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The Film reflects on our negative dependence on AI in an ever-growing, disconnected world where communication falls by the wayside and impulses lead to disastrous consequences.
Idiots become more idiots
A wild adventure where one pedal stroke could change everything.
Finding love in a big city is very difficult. Open-air dance events, including zouk, bachata, and kizomba, are regularly held in downtown Yekaterinburg. People come here hoping to find a partner. How do women and men in the city's dance community find each other, how do they meet, and how do their first feelings develop? This is what our film explores.
The amazing story of the musical "Boston Waltz," based on the hits of Alexander Rosenbaum. Behind "Boston Waltz," the musical is a vast creative undertaking, in which every scene, every rehearsal, and every decision recreates a plot woven from the meanings of Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum's songs. A film about the making of the production shows how a powerful, emotional, and truly vibrant theatrical event emerges from thousands of individual fragments, resonating with audiences.
70-year-old Larisa and 65-year-old Oleg are lonely members of an amateur "Theater of Honor" for the elderly, where neither is taken seriously. Larisa is denied roles and is made fun of, while Oleg also remains invisible to those around her. At some point, they notice each other, and a romantic connection develops between them, which may be their last attempt to escape their loneliness and feel needed.
One day, I found myself in the largest Chukotka village, Lorino, and filmed a short sketch about one of the residents of this amazing and difficult place. Seven years later, by a happy coincidence, I decided to recompile the footage and submitted it to a festival.
Svetlana wants to make peace with her brother, but all her efforts are thwarted by mutual resentment until a family tragedy gives them a chance for one last frank conversation.
In the Urals, on islands in the middle of a lake, lives the Petruk family, a large family. This is their home and their business. But their children are growing up, and their eldest daughter, Sonya, no longer wants to live in the forest. She's growing up and wants to study in the city. This summer, her parents will have to grow up too.
Without education or experience, acting intuitively, local residents in Yakutia are beginning to develop beekeeping. They are the world's northernmost beekeepers, cautiously checking their apiaries all summer long, delighted by the buzzing of bees. By autumn, these people have formed a beekeepers' association and are beginning to extract their first honey.
A woman seeks to alleviate the trouble she's caused for her boyfriend.
A documentary that captures the intimate and moving journey of Mitch Brown, a former professional AFL player who played 84 games for the West Coast Eagles. Nine years after his retirement, he publicly came out as bisexual, becoming the first former elite male Australian rules footballer to openly identify as queer. The narrative centers on his reconciliation with a sport historically shaped by a hyper-masculine culture.
The rise and fall and reunion of punk rock icon Bob Mould's 1990s post-Hüsker Dü band Sugar.
A stunning new parody of several films a group of friends watched over the summer of 2026.
An aspiring home cook strives to craft the perfect omelette for his partner in this passionate food film.
When Hollywood teeters on the brink of collapse, two struggling filmmakers have just days to create the next blockbuster. Desperate for an original idea, they make the boldest creative decision imaginable: a movie with absolutely nothing in it. As their bizarre experiment goes head-to-head with an overblown sci-fi epic from egotistical studio executive Harvey Warner, an unlikely rivalry erupts that turns the film industry upside down.
After an accidental murder reverses the fortunes of a failing restaurant, an ambitious chef must turn to sinister methods to keep up with the increasing demand for his new mystery meat.
