In 2022, Mantas Kvedaravičius went back to Ukraine, Mariupol, at the heart of the war, to be with the people he had met and filmed in 2015. Following his death, his producers and collaborators have put all their strength to continue sharing his work, his vision and his films. Having a PhD in anthropology, Mantas Kvedaravičius wanted his testimony as a filmmaker be free from the agitation of the media and the politicians. With huge force and sensitivity, “Mariupol 2” depicts life as it continues amidst the bombing, and it reveals images that convey both tragedy and hope.

The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic declared itself an independent state in 1990, but has not been recognized by any country in the world since then. More than 20 years have passed, the economic situation in the quasi-state is difficult, social discontent is growing due to the arbitrariness of the authorities, political activity is increasing, especially on the eve of the elections, in which the incumbent president, Igor Smirnov, who has ruled the country for 20 years, again puts forward his candidacy. His opponents defend various interests, but absolutely all of them are turned towards Russia and vying with each other express their boundless devotion to their potential homeland, which is in no hurry to reciprocate tenderness.

On June 10, 2013, with a budget of 100 rubles a day, hoping to hitchhike, I set off from Moscow to the east of Russia. The final goal was Vladivostok. It was necessary to overcome the distance of 9200 km. I was not limited in time. With the people you will see, I spent a few hours, with someone a few days. But I did not know any of them before this trip.

Denis and Ekaterina are going to get married. They still have so much to understand, namely, on which finger the ring is put on, what items will be in the wedding contract, and also that it is impossible to become spouses without the traditional rite of blessing by parents. They want to hold a celebration in European style, but relatives insist on a loaf and traditional competitions with collecting money in sliders. You will see what a real Moscow wedding really is and what the spouses really do immediately after the end of the event.

An intimate cinematic odyssey on family, love, lies, betrayals and everything in between.

Masha is a bright girl who knows the value of her beauty and charisma. The price is so high that she can afford not to work, have a car, an apartment, live in the center of the capital and not worry about anything. It would seem, what else can you dream of? However, Masha's soul asks for more, money and expensive gifts for some reason no longer bring happiness. And one day fate gives her such a chance. Masha starts a video blog on Youtube, where she tells the girls about what she knows firsthand, namely, how to get hooked in Moscow, how to take care of yourself, how to meet a rich man, how to keep him. And from that moment on, Masha's life changes dramatically.

Podnieks, as one of the most outstanding Latvian documentary filmmakers, was able to speak directly and openly about his time, society, individual and nation. He sought answers to difficult questions in the nation's past and encouraged self-awareness, seeking ways for a more prudent existence of his people in the future. In the interviews, previously unpublished diary entries, photographs, and film fragments included in the film, the viewer will have the opportunity to follow the twists and turns of the creative personality's growth and be present at important turning points in our recent history. Most importantly, it will be an opportunity to meet Juris Podnieks again and get to know him anew.

Seven years ago, Svetlana Nikolaevna bought a large farm with land and cattle, sold her entire business in the city and left alone 200 km from Moscow. Do new business.

Oksana Shachko is a woman, an activist and an artist. As a teenager, her fascination with religious painting led her to seriously consider entering a convent, but in the end she used her talent to create and promote the FEMEN movement. Between a fiery need to create and a deeply-rooted will to change the world, she co-founded the famous group of women activists, which has led her from her native Ukraine to the four corners of Europe.

How do new technologies affect the development of cinematography? Good or bad? Is it true that film has a magical effect on the viewer? The authors of the film, together with psychologists from the Higher School of Economics and Moscow State University. Lomonosov are organizing an unusual experiment, which should prove the difference between the audience's perception of a film screening and from a digital medium.

In Russia, the attitude towards death is paradoxically irrational, we all seem to live forever. Entrepreneur Sergei Yakushin is the only reasonable "crazy" who led a funeral "revolution" in his native Novosibirsk. Yakushin himself turned to face death after being diagnosed with advanced cancer 15 years ago. And they gave me a year to live.

The protagonist of the film is a former member of a criminal group, has several convictions behind him. The criminal path began with a juvenile colony and eventually led him to the brink of death. Is there a chance to return to normal life if the point of no return is passed, and you yourself become a god for yourself. “I did not return by myself,” admits the hero of the film.

A fantasy film about the great actress of Russian cinema Margarita Terekhova. The transience of human life, like a dream, in which reality and art, personal joys and dramas are intertwined with the feelings and emotions of the characters played.

The documentary chronicles stories of two Kyrgyzstan families whose sons perished serving in a war against Ukraine. Their grief warps the world to the point where nothing makes sense – manual activities have their own logic that might offer a salve when nothing else will. But every this action seems to help parents forget that the death of their sons in someone else’s war was in vain.

A descent into Eastern Europe's haunted woodlands uncovers the secrets, fairy tales, and bloody histories that shape our understanding of man's place in nature.

On March 29, 2012, massive anti-government strikes took place in Spain against the government and its far-reaching economic austerity plans. In the very center of Barcelona, ​​protesters were rebuffed by police officers who pacified the crowd with rubber bullets. Everywhere people crowded, fires broke out every now and then, and the doors of offices and shops were closed. The only building whose doors remained open was the Opera House, where Ludwig Minkus' Don Quixote was given that day. On this very day, 32 students of the creative documentary workshop from Pompeu Fabra University took to the streets with cameras, along with their master Victor Kossakovsky, to film a film that captures the day's events. The end result is a "ballet film" consisting of shots of streets and squares taken from various angles. The image is accompanied by music by Minkus, which creates an alienating effect when viewed.

Three times a week, 15 women travel from different parts of the city by public transport, with transfers to a small club located in a former kindergarten. Here, on the outskirts of Minsk, is the only place in the city where they can take dance lessons for a nominal fee of 3,000 Belarusian rubles. The program includes belly dance, tango, blues. The students are no longer young, all at least 50 years old. Each of them had a very difficult life. Having gone through all the hardships, these women have not forgotten how to enjoy life and are still waiting for their "prince".

This film is about the life and fate of one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Grossman's novel "Life and Fate" was arrested on February 14, 1961, three years after the massacre of Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" and a year and a half before the publication of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Solzhenitsyn in Novy Mir. Grossman died shortly after Roman's arrest. His fate was taken from him, but "the manuscript did not burn." Although it could. The film shows for the first time documents from the "Special Folder" by Vasily Grossman, kept all these years under the heading "Top Secret".

My granny Zina had lived in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and, after retirement she moved to Crimea. Cheerful and bossy, she has always been uniting our big family. After the Ukrainian revolution and the annexation of Crimea by Russia, visiting her became an endless hustle. The family was separated, Crimea turned into 'a distant planet’, like Mars, and its’ environment became unfriendly towards grandmother. The same old place... with a new culture, symbols of state, music and propaganda. What a time to be an old lady! Trying to fit into a new environment she ends up feeling mixed-up and lonely. The entire family manages to come for the celebration of granny's 80th anniversary and help her to make a crucial decision.

Documentary triptych about homeless children who survived drug addiction, grew up and began to live an adult life. One of the heroes goes to his native village in search of his mother, but no one wants to help him. Another protagonist, a pregnant girl, wants to give birth to her child, whose childhood will probably be even worse than hers. But her own sisters force her to have an abortion.