Iron Butterflies 2023 ( 10)

This lesson in political revelation focuses on the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger jet MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. A meticulous, investigative exposé that lays bare the mechanisms of Russian warfare.

Tomorrow Was the War 1987 ( 6.345)

This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The main characters of the film are ordinary Soviet high school students. They study in the Soviet school, try to be correct and ideological Komsomol activists. But not always the “correctness” suggested by the teachers coincides with the inner convictions of young souls - it is difficult for them to come to terms with the fact that their relatives and loved ones are suddenly “enemies of the people”.

Juno and Avos 1983 ( 5.9)

The story how he will never see her and she will never forget him.

The Cock and Boyar 1986

Based on Russian folk tale "The Little Magic Mill"

Honor of the Samurai 2012 ( 8)

After his only daughter arrives from Moscow, police officer Dymov has trouble reconnecting with her.

Glory to Mstyslav 2020

Mstyslav was known in Kyiv. In 1991, when Ukraine gained independence, Mstyslav was so inspired that he grew a traditional Ukrainian mustache and went to streets with songs about Ukraine. He was screaming his songs for more than 20 years. He was singing badly, but from the bottom of the heart. In those songs, the enemies of Ukraine were dying in terrible torments. He was badly adapted, unprotected and sincere. He got coins from passers-by, threats and insults from cops and lumpens. On “weekends” he used to drink, read, stroll around, take part in patriotic song contests, travel across Ukraine and dream of being a movie star. After he died, it became clear that his life wasn’t schizophrenia but the beauty and the truth.

Summer of '89 2022

It's 1989, the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. Five 17-year-old secondary school graduates go on a camping trip, which comes as a test of their character and emotional maturity on the threshold of adult life.

Anna & Vano. Bathroom & Wine 2017

Vano is the son of a Georgian wine maker, but he lives in Moscow from early childhood, and therefore he has completely forgotten family traditions. When luck turns its back on him, and the bandits from the bank demand payment, Vano has to start making the wine in the bath of a rented apartment. Starting to press the grapes, he hears the voices of the ancestors and begins to relate to his work with all his heart. And the young wine begins to respond to him. Soon Vano realizes the wine is magical and it starts to affect his life.

Eating An Elephant 2020

Masha dreams of becoming an actress and takes part in the new production of the inclusive project “Interaction”. But the fear of the stage, because of which it falls into a stupor, jeopardizes the first international tour of the troupe.

Secondary World 2020

Why do grown men and women love pony cartoons? Learning to fight with Jedi and Sith lightsabers? Do they sew animal costumes and transform into the animals? Are they leaving for fictional worlds from the reality? The film tells about the Russian geek community, in which the most pressing needs and problems of our time are vividly, sometimes even exaggerated.

One More Time! 2010 ( 6)

Paint-on-glass animated short project overseen by Aleksandr Petrov.

The Competitors: Russia's Child Prodigies 2010

At the age of seventeen, Irina Chistyakova looks back at an international concert career spanning ten years. Irina is the youngest of the four protagonists of the film Russia's Wonder Children made in 2000. By now seventeen years old, she is going through a drama that many prodigies experience: while they were children, they were able to stun audiences with the contrast of their delicate appearances and precocious talents. Like Irina, Nikita Mndoyants (18), Dmitry Krutogolovy (19), and Elena Kolesnichenko (25), are still showered with praise and distinction. But what price did they have to pay for it?

Why Does The River Roar? 1959 ( 6.5)

Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II, turns up abroad in Turkey and dreams of returning to his homeland. During one of night patrols, border guard Armen who is in love with Ghambaryan's daughter Seda, recognizes him on the other side of the river Araks.

Twelve Companions 1962

Plane crashes in Caucasus mountains and the rescue-workers search for the passengers stuck in inaccessible glaciers of a Caucasus peak.

