Studio Ostrov

Almanac of five short stories commissioned by ROSKOMKINO to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cinema.

This is a story about an amazing person who devotes his life to his students. Vladimir Fenchenko lit the hearts of hundreds of young filmmakers with love for cinema.

The Leningrad period of V. Putin's life.

A unique lengthy filmic record of the life of the employees, suspects and convicts in one of the ol­dest Russian prisons Butyrka Prison Castle, which stores legends and secrets of many inmates inclu­ding Emelyan Pugachyov, Felix Dzershinsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Natalia Sats, Vsevolod Meyerkhold, Sergey Korolyov, Andrey Tupolev and many others.

The film tells the story of the Russian Paralympic Blind Football team which is preparing for the most important event in their lives - the European Championship. The team has only one goal - to win the gold medal at any cost!

Born in the USSR: 21 Up follows the lives of people who grew up in the Soviet Union. They give an insight into Russian life today, aged 21.

No matter how far the war retreats, its traces are imprinted on the torn earth and the memory of generations for tens, hundreds of years with bloody traces. The body of the earth is burned by shells, torn apart by mines - and we are its Parts. The heroes of the film are young Caucasian guys-children of the war that destroyed their childhood and youth. In this black-and-white movie, the past, present and future alike merge into the color of the tragedy of all times and peoples – the color of war.

Endowed with outstanding cinematography, and in-depth interviews with competitors, this documentary underlines the gender parity being achieved at an Olympic level. Women compete in ski jumping for the first time at the Winter Games, and Canada is seen beating the United States at the last gasp in the women's ice hockey final. Disciplines given prominence here include speed skating, figure skating, aerial skiing, curling, and the biathlon. Training is analysed as much as the competitions themselves. A suite of accidents and mishaps, and the consequent tears of frustration, remind us that the Olympics is not just about winning.

Ordinary Gods is a feature-length documentary exploring the lives and sacrifices of the world's most promising professional soccer players.

The exhibition decides the fate of the dogs and their offspring. This is also an important moment in the life of dog owners. A kind of parable about human dignity.

Born in the USSR:14 Up follows the lives of people who grew up in the Soviet Union. They give an insight into Russian life.

The main character of the film is Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. The film uses materials both previously known and unpublished so far, as well as interviews with Alexander Isaevich, in which he talks about the future of Russia and the world in the 21st century, about modern literature and his difficult life. In addition to him, people who knew him closely, Evgeny Mironov, Alexander Sokurov, Georges Niva, Boris Morozov and his most important close friend and wife Natalia Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyna, participate in the film.

Documentary about the life and works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in three parts, made for Russian TV in 2001, 2003, and 2008. The author died while the last part was being filmed.

In Soviet times, the songs "Soviet Easter", "Cigarette Butt", "Comrade Stalin" were sung by the whole country (and, according to rumors, members of the politburo also enjoyed it), but few people knew that these "folk" hits had an author – Yuz Aleshkovsky. Having traveled from East to West, he became a famous writer in a country that is still considered the most reading. The concepts of Freedom and Creativity for him are not so much philosophical categories, but a credo of life. The genre of Sergei Miroshnichenko's new film can be defined as "a lyrical post-Soviet comedy with a dramatic touch."

This film is about Oleg Karavaichuk, eccentric musical genius and famous St. Petersburg composer, who takes his final stroll through Komarovo, a bay-side summer community just outside St. Petersburg where he spent his whole life and wrote most of his works. His final piece, “The Komarovo Waltz”, unveiled here for the very first time, was written as a tribute to the place. The film is the reclusive composer’s eulogy to the community. It also serves as Karavoichuk’s farewell to audience as well as his last address and reminder of things that are truly important – love for your fellow man and virgin nature.

20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, young directors come to the borders of a previously united country. Their personal stories are dedicated to people overcoming erected boundaries to be together.

"Buranovskiye Babushki", a group created in the mid-1980s, became famous for rehashing famous rock hits in their native Udmurt language, in a singing style inherited from their ancestors. None of the experts can give a clear definition in what style and genre they sing. One thing is known for sure, that this ethnic project is of interest not only in Russia, but throughout the world.

A film about the first launch of the Soyuz launch vehicle from the Kourou cosmodrome (French Guiana). About the long-term joint work of Russian and European specialists who built a Russian launch complex in the impenetrable jungles of Guiana. For the first time since the Caribbean crisis, Russian missiles are based on the American continent. The Soyuz launches from the tropical cosmodrome in French Guiana are something new in the history of domestic and world cosmonautics. Will Russia be able to expand its presence in the global space market? And is it possible to do this today within the framework of one country and industry?

This documentary follows the story of a mother's love: from an empty heart to a tragedy that has changed her, to creation and love, from rejecting her own son to adopting someone else's child and accepting him as her own.