In 1982, a fire broke out at the Soviet Antarctic research station Vostok and destroyed the power plant. The expedition was left without electricity and heating right before the onset of the four-month polar night, with an outside temperature of -70 ° C. The polar explorers did not ask for help, because they knew that there was nowhere to find it. In the Soviet Union, no measures were taken to reduce risks in extreme conditions. If critical situations arose, people got out of the situation thanks to their courage and heroism. So it was in this case.

From the author: “Pyotr Mamonov is a genius, one of those who shaped my consciousness, a man whose name for me is a sign of that irreconcilable position that an artist should occupy in cultural and social terms. Quite unexpectedly, I was very close and found a friend whom I seem to understand. This friend turned out to be Ilya, the son of Mamonov. When I suggested that Ilya make a film about him, he immediately warned me that if I wanted to contact his father in this way, then I would not succeed.

In 1829, Gazi-Muhammad was elected imam and began to gather an army, declaring a ghazavat, a holy war against the infidels. Ghazi-Muhammad inflicted short sudden blows on Russia and quickly retreated to the mountains. The first victories made the imam very popular. After the battle in Gimry, the village lay in ruins, the Russians and mountaineers turned out to be worthy opponents. The battle in Gimry was fatal for Gazi-Muhammad, but the Caucasian war had only just begun.

The only time a high school teacher feels like her students at the Unified State Examination is when, with a cheat sheet, she needs to say farewell to chicks that have already fledged for 8 years, leaving their secondary education nest forever.

A young woman, Alfinaz, mother of two minor children, is going on a long journey to meet her husband. He is a life-term prisoner, and his wife is an exemplary Muslim woman who faithfully waits and hopes for her husband's release. A story about female strength and humility, about humility before the trials that have fallen and gratitude to the Almighty.

Thirty years ago Soviet citizens woke up and saw Swan Lake on TV. A putsch began in the USSR: part of the party elite removed President Mikhail Gorbachev from power. The GKChP members tried to tighten the screws and take away freedom from the media. The journalists then fought the censorship and won. In 2021, the profession of a journalist in Russia will be called prohibited: dozens of people will become “foreign agents” and will be forced to leave Russia, and many independent media will recognize them as “undesirable”.

Two are locked in an apartment on the eve of Victory Day. Where others see fireworks, they hear explosions and air raid alerts.

Nineteen-year-old conscript Aleksey was seconded to the northern border part, remote from civilization. This is one of the few border outposts guarding vast territories of the Russian state near the Arctic Ocean. Five more soldiers, middle-aged contractors, serve at the post. Each has its own story and its own secret, which made them hide from the real world in this snowy unreality. But still, colleagues gradually begin to open up to each other. And how else to carry out an absurd service on the northern border littered with snow, hundreds of kilometers from the nearest tree?

From 2001 to 2007, Russia lost more than 3,000 soldiers killed. There were no wars, at least no official ones, at that time. But the soldiers died. Mostly conscripts. The reason is army crime.

Dima Voron and his rapper friends live in Nijni Taguil, Russia. At 23 years old Dima has been working at the factory for 7 years. He composes a light and melodious rap, he is talented, just like his friends. For a long time they thought of a way to success. But the city and the mechanics of the factory create a counterpoint to their hope. It is only through their music that they can express their feelings and dreams.

A film about the fate of a homeless man, launched in 2000.

Old age awaits us all. But if some survive, others live without noticing the years. Our hero is an artist-painter, a person who is not discouraged. He is 79 years old and is still a romantic. He had four wives and countless "muses". And he dreams of falling in love again and then only dying. The main thing for him is the love of painting and, of course, the love of life.

Fear is something that is difficult to explain and difficult to cope with. Every person is afraid of something. I'm afraid of mice. But what is behind the uncontrollable fear of a tiny ball of wool? Maybe the very essence of fear is much more than what one person can describe?

What is so attractive in the underwater world? Why are some of us so drawn to places where it is impossible to breathe? And why even there a person is seized by an irresistible desire to shoot. Once in the water world, many “get hooked” on it, like on a drug, and can no longer do without immersion. But it can kill like any drug. Because everything in life has a price.

A film about the life of the Kulebaki Metallurgical Plant.

Mother of a girl who committed suicide due to bullying at school; yesterday's teens who have experienced bullying; a girl who herself was involved in bullying. All the characters in this film have something in common: pain, complexes, self-doubt, indifference of adults. But the problem can be solved, and the heroes of the film talk about what to do in such situations.

At 16, everything happens for the first time. Life seems infinitely long and happy. 16 years is a novelty of sensations and a sea of illusions. Two teenagers meet online and meet in Moscow to celebrate the New Year together. They are the same sex, which is what makes the situation not quite normal. That doesn't mean it's abnormal though.

For 15 years, Natalia has been working in the city of Kimry, Tver Region, in a workshop where she paints portraits of people on tombstones. Various people come to her. Someone orders portraits for loved ones of the deceased, and someone for themselves for the future.

Dina, who alternates between India, Moscow and Odessa, travels to Naberezhnye Chelny, where she grew up, to visit relatives. And especially a distant relative, the girl Ramina.

Portrait of a 60-year-old stuntman from Rostov-on-Don.