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Browse 70 movies from Moscow School of New Cinema
Ann, an actress, comes to an audition for a role in a movie directed by the man she thinks she's in love with. Overwhelmed with emotions, she fails the audition, but manages to convince the director to go out for a walk, which then transforms his day into a pleasant evening spent in her company. The desire for love shared by the two single souls jump starts the clockworks of a miracle, which for some reason fails to develop. A classical tale of how everything that transpires with a girl happens mostly inside her head.
Jun 2015
А husband and wife are waiting for their daughter to go to a family dinner, but she is not answering her phone. They go looking for her.
Jun 2017
Stasya, a talented young football player who is having a hard time with her parents’ divorce, is going to move to her father in Moscow, with whom she has a complete understanding, which cannot be said about her relationship with her mother and sister. However, the last evening puts everything in its place, and gives the heroine the opportunity to understand where “her people are” and whether the major women’s football league is really what she sincerely strives for.
Aug 2024
The 'Yuha' a story of obsession and despair, two fillings interlinked with true love.
Oct 2015
Jun 2022
In the vacuum space, a clash of opposing social groups occurs: intellectuals and criminal elements. This leads to a catastrophe and entails a change in social roles - the persecuted become persecutors, the executioner turns into a victim.
Apr 2025
Idealist Petya moves into a spare room in an unfamiliar household, where everyday alienation prevails. Yet his arrival begins to unravel the familiar order of things.
Mar 2025
The two brothers meet for the first time in years at their mother's funeral. The drama that quarreled between them crippled two lives, and the culprit - the eldest - went unpunished. Now he is a businessman, and the essence of his “business” is revealed at the commemoration: the taking of apartments from old people. The younger gets a chance to take revenge, but that means ruining his brother's life.
Sep 2020
Today is Masha's birthday. She finally decides to meet her father, whom she has never seen. It is separated from him by only one door. She hears a childish voice for her and does not dare to call. She can't take the last step.
Jul 2019
The desire to get her daughter back becomes the driving force in the way of the lead female character as she makes desperate attempts to rebuild their lives upon the release from yet another drug rehab.
Nov 2017
A teenage son arrives on vacation to a chaotic surfer father. Over the summer, he needs to decide on an instrument for music school. Will the father be able to help his son make the right choice?
Feb 2022
A meeting on a train between completely different and unfamiliar people suddenly introduces them to themselves, revealing old wounds and tormenting questions. Why are they meeting? It's up to them, and perhaps to those watching them through the screen.
May 2026
Two old friends meet in a big empty house which belongs to one of them on a cold winter evening. Women have something to recall. But as they drink more it becomes increasingly difficult for the hostess to hide some dark secrets from her insightful friend
Nov 2015
In the far North, a fisherwoman lives in silence with her man. Around them lies a night landscape of snow and wrecked ships. Suddenly, her son returns out of nowhere.
Apr 2026
A man is accidentally endowed with superpowers. His only desire? For life to go back to normal. He doesn't want to be a superhero, but he can't help it.
Jun 2020
Film about a traumatic experience from childhood that willNight-time. Some teenagers break into closed territory. The security guard notices them, but manages to catch only one girl. As they wait for the management, they spend time together and gradually get used to each other.not let go of your whole life.
At first glance she is just an ordinary woman, but every couple of months her normal life comes to a halt. Unbeknownst to her loved ones, she goes on a long journey. She jumps from one type of transportation to another, carefully covering up her tracks and building a web of lies during her phone conversations. What is on her mind and what is the purpose of this journey?
May 2018
Masha and Valya, vegetarians and abstainers, invite their former friends Natasha and Sergey over. Natasha and Sergey took a mortgage, they are planning a child. Natasha tries to persuade Masha to throw a wedding party, nevertheless she hints at Valya being no good for Masha. Masha in reply tells Natasha that her husband Sergey drinks vodka on the quite. Natasha makes a scene to Sergey. Masha tries to reconcile friends and convince them of their relationship being cracked. The guests are leaving. Valya blames Masha for climbing out of her business. Masha and Valya have a quarrel. Masha remains alone.
Apr 2017
A teenager from peripheral Russia falls under the influence of a young mob. Now he is faced with a tough decision to make.
Apr 2019
An instructional film about what you can do at home if you are afraid to leave. Two girls and one apartment, which becomes their world with its own laws and rules of the game.