Shot on the Border 1971

Looking for My Fate 1975

There were three sisters — Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Vera, having survived unhappy love, goes to the monastery, where she gives birth to a child. The child dies, Vera commits suicide. Lyuba and grandmother attend church and maintain relations with priest Aleksandr. To Nadezhda that condemns their religiosity, it seems that Lyuba is in love with father Aleksandr. She comes home to him and demands that he stop dating Lyuba. However, it turns out that Aleksandr is in love with Nadezhda. Knowing him better, she reciprocates him, facing a difficult choice, Aleksandr breaks with religion.

Don't Cry Mommy 2 2005 ( 5.292)

A heroes from the first movie now are involved in high politics.

Freaky New Year! 2020 ( 4.3)

December 31, 1320. Residents of the medieval city of Nischburg, who survived two plague epidemics, are preparing to celebrate the New Year and quickly forget about all the problems that have fallen on their heads. But it turns out that not everything that is possible has fallen on their heads. A huge stone flies to Earth, which will fall in about twelve hours. The wise Baron decides not to say anything to anyone, but to distract his subjects by having a luxurious feast for all the money left in the treasury. The holiday begins!

Construction 2021

This is a story about the children’s instructor in hand-to-hand fighting who has fractured his pelvis and is now being cared for by his girl-friend. The strong and daring man, he is scared by this dependence on another person, while the protagonist is torn between the desire to help the man recover and the wish to tie him to herself forever. The protagonists live in a shared flat in St. Petersburg. The woman in the room next door listens to the song «Just Wait for Me» and keeps waiting for somebody all her life.

Light Acquaintance 2023

A man and a woman meet in a resort town. He is a professional psychologist. She is a strange stranger who approached him in a restaurant.

Red Dog 2016 ( 3.833)

On the Eastern front in 1941, German troops attack a Red Army's field hospital destroying it and causing a massive loss of life. The surviving soldiers try to fight back but have to retreat, among them a young pilot , Vyacheslav with his dog Red. Having survived the German onslaught they are sent to the front line where Red will prove his courage...

The Code of Cain 2015 ( 2.143)

World renowned journalist Sara Ogden is traversing the world in pursuit of carriers of a fatally dangerous "Stamp of Cain" in order to prevent seemingly unrelated events such as mass murders, turmoil, revolutions and chaos. She doesn't even suspect how close she is to the edge of the abyss, when in her search she ends up in Belarus to meet face to face with the one, whom she has been searching for her entire life.

Mother-in-Law 1973

Claudia Ivanovna is concerned about her daughter's future and the development of her career as a scientist. In accordance with her own ideas of happiness, she is trying to build a girl's personal life, unceremoniously destroying her relationship with her driver Sasha.

Fantasy on the Love's Theme 1981

A musician from the vocal-instrumental ensemble "Focus" unexpectedly becomes the "fiancé" of the country's champion in sports ice dancing. However, a humorous prank becomes a reason and a serious reason for true love.

Tamara 2015

Siberian bus driver Tamara sets about introducing her teenage son Max to the colleague she has been dating for a while. But when all three meet in a jolly karaoke bar, the rivalry between the two men she loves releases her from clutching at old hopes.

Russian Shorts. Vol. 3 2019

Exactly five stories from different parts of Russia - from Arkhangelsk to Sakhalin. The modern romantic comedy "Firefly" was filmed in Severodvinsk. The musical film “Not for the River” from Arkhangelsk is dedicated to the ability to establish strong, like sea knots, relationships. The Kazan traffic police officer on duty on the highway, opening the trunk of a stopped car, changes his life forever (“Lost Path”). The heroine of the novel "Tamara" from Krasnoyarsk, showing a hard character in her work, will be helpless in her personal life. The Sakhalin short film "In the arms of the sea" in a poetic manner tells the story of true friendship and farewell.

The Blue Bird 2014

A famous artist in the past learns that today is the last day in his life. Summing up his life, he realizes that no one and nothing keeps him in this world. But here he mentions that an old gray parrot has been living in his house for almost thirty years, which has faithfully played the role of "blue bird" for many years. An elderly, sick person is forced to run around the city in search of a new shelter for his faithful friend.