A story about the unknown pages of the largest victories of Russian science and technology, about brilliant inventions and strong people.

“Kapustin Yar, the place where Alyosha lives, an autistic boy, is a rocket testing ground. I don’t believe that there are places forgotten by God. And I’m trying to guess the plan that combines human strength and apparent weakness at the same time in one place,” says directed by Arkady Kogan.

Our house immerses into the silence of the night, is covered with long shadows, plays with occasional flashes of the warm flame of a kerosene lamp. Darkness for little Stesha turns out to be a tool for the discovery of another world, sometimes scary, sometimes fascinating. Fragments of vague memories, voices, flashes of light – the precious feelings of early childhood that remain with us forever.

The authors of the film violated the boundaries of what was permitted by choosing a deliberately provocative topic for their work: tense interethnic relations within the framework of one single family, where a native of the former Soviet Union and an Ethiopian girl were preparing for the wedding. The question is legitimate whether the son-director had the right to bring rubbish from the hut to a wide public court. These are the most intimate details of the relationship with your own mother, is one of our fundamental commandments about respect for parents violated here?

The film tells about the exploits performed by Soviet naval paratroopers during the Second World War during the battle with the Nazi troops on the Black Sea.

Walking through the streets of Riga, you meet all kinds of people, some may support Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Depending on where and when you are, these people could be on every corner in the city center. But you also come across those who are ready to resist a possible invasion. Some are more hesitant, others more confident. Do we all - friends, acquaintances, strangers - share the same values? Or are we sometimes interacting with people driven by hatred or completely different beliefs to ours? A passionate defender of Ukraine might find love in Riga, but her thoughts are still consumed by the war she escaped. She’s caught between fighting the enemy and struggling with her own emotions. How can you love someone who might be your enemy? Is it possible to heal from the pain of war, or to escape the grip of grief and anger? This immersive cinematic experience, filmed in one-shot, blends documentary, theatre, fiction, and music, creating a powerful, multi-layered journey. It takes us through a flow of emotions, connecting the past and present, and even finding moments of hope and freedom in the midst of tragedy. It’s an opportunity to explore the emotional impact of war, personal struggle, and the possibility of healing.

Irina Gora, without a roof over her head, at the age of 39 inadvertently gave birth to her friend's son. Vanka turned out to be smart. We have been observing him, eight years old, from the moment of his birth. A kaleidoscope of events: a zoo, marmons, a city bath. But everything in the life of mother and son turned Vanya's letter to Putin.

Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, which motivates them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question about the kind of power the magical world of cinema can have during times of disaster. How to visualize an act of war with imagination? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.

A film about choices in life. Any significant decision can fundamentally change our destiny. What if you're only 16 and the life of another person depends on you? Only standing on the edge of the abyss, you can realize what is really dear to you.

A quarter of a century later, Sergei Loznitsa turns to the dramatic scenes of August 1991 and to an event that has entered modern European history as the moment of the "birth of Russian democracy." What actually happened in Russia in August 1991? What kind of force controlled the crowds on Palace Square in Leningrad? What kind of evidence is presented on the screen: the collapse of the regime or its creative rebranding? Who are these people looking at the camera, the winners or the victims?

The film tells about the fate of one of the brightest political adventurers in the history of Russia, the priest Gapon. Paid agent of the Security Department and at the same time the real leader of the working people, Georgy Gapon turned out to be a provocateur of History. It was "Bloody Sunday" that became the turning point, which was inevitably followed by the collapse of the Romanov dynasty and the revolution. On the basis of previously unused documents, the inseparable connection between the fate of one person and the fate of Russia is recreated.

Forty years ago, a documentary film about Soviet cardiac surgeons was released. Perhaps, for the first time on our screen, doctors reflected on the value of human life, talked about their experiences caused by the death of a patient, about the imperfection of Soviet medicine, the lack of knowledge and responsibility of doctors. For forty years, medicine has made an incredible breakthrough, but the moral problems that plague doctors have remained the same. “You can’t get used to death” is the leitmotif of the paintings, old and new. The film was awarded as the Best Non-Fiction Film at the Russian Film Festival "Window to Europe" - 2016.

Everyone sees them only as criminals and forgets that they are children. This film is about the fate of teenagers who have committed crimes. They are in a special closed institution and for the first time in their lives they don't have to fight for existence, they don't have to survive. For the first time, they may be who they are, just children.

A film about soloists of the Mariinsky Theater Diana Vishneva and Farukh Ruzimatov.

The film tells about the "devil's layer cake" of the German occupation regime during World War II, about different attitudes towards the occupiers, which forever divided people into two irreconcilable camps.

The whistling of klaxons, the cries of street beggars, howling, screeching, dirt, an endless panorama of faces, streets, cities, roads. A poor and such a foreign country. For several months now I have been following the girl Katya around India with a camera. Where and why is she going?

The film is dedicated to the first and last president of the Soviet Union, Nobel laureate Mikhail Gorbachev. The film was shot in Moscow, Berlin and Rome, at a reception with the Pope in the Vatican and in the homeland of Gorbachev in the Stavropol Territory.

Through rare archival footage and a dramatic first-person re-enactment of one of the biggest Cold War muddles of the 1970s, Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka tells the tale of his desperate jump to freedom.

A documentary about military pilots who had to make a difficult choice. With the collapse of the USSR, their regiment, along with the Crimea, went to Ukraine. Take an oath to a new country for the second time or leave your native airfield to the north, leave your apartments and even your family? But what if the plane of the former Soviet republic is in the sight? How to fight against former fellow soldiers? The recent tragic events and air raids in the Donbass, as well as the annexation of Crimea to Russia, again forced the pilots to think about these issues. The film received the Grand Prix at the Open Documentary Film Festival "Russia" - 2016.

Walks around Moscow with actor Alexei Batalov as a host. Estates, theaters, museums, temples, parks, squares, streets, squares. Each of the series of the cycle offers an interesting story about different places in Moscow.