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Ironically, a killer with experience and a faint-hearted student find themselves in the same apartment where the triple murder had just happened. Heroes are firmly linked by ridiculous circumstances, and now they have only time, which is too short to deal with each other and, more importantly, in themselves...
Jul 2015
Brother and son, it was only yesterday that he came back from the army. Only his sister is at home, his mother is wandering somewhere as usual. But the man, who has come back, has changed completely.
Apr 2021
This is a story about an elderly woman, Nina Andreevna Cherkasskaya. She has devoted her whole life to training dogs in the circus and has been living alone for many years. On the eve of the anniversary, Nina comes to the city to perform at a creative evening. On the day of the performance, it turns out that her name is not on the guest list.
Nov 2021
A film adaptation of Viktor Pelevin’s story of the same name. A story about love, time, wandering and the search for oneself…
Jun 2015
Ordinary girl Sonia works as a nurse in the psychiatric ward of the hospital and dreams of becoming a doctor. She treats patients well and her boss - the head of the department. But everything changes when the manager trusts Sonia "responsible job".
Sep 2011
1942, a remote village in the rear. Sixteen-year-old Semka decides to volunteer for the partisans. Irina seeks to keep her son by force. However, the only one she can turn to for help is her nephew, a policeman. The movie is based on the story of the same name by Vasil Bykov.
Nov 2020
Asya is a successful police officer who deals with juvenile cases. The measured rhythm of her life is disrupted when, after many years, her flighty, eternally young 50-year-old mother Nadya suddenly reappears. She tries to restore her relationship with her daughter, but warm memories are quickly replaced by old grievances. Nadya has not changed…
Oct 2017
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.
The film is a portrait of a young writer Alexander Sarapov (literary pseudonym of Bronsky) from a small closed city of Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsky kray. His work had a great influence on people close to him and aroused interest among the leading figures of cinema and literature.
Dec 2012
What if our mobile phones had a mind and their own city? Would they only have technical problems or would they have human ones too?
Oct 2024
Petya’s dream is to become a tram driver, and the boy has explored every corner of the tram depot located near his house. The lad is well acquainted with the “residents” of the depot: the old trams, which long ago served out their term and are now laid up forever in its furthest, emptiest reaches. One day Petya decides to show his classmate Katya his secret place, and the excursion turns into an adventure.
Jul 2014
Alexey, still a young man, found himself in an extremely difficult situation. He must devote most of his time to his mother, who is almost completely paralyzed after a stroke. His situation is aggravated by the fact that his mother, once an actress in a small provincial theater, no longer sees the point of living.
Jul 2021
Experimental film about Mayakovsky without Mayakovsky.
Nov 2018
The end of the 19th century. The girl Varya cannot sleep because she has to lull a crying child to sleep. An icon looks at her from the corner opposite. The warm image of the infant Christ beckons and promises another life. But he never comes to the rescue. And the living baby in the cradle continues to cry.
Apr 2025
In a small town there are no mysteries, lively events or attractions, apart from the smooth tracks of the railway, which hide real life and fairytale emotions beyond the horizon. The train to the capital, which passes through the town every day, seems to Katya and Oxana to be part of a different world, full of wonder. One day an unexpected message from the Moscow express alters the routine life of the two friends.
Dec 2003
One day in the life of two brothers whose different views on life suddenly faced with each other in a battle for the truth.
Sep 2015
A mysterious teacher arrives in a provincial town to teach at the local school. The teacher is not like any other teacher: his views are pretentious and innovative. But the teacher is liked in the town. However, he does not know yet to what extent.
May 2019
Somewhere among the panel high-rise buildings the author met a strange boy – Mitya Elizarov. Why did they meet, what did it lead to, and was it for real?
The cycle of events that take place five minutes before the New Year. A participant of the Future Shorts Russia program.
Jan 2006
The hare gets lost in the work rhythm of his wolf colleagues until he allows himself to relax and just be, thereby finding not only his place, but also an unexpected kinship with his new boss.