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1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
Zhanel is trapped in a life devoid of purpose. Unable to face the real world, she finds safe harbor in her wild and beautiful dreams. With the help of a psychiatrist she meets in her dreamscape, Zhanel tackles her problems and discovers her deeper self.
Devoted to the last days of Soviet writer, poet, and Gulag survivor Varlam Shalamov, this film follows the efforts of two of Shalamov’s most devoted admirers to preserve the author’s legacy. Having lost his sight and hearing and living in a retirement home, he carried on doing the only thing that mattered to him — writing — until his final breath. This film is a testament to the value of writings that tell the unpalatable truths of the 20th century. To evoke the gritty texture of the Soviet world, Sententia is shot on 16mm black and white film.
Action of the movie "Road to home" happens in the small village of Abkhazia, in which the local administration has decided to pave an asphalt road. On the way of construction there is a natural barrier - a free which, according to stories of old residents, has been here since the foundation of the village. Under a dense shadow of the tree, the inhabitants found salvation from the hot Abhazian sun, on the branches clawing more than one generation of boys and girls. It keeps the memory about love, about war and peace, about life and death. According to the legend, if to cut down this tree, the sun will become so bright that will burn everything - people, country, history.
