SPUFT

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.

Deprived of desperation by everyday problems, the hero comes to the pharmacy, where it is rumored to get poison, which can not be hidden by any means.

One day in the life of two brothers whose different views on life suddenly faced with each other in a battle for the truth.

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.

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.

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.

This story tells us about a 30 years old guy who still lives with his mother. Their relations are quite tough but she feels so lonely that she just can’t let him go. He suffers a lot but one day he gets the job offer on the North...

Max is unemployed and dreams of becoming a musician. His neighbour, the elderly Viktor, is blind. Representatives of different generations and cultures, they nonetheless provide each other with a way of escaping their loneliness: Max needs a father figure, while Viktor needs a son.

Betrayal is the worst thing that can happen between people. It marks the death of intimacy and trust. Betrayal can only be committed by somebody close, and a person who once trusted or even loved you can suddenly become an enemy.

The cycle of events that take place five minutes before the New Year. A participant of the Future Shorts Russia program.

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...

Anvar is a 72-year-old third-generation wild honey farmer. He makes the trip into the forest for the wild honey that his grandchildren love so much. Anvar would never have thought that the most delicious honey on earth could one day become bitter.

After the daughter’s death, Galina stays completely alone and loses the meaning of life. Suddenly she notices the incarnation of her daughter in a prostitute met in the elevator.

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.

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.

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.

An innocuous trip out into nature could end in tragedy. While the parents argue about approaches to raising children, their child is left unattended and gets into unexpected and even dangerous situations.

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".

During the Soviet-Afghan War, in the days when general secretary of the Communist Party Leonid Breznev, in a military hospital a young lieutenant wounded almost to death meets a young military nurse, tired almost to death. One meeting. One night. One candle. A short from Vladimir Koptsev, Alexander Sokurov’s pupil.