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The story of pop singer ANNA ASTI.
Oct 2023
After 20 years, Semyon has a family and his own business in Moscow. Returning to his hometown to visit his parents, he accidentally runs into Maya Rodina, Lena's daughter, who lives in an abandoned house and earns a living by singing songs on electric trains. Semyon wants to help Maya and take her with him to Moscow, but faces the resistance of his friend Eduard.
Aug 2023
Fashion photographer Roman Belov was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four people. Roman is absolutely sure of his innocence, but cannot remember what really happened on the fateful night. In prison, a mysterious man who calls himself Master appears in his dreams and offers to help him find the real killer. But how to investigate if you are locked in a stone bag? And what price will have to be paid for the services of a person who can penetrate dreams?
Aug 2022
A clever businessman intends to build a large commercial complex. But the bad luck is, there is no free space for this in the city center. Then the merchant incites selfish city officials to demolish the building of a boarding school for disabled children. But the children categorically disagree with this and defend their home.
Apr 2024
How does Basta approach work and creativity, where does he get inspiration for musical material? This and many other things are told by friends, colleagues, relatives and friends of the performer - all those who have known Vasily well for many years.
May 2022
15-year-old schoolgirl Alisa finds herself in Wonderland, where the sun is always at its zenith and there is no time. Among the inhabitants, she recognizes her relatives, acquaintances and friends - but none of them recognize Alisa - she is a stranger to them - antipodes, the inhabitants of Wonderland call themselves antipodes. In order to return home, Alisa will have to overcome many obstacles and oddities: visit the top of the mountains, find herself in the desert, swim across the sea of her own tears, get lost in a magical forest, and, finally, grow up. After all, only having grown up, she will be able to save Wonderland from a real catastrophe.
Oct 2025
One dark winter evening, the young tsar Saltan was lucky enough to find himself a tsarina from a simple Russian family. He was so impressed by the speech of the young charmer that he married her the same evening, and took her two sisters with him to the palace as servants. However, the treacherous girls do not share the happiness of their luckier sister and begin to plot. Saltan leaves for a long military campaign, during which the young queen gives birth to his son. The evil sisters write a dispatch to the tsar, where they brazenly lie about the child: they say, the queen gave birth to someone unknown, "neither a son nor a daughter." Saltan is upset, but orders to wait until his return. The sisters substitute the letter, and as a result, the girl and her son are sealed in a wooden barrel and thrown into the ocean in the best sadistic traditions.
Feb 2026
An attractive young coroner involves herself in a strange relationship with s.e.x, desires, and deaths. The phantasmagoria filled with gore, e.r.o.t.i.c, and mystery unfolds during the serial killer search. The viewer has to guess, who the main protagonist is, and what part is she playing - a victim, a killer, or a mere witness?
Jul 2022
Aleksandr Shmidt is the grey cardinal of the escort services market. But big money is not enough for him anymore - he craves real power. Shmidt's ambitions attract dangerous people, and an international cartel begins to hunt him. Shmidt faces a threat of such a scale for the first time. Now, not only his business, but also his life is at stake.
Aug 2025
Two up-and-coming friends, seeing themselves as the future elite of the new world, oligarchs, they sign up for a major deal, but it turns out that they have been drawn into a massive embezzlement scheme involving billions from the treasury. After his arrest, Andrei ends up in an overcrowded communal cell, a purgatory where he must transform himself into a different person in order to survive and return back to the real world, to his family.
Apr 2026
The early 2000s. Young Natasha is torn between the pressure of her rational parents, determined to send her to law school, and her dreams of entering the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. A new classmate, the gifted musician Igor, helps her believe in herself and take a risk. The young people fall in love. Years later, Natasha and Igor meet by chance at an exhibition of her paintings. This brings them back to memories of their happy times.
Sep 2026
Every year, approximately 48,000 children end up in orphanages. Some find families, others remain in the orphanage until they reach adulthood, and only then set out on their own. But how can you become independent in the adult world without an adult? How do you manage your daily life if you don't know one? How do you find work and save money? And what about finding friends and love? Psychologists, foundation leaders, and the children themselves will discuss the subtle difficulties, stereotypes, and adaptation outside of orphanages. This film is an inside look at the problem of orphanhood in Russia—the perspective of people who are tackling it right now.
Jul 2026
The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War. The protagonist, a Siberian hunter Gavriil Sobinov, volunteers for the front after learning that his son Semyon, a young lieutenant, is missing. Gavriil wants to fights the enemy and find his son, but instead of the front lines, he finds himself in a supply platoon. He proves himself a hero in his very first combat and, after training at the sniper school, gets to the front lines. Gavriil is made commander of the sniper group. He continues the search for his son. The story of a German sniper Werner develops in parallel. He also ends up at the front with his son Dietrich fighting alongside him. A clash between the sniper fathers, whom fate is inexorably bringing together, is inevitable...
May 2026
The Osipovs are a very ordinary family from Ulyanovsk. Father, mother and son. They are no different from thousands and thousands of other families, except that they are happy. They love each other. The sudden illness of the son drives through them with an asphalt roller. Parents are ready for anything, they lose their home, and sometimes their human form, trying to save their child. At some point, even the mother breaks down. But not the father. The most ordinary person. A provincial carpenter.
Oct 2022
Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.
Apr 2021
A musician in the deep state of a creative crisis is signed to a rehab program at the highly protected, isolated sanatorium that promises a lifetime warranty for endless inspiration. A bourgeois setting with welcoming stuff slowly creeps into a violent cult that tortures artists in the name of inspiration. The musician's greatest hit becomes his darkest nightmare.
May 2021
Talented as a child but completely lost in her thirties, Vasya suddenly realizes she's heading for rock bottom and has no strength to escape. Malvina, an imaginary friend from childhood, comes to his aid, a freakish woman with purple hair and a quirky sense of humor. Malvina pushes Vasya to find her childhood love, Stasik. Vasya will go through a long journey and understand what went wrong in her life, but most importantly, she will learn why Malvina appeared.
Oct 2026
Frank accounts from eyewitnesses — a former police officer who worked with “night butterflies,” a Soviet prostitute, and a catering worker with over a hundred romantic stories behind her — are intertwined with analysis from experts such as historian Lev Lurye, sociologist Elena Zdravomyslova, and sex blogger Arina Kholina. They help the viewer better understand how the legacy of the Soviet era is reflected in the intimate lives of people today.
Misha and Philip have been friends since childhood, but now Phillip has to move to another city with his parents. As their strong friendship suddenly begins to unravel, what seemed like innocent child's play before now turns into new, unfamiliar feelings.
Sep 2021
A young man named Kesha returns to his village after a long absence. He has completed a prison term but now simply wants to live a quiet, normal life. His younger brother, only 17, has plans for college. However, the brothers’ perspectives on the future shift dramatically when Kesha joins a gold-mining crew.
Feb 2025