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Browse 79 movies from HSE Art and Design School
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.
Aug 2023
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
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
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
One day strangers landed in a Russian dacha. But they failed to leave.
Mar 2018
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
A cowardly patient wants to cure a tooth, but is so afraid that he runs away from the dentist.
Nov 2023
A woman of fabulous proportions sings in the depths of the earth, knowing no worries. One day her peace is threatened.
House at the edge of the forest. A family where everyone is alone in their own way. Cold mom and faceless dad, resentment and love for each of them. The transparent person approaches, the crack in the ground widens.
The heroine, tormented by insomnia, accepts the help of the unconscious part of her personality. She falls asleep and meets the feelings that overwhelm her in order to unravel the invisible threads of childhood trauma.
The documentary tells about the illustrated diary of a salt worker from the flooded village of Dedyukhino. His whole life is in it, as well as the life of an entire generation at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Aug 2022
Does it infuriate you too when neighbors are endlessly noisy? These unbearable sounds of alarm clocks, loud music, noisy vacuum cleaner. Sometimes this noise brings you so much that you just want to kill your neighbors. But even the worst conflicts can lead to unexpected results.
Dec 2020
The student wants to respond to the rudeness of passengers on the bus, but the frog in his mouth eats his words.
Oct 2023
One day at the dinner table, the daughter told her parents that she was a saint. Another stage of puberty or a real miracle?
In their last taxi ride, the characters relive the joyful moments of their lives. Their memories intertwine, creating a shared picture of the beautiful and the melancholic.
May 2026