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Browse 69 movies from HSE Art and Design School
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
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
The mother loved and encouraged one son, while the other became an outcast. Left alone, the boys learn to build a new life together.
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
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.
Apr 2025
Mar 2024
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.
Mar 2021
One day at the dinner table, the daughter told her parents that she was a saint. Another stage of puberty or a real miracle?
Nov 2023
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.
Confessions of a person suffering from alcoholism. Based on the works of Paul Klee.
Oct 2022
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.
The film tells the story of a heroine who develops a video game. In this way, she tries to escape from reality and memories of a traumatic event from the past. Gradually, the boundaries between reality and the virtual world are becoming less clear.
Oct 2023
A little girl finds someone's lost toy and finds her best friend in it. When she learns that the toy's owner is looking for it, she faces the toughest choice of her life.
It turns out that being the Sun is not so easy - and he also has an internal disorder. Will it overcome the stressful routine of the star's work?
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
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
One day strangers landed in a Russian dacha. But they failed to leave.
Mar 2018
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