Old Horse

How to make a girl fall in love with you using Maslenitsa? That's right - no way. But Ilya and Zakhar will try anyway.

Nunya life is a complete kick. Her only love ex-boyfriend Lev is now dating another girl. In the company of the best friends, wine and shawarma, Nunya is desperately trying to realize who is to blame for the fact that her plan has failed. And most importantly - what to do when you want to drop everything and just be happy.

"Closing" is a film almanac made up of nine verses. Instead of a rap beat, there is beer, rain, a beach, a zoo, random conversations, and a city that lives its own life. These are not stories with a beginning and an end, but statements written into the rhythm of the festival, where cinema becomes a way to be together and a way to be alone. Any almanac is a film cypher: everyone goes to the microphone, says their piece, and leaves, leaving room for someone else. "Closing" is exactly that: a collection of voices in which you can hear laughter, fatigue, love, and meaninglessness. This is a film about how cinema closes the day and opens the night.

A loose adaptation of Chekhov's "The Man in a Case," where the school is replaced by a frantic TikTok house, and the Greek teacher is replaced by a panicked blogger trying to hide his life from the absurdity around him.