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Anka's once-large family is falling apart: her younger brother was killed at school, and her own mother pretends that this did not happen, diligently trying to convince everyone around her of this. Anka's grandfather unsuccessfully struggles with progressive Alzheimer's, talking to his deceased grandson in between searching for a wiretap hidden, as it seems to him, in the house. The father, who, according to his mother's stories, is a diplomat traveling around the world, actually turns out to be an alcoholic who drank the last thing they had: an apartment. In an attempt to get justice and help her family, Anka, unbeknownst to herself, slides into the abyss of insanity so deeply that it seems there will never be a way back.
Oct 2024
Yura, a traffic police officer disappointed in love, turns out to be an accidental guest of a wedding party at the dacha of Moscow creative youth. The happiness of the young couple and the atmosphere of the evening make him remember his own feelings.
Dec 2022
Hurry, work, career, time, forgotten dreams. Someday the Faith will be different. How to find time in the cycle of life for loved ones? For yourself this? Stay!
Mar 2018
“Close your eyes. What can you hear? What are you thinking? What do you feel at this exact moment? Where are you? With whom, and why?” This fantastically shot portrait provides insight into the inner life of a young woman due to undergo an operation in unconventional imagery that is both dreamlike and yet true to life.
Nov 2016
She tries to run away from everywhere. He is tired of supporting these attempts and offers to escape literally from this life together. She even runs away from this venture at the last moment. And He is not.
Aug 2023
The collected novels of the almanac reflect the picture of the world as it is seen by modern people — as a systematic and no longer surprising chaos, through which you need to wade, preferably with your head held high. In such a world, women's variability and the ability to instantly change their decision to the exact opposite is no longer a disadvantage, but an advantage. According to the authors of the almanac, it is the ability to change your mind that makes a woman a heroine of today. Because in a world that has gone completely mad, there is no place for final decisions.
May 2021
Oleg lives a completely closed life, maybe his state of mind has a medical term, but he grew up in a small town, where such problems does not matter. Oleg directs his disorder to the painstaking work of assembling watches. The orderliness of a guy’s life allows him to maintain a delicate balance between his illness and reality. Next door, a girl Katya lives. On the contrary she strictly opposes order and regularity. These contradictions come close and create chaos.
Aug 2020
In May 2000,18-year-old Rita and Roma bond together and fall in love, but their lighthearted romance gets troubled when Roma's father returns from the Chechen Campaign.
Sep 2023
The 30-year-old single Polina always puts first the interests of other people: relatives, acquaintances and her beloved Mitya, who has been married in serious and for a long time. She does not notice that they all manipulate her, solving only their problems. When Polina is attacked and her own life is in danger, she understands that she is no longer a victim and must fight for herself not only in the attack, but also in her everyday life.
Jun 2019
Alexey brutally beats Andrey into a coma for losing the drugs. However, soon Alexey falls in love with Andrey’s sister, Katya. To be with her, he has to lie, protect her from thugs, and search for the missing money, balancing between his duty to the gang and his love for the girl.
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A man living in the past spends a night in his hometown.
Nov 2021
18-year-old Sasha is in love with her dorm neighbor and passionately hates the latter’s boyfriend, Egor, who illegally lives in their room. More than anything, Sasha wants to get rid of Egor — at any cost. She doesn’t know yet that sometimes a dream coming true is the worst that can happen.
Jun 2018
A brutal alpha male who does not respect women decides to return the location of one of his former loves for the sake of increasing self-esteem. But in the end he discovers feelings in himself that he had never thought about before.
Jul 2020
Aug 2019
The diploma work of director Alexey Nikiforenko "Pushkin is alive!" for the shooting club "Object" as part of training at the Moscow Film School. The goal of the video is to show the club's attitude to human life. Our project reveals the issue of safety and the value of human life through fantasy on the topic "What would have happened if Pushkin had resolved the conflict with Dantes, finding himself in our time under the control and care of the shooting club.
A loner Lesha returns to his parental home to make arrangements for a funeral of his Dad with whom he cut any communication long ago, but finds him alive, however seriously ill. Although being deceived the young man enjoys the opportunity to get things work with his father and stays to take care of him. But soon regular arguments and recriminations make Lesha understand it is impossible to restore relationships with his Dad and his chance for a happy life without shadows of the past depends on whether he will be able to embrace his father or keep hating him.
Aug 2018
Zhenya is a repairman for washing machines in a provincial town. On a call-out, he meets his ex-girlfriend who has come from Moscow to sell the old apartment. Zhenya wants to rekindle the affair.
Sep 2021
Diploma project by Aylin Emlin (Program "Director", Moscow Film School).
The story of a lonely city surveillance worker who watches a street dog through cameras — a dog he has grown attached to but has never met in person.
19-year-old Kira is confident in herself and knows everything better than others. Having quarreled with her best friend, mother, father and aunt Olya, she realizes how much she was mistaken. For the first time in her life, Kira decides to do the right thing and apologize. It turns out strange.