will have to make difficult decisions in an attempt to find happiness.

2019

Incredible life

Incredible life 2021

1

The heroes of the film are children born in Kosovo. The washing machine in their home was once comparable to a Rolls-Royce. Now they live in Germany: they study in local schools, speak German well and have plans to become German football stars.

2021