Isn't the history of our Fatherland a dream? Does it have anything to do with the life of the inhabitants of the village of Novikovo? Here is the family tomb of the once famous Novikov-Kireevs. But upon closer examination, it suddenly turns out that everything that the Novikov-Kireevs lived for is still relevant today. Not only for the village, but for the whole of Russia.

Three young people who grew up in large cities come to the remote Tambov village of Glazok to work as teachers. Will the guys manage to change the traditional village way of life or will the new life force them to change themselves?

Nafset Chenib, 28, has been living in Moscow for many years. She keeps Facebook, reads on the subway, travels a lot and calls herself a Man of the World. Nafset is blind from birth. And it was she who was the soloist at the closing ceremony of the Paralympics in Sochi. The performance was watched by many, including in the girl's homeland, in the Republic of Adygea. Now Nafset is flying to Maykop to give a concert and receive the title of Honored Artist. She will meet with relatives, journalists, spectators, officials of all stripes. For them, she is her own, local, Adyghe. Pride of the Republic.

The film tells about the unusual fate of a working man. The hero of the film graduated from an agricultural academy in his youth, studied as a veterinarian and wanted to do science, but his collective farm, where there were 40 thousand sheep, fell apart and he had to retrain as a welder.

A film about the amazing nature of Russia and no less amazing relationships with it.

The short documentary was filmed entirely on a mobile phone camera. It is about volunteering to help homeless people in St. Petersburg. The author, a sociocultural anthropologist who studies the phenomenon of vagrancy and homelessness, has been a volunteer at the Nochlezhka charitable organization for three years. The film is an attempt to briefly go beyond the circle and look at this activity from the outside.

A film about the nature of southern Kazakhstan and a Dzhambul photojournalist who takes pictures of animals and flowers in his spare time.

After the Revolution of Dignity, Anton returned to his hometown Kryvyi Rih. He started fighting the corrupt Soviet-minded local government. The system is fighting back with smear campaigns in local media and litigations against him. One of the relevant issues for Anton is arranging proper public transport work in Kryvyi Rih, the city which is known as the longest city in Europe.

A documentary film about the first program in Russia to restore the population of Przewalski's wild horses in the Orenburgsky Reserve and the role of this program in the conservation of steppe ecosystems.

The film is dedicated to the housing policy of Paris and its suburbs, where peach orchards stretched until the 20th century, and after that mass standard quarters appeared, in which most Parisians live. "Maison d'être" is not only a study of the urban structure of the outskirts of Paris, which today is going to be completely renovated, but also a sentimental journey into the world of special rituals that unite neighbors into one big family.

The Zamotins are native Muscovites who moved to the village of Myshkino, Ivanovo Region, in 1986. They raised 9 children. Now all the children are adults, most of them live and work in Moscow, but Myshkino always remains their home. Watching the inconspicuous way of life, you can see a deep attitude to the life of each member of this family. Alexander Nikolaevich is very worried about the fate of the Russian state, and knows how to restore the monarchy, which, in his opinion, is the only possible system for the prosperity of the Motherland.

Moscow choreographer Anatoly Emelyanov and his family move to live in the village of Kuzmino, where he revives life on earth and opens a ballet school for local children.

A folk film about the Kaluga land, where fate and time are intertwined, a feat in the Great Patriotic War and a choice in the present.

Spitak is the city of the dead. Thirty years ago there was a terrible earthquake. Tens of thousands of people died, and the survivors seemed to be frozen in that time forever. Manukyan's father and son live next to a huge cemetery, and it seems as if some unknown force is preventing them from escaping from hopelessness and poverty.

Festivals:

- Russian Film Festival "Window to Europe" (2020, Russia, Vyborg)
- Visions du Réel International Film Festival (2020, Switzerland, Nyon)
- Russian Film Festival in New York, Jury Diploma "For Humanism in the Modern World" (2020, USA, New York)
- Portobello Film Festival (2020, UK, London)
- KIN International Women's Film Festival, Jury Diploma (2020, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Open Film Festival "Kinoshock" (2020, Russia, Anapa)
- International Festival of Audiovisual Anthropology "Days of Ethnographic Cinema", Diploma of the Jury, (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- International Festival of Films and TV Programs "Radonezh", Diploma "Special Mention of the Jury" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Baikal International Film Festival named after V.G. Rasputin "Man and Nature" (2021, September, Russia, Irkutsk)

The film reveals the point of view of the protagonist "Alexander", who works as an ordinary seller at the "Specific Market" in the city of St. Petersburg, about how a person born in the USSR lives in modern society. Filmed in 2019 in St. Petersburg.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Soviet singer Mikhail Ryba. In the 50s and 60s of the 20th century in the USSR, his voice thundered in films, on the radio and from the stage. The film is about the tragic and joyful events of the singer’s life, in which his personality is revealed against the backdrop of time and history.

The film tells about modern youth and their attitude to the Great Patriotic War. The protagonist comes from a Russian city to a Belarusian village, where, together with a friend, he finds out how his great-grandfather ended up in a German concentration camp as a child. The difficult village life, joint work and rest, rafting down the river in search of a village burned by the Nazis unite the friendship of the guys even more. Memories of living participants of past events reveal to friends the secrets of the past, which can no longer be read in history books.

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

There are three protagonists in this story, three dramatic artists who are forced to work outside their specialty. One is engaged in pedagogy, the second became a massage therapist, the third became a make-up artist. The authors of the film, together with the characters, are trying to answer the main question, how can an artist live without a stage?

Dmitry Badyarov, a virtuoso violin maker and zealous musical perfectionist, has come a long way from a childhood dream of an impeccable melody to the true heights of the craft, becoming an example of incredible perseverance and diligence. In his wildest fantasies, he overcomes the imperfection of the world, achieving a unique fusion of matter and spirit in his work, creating unique musical instruments that give rise to bright, amazing voices surrounded by endless expanses of nature. Stepping on board a sailing yacht, Badyarov embodies the eternal human passion for the ideal and finds inner harmony, going out to sea with a violin in his hands.

Official selection: Sose IFF 2018
Official selection: IN-EDIT Festival NL 2019