"Behind every strong man is a strong woman!", Mumine shouts as her husband is arrested. She has 4 children, she's in her mid-30s, and she's the wife of a Crimean Tatar political prisoner. Muslim Crimean Tatars have been oppressed for a long time. They were deported under Stalin, allowed to return under Gorbachev, and since the occupation of Crimea in 2014 under Putin, they are being persecuted again. "Return" is a portrait of Mumine and Maye, two strong women struggling with the consequences of oppression. Their traditional understanding of their role as women does not stand in the way of their dedication. They possess strength, beauty and dignity. Only in their most intimate moments, they are overwhelmed by desperate helplessness.

The film shows how the famous Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov reflects the events taking place in Russia in his works. We will see his entire creative path from the first successes in the theater to feature films. We will see that the rise and fall of the director's star is also a reflection of Russian cultural politics, from a brief flowering of artistic freedom under Medvedev to a conservative culture backed by authoritarian measures.

At the age of 21, Vasily Vlasov became the youngest parliamentarian in the Russian Duma. With his self-confidence, he could become a new, fresh voice in Parliament. But Vasily's ideals are rooted in the past, sitting at the table in his kitchen, he explains that women should obey their husbands and learn more modest professions, such as being nurses or teachers at school. His friend Katya, who is the same age as Vasily and has her own political ambitions, listens with a smile.

Filmmaker Katja Fedulova left Russia when she was 18, over 20 years ago. But the homeland for which her grandmother fought continues to haunt her. She returns home with one big question: Are there still modern heroines in Putin’s Russia? She finds three young, beautiful women, each fighting for their own vision of what their country should be. Their struggle offers a complex picture of modern Russia - full of dramatic, desperate, absurd and funny moments. Sometimes heartbreaking and always full of open ambivalence, this film is a beguiling glimpse at modern Russia.

A young Muscovite, born in a Russian Orthodox family, had a hard time with her parents' divorce as a child. In search of creating an ideal family, she converted to Islam and completely changed her way of life. For two years now, she has been calling herself Khadija, wearing a hijab and striving to live according to Shariah. Her parents turned away from her, she had to abandon the values ​​and traditions that she had lived with since childhood. But having acquired a new incentive to become a righteous wife in Islam, Khadija marries a Muslim. A year later, her husband divorces Khadija, accusing her of disobedience to him. Khadija stands at a crossroads between the experienced realities of Islam and self-criticism towards her own righteousness.