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Browse 79 movies from HSE Art and Design School
You know, it's like having a dog, and it chooses someone else as the owner, not you. And as soon as the "other" rings the Bicycle bell, the dog, happily wagging its tail, rushes to catch up with him. And you follow her. It turns out that for him, too. But you can't say anything: just stand there and breathe in silence to the beat of the waves.
Oct 2020
The mother loved and encouraged one son, while the other became an outcast. Left alone, the boys learn to build a new life together.
Aug 2023
Memories from the era of Studio 54. Cocaine chic. Kisses. Dances. Drugs. Eventually, rock’n’roll. The story of one night at the end of a party.
Sep 2021
Having gone through the chaos of war, Alexey finds himself at home. In a world where it was as if he had never existed: his children had managed to grow up, his wife had managed to alter their father's clothes for them, and the once familiar corners of his home hut seemed too sharp. It would seem that one could get used to everything, but what if the frontline realities had distorted the proportions of peaceful life? And it was now practically impossible to fit into them. The film was based on the story of the same name by Andrei Platonov.
Oct 2024
13-year-old Asya is going to war for her beloved Sanok. Sanya talks about the approach of the end of the world, after which a new world will come, and invites Asya to follow him. They are waiting for the "apocalypse" to come, building their relationship in preparation for the final war of the world.
A girl meets a small lost girl in the forest and helps her find her way home, but it turns out that the former girl was the one who has got lost.
Apr 2025
Valera is 57 years old, 24 of which he has been limited in his ability to move, and five of which he has not gone outside at all. Valera believes that he will be able to walk, although he does not consider himself fully functional, just like his opponents in the trial.
A tyrannical king receives a mirror as a gift, but does not see what he expects in the reflection.
May 2022
Confessions of a person suffering from alcoholism. Based on the works of Paul Klee.
Oct 2022
Two butterfly-loving botanists are lost and wandering through a gloomy forest. A dilapidated hut on the way inspires hope for help. But they don’t yet know what sinister, insidious something awaits them inside. Will the heroes survive until Tuesday?
Jun 2024
Grandfather Valera and his grandson Kolya are relaxing in a sanatorium. There they meet the young writer Nikolai. The boy invites him to his birthday, but his grandfather persistently asks Nikolai not to appear at the celebration.
Sep 2023
Cyber-Eve comes face to face with her fears and gains an inner voice that helps her learn to make independent decisions.
Without work, without a dream, alone. A searching soul can so easily create an idol for itself. The crystal image of which usually inevitably crumbles into grains of sand of unfulfilled expectations. Grisha and Andy on the same stool of charm or disappointment.
Aug 2025
A husband loses his wife – she throws herself out of a window. He tries to realize what has happened, to comprehend the whole situation and recall all the details of their life.
Apr 2024
Mar 2024
There is snow and ice fragments outside the window. The winter bird sings, the northern deer sings, the wind sings, the high, high edges of the sky sing. The girl sings, but so carefully that the breath does not accidentally scare off the fire at the end of the stick
Nov 2021
The story of a transgender youth Herman growing up, who decides to become who he really feels. Herman’s mother believes that only real men’s shoes will help her son complete the transition.
Mar 2021
One day strangers landed in a Russian dacha. But they failed to leave.
Mar 2018
New cartoon by Elizaveta Prokopenko (HSE School of Art and Design).
Mar 2026
New cartoon by Anna Pavlova (HSE School of Art and Design).