There are officially 2 million drug users in Russia. Unofficially, there are more than 6 million of them. The death rate from drug overdose in the country in the pandemic 2020 increased by 60%. Talk about fighting this evil is usually reduced to police action against the drug trade, with very little said about the rehabilitation of the addicts themselves. Can you help them overcome the disease? How to make it more efficient? Is it true that there are no former drug addicts? Andrei Lobanov visited three rehabilitation centers (state, church and private) and talked with doctors and their wards to understand whether drug addicts have a real chance to return to normal life.

Film-performance about the professional life of Moscow actors with physical and mental disabilities. They are patronized in adulthood, practically nothing is expected of them, and their talent is often believed out of indulgence. But there are people who don't like it. Boris Afonin is the head of the theater-studio "Circle II". He works with special artists and is sure that it is time to stop tying shoelaces for adults within four walls. They are capable of more. They can be talented, they can be brilliant. They may be applauded in admiration, not out of pity. Daily many hours of rehearsals and diligent processing of their features into stage merit is a difficult process. But the results are worth it. In 2014, Krug II won the Golden Mask award in the Experiment nomination.

An audiovisual immersion in the inner world of people with developmental disabilities living in Psychoneurological Institution No. 3 near Peterhof, the documentary short, Mind’s the Limit, tells the story of a place that may look like a treatment facility but is in actuality a place of social adaptation and a space for creative experimentation. Many live under the care of its staff until their final days, while exploring new worlds through abstract painting and electronic music. Creativity is their only way to connect with the outside world. What path do they have to travel for their work to become contemporary art?