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Browse 107 movies from Moscow Film School
The story is about the value of human life. About circumstances that could change everything. The woman psychologist who rescues male ballet dancer while having hard times after broke up.
Oct 2015
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.
Jun 2018
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
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
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
Karina comes from Moscow to a small Tatar town to visit her parents. The father treats his daughter for her way of life. Karina's mom shares a secret with her, which becomes a serious opportunity to take revenge on her father for all the insults.
Feb 2018
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
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
In Russia a new dog tax has been introduced. Inspectors are dispatched in search of defaulters. Raisa is the best in the city; she loves her job. But it creates a professional imbalance and prevents her from leading a good private life. Psychoanalysis, hypnosis, and special respiratory techniques do not help.
Jun 2019
Mila has taken the puppy of her friend, who has developed an allergy. Her friend talked about it to her teacher, who shared the story with her husband, who discussed it with his trainer, etc. But each time as the story gets told, the meaning changes and soon in the social networks appears a post that Mila is prostituting herself. This story is about the speedy transformation of harmless news into a gossip which literally destroys the life of the heroine.
Sep 2020
A man living in the past spends a night in his hometown.
Nov 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
“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
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.
The freelance editor has long been in love with the host of the TV program he edits. He has never seen her live, but he has all the footage of her, even the ones that aren't in the public domain. Finally, he decides to ask her out on a date, in front of the whole office, but fate teaches him a lesson.
Aug 2017
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
A husband and wife try to cover up a random crime, but at a cemetery they encounter local looters.
Apr 2025
Night. A lonely car drives along a winter road. For an aspiring actress, a trip to the country turns into a nightmare when she finds out that her boyfriend is not what he seems.
Apr 2024
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.
With their deadline looming, a small team of construction workers isn't too happy to find an anomaly in the house they're renovating. Especially one that breaks the laws of physics. But maybe there’s something to be gained from this? Like a finder's fee… Or nightmare fuel.
May 2020