Against the backdrop of the popular topic of "chipping" and people's fears of becoming controlled by artificial intelligence, the authors of the film find dramatic stories where the "chip in the head" is a vital necessity. What are the scientific discoveries of the last decades leading to, is it possible to control people with the help of such technologies, and what neuroethical questions arise in connection with their use?

Almanac of the Laboratory of Science Films of the Festival of Actual Science Films. 16 directors chose the most interesting scientific developments and research at Skoltech and created 16 short films.

A film about the relationship between humans and robots. Why do anthropomorphic robots cause fear? Can we live with them as full partners? Where is the line between robot and human?

Will we ever be able to understand how the brain works, defeat Parkinson's disease, enable paralyzed people to interact with the outside world and feel the prosthesis like their own hand? The second film about brain research in which scientists conduct experiments, argue and reflect not only on the practical side of science, but also on its impact on our ideas about the world, about freedom and about ourselves.

What is the human brain? Organ of the central nervous system, a supercomputer or a host that controls a person's life? The authors made a film about modern brain research in search of answers to the questions: can a person control his behavior, his physiology, his consciousness, or is he completely dependent on a neural network? The protagonists in the film give different answers.

He went through the war from Leningrad to Germany. For exploits he was awarded two medals "For Courage" and the Order of the Patriotic War II degree. Vladimir Alekseevich lives in a small village in the Irkutsk region. Sometimes he gets on a train and goes to the city to visit his son, grandson, great-grandchildren. But there are moments of silence when “you sit and remember everyone, both the living and the dead.” And the more silence, the more memories, the ghosts of war.

1080 meters is the depth of the Komsomolskaya mine, where the heroes of the film descend daily. Around the tundra and abandoned villages. There are five mines left around Vorkuta. After the explosion, there were four left at Severnaya. The city lives. Pasha and Roma drive around the city in cars, talking about their lives and finding themselves in various places.

2011-2012 years. Swamp area. Protest mood. 22-year-old Dasha goes to the elections for municipal deputies in the Brateevo district of Moscow. She is not a member of any party, and her election fund is 15 thousand rubles, which her mother gave. Thus begins Dasha's political career. Two years have passed. Career is taking shape. What can not be said about personal life. It seems that family and political success for a girl are incompatible things.

Ten-year-old Masha went to school alone, there were no more children in the distant northern village. The girl loved her village unspoiled by civilization and dreamed of opening a hospital. Now she is 17, she lives in a boarding school in a neighboring village and understands that she needs to leave.

Volunteer group of Moscow students helps lonely old people from nursing homes. The guys not only try to brighten up their gray, lonely everyday life, arrange holidays for them, but also enter into a fight with officials, seeking to improve the life and life of their wards.

A film about activists of the youth political movement. Politics was a game for them until the war began.

The hero of the film, Vasily Sigarev, tells stories from his life, which, slightly transformed, become the stories of his plays. For the inhabitants of his native Upper Salda, this is everyday life. For metropolitan theaters, this is an unprecedented reality of provincial life. For the audience, this is both laughter and horror. For a playwright, these are numerous awards and endless pain.