In 1790, Alexander Radishchev published the book "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow", in which he fearlessly exposed the vices of his time, more precisely despotism, corruption, poverty and lawlessness of the people. For his freethinking, the writer was sentenced to death, which, by the monarch's mercy, was replaced by a 10-year exile to Siberia. The film crew decided to repeat Radishchev's route and see how people live today on the side of the federal highway M10 "Russia", which connects the two capitals. How has Russian life changed over the past two hundred years? Have we started to live better? Richer? Freer? The answer is in the documentary road-movie "Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow: a special way". Chapter 4 (which we bring to your attention) is devoted to the city of Torzhok.

For the 5th anniversary of the Dozhd TV channel, the first creative producer of Dozhd, Vera Krichevskaya, wanted to share with you stories about how the channel changed along with the country. And as a result, a whole documentary series turned out from this idea. It is much wider than life inside the Dozhd. Five episodes about every year of the life of the Dozhd TV channel. In the 5th episode, all the most important things that happened in the life of Dozhd in 2014 - the Siege survey, Timur Olevsky got lost in the Donbass, the investigation of the missing paratroopers in Ukraine and Dozhd's moves from Krasny Oktyabr to the apartment.

Why do people need such a complex brain and how did we get it? Does a person really use only 10% of the capabilities of the brain, and is there a limit to human mental abilities? How are the brains of men and women different? How are feelings born, and can they be detected with the help of technical means? The leader of the project, the famous scientist Alexander Kaplan, with the help of experiments and illustrative examples, will give answers to the most popular questions regarding the work and structure of the brain.

Since May 2012, for almost two years, directors Alexei Pivovarov, Pavel Kostomarov, Alexander Rastorguev, and with them the best young documentary filmmakers have been following the most current events in Russia and posting short videos on the Internet almost every day. "Term" became an alternative to openly propaganda television reports and an experiment in the format of "documentary news", when the authors tried to see its living, human side in every significant event.

Documentary verse. One day in the life of the last narrow-gauge railway passing through the mountains of the Caucasus. There are people of different ages and strata in the car, their conversations and a lone driver, who has been traveling on the replacement of his best friend for 20 years after his death.

Two young Muscovites, yesterday's students, work "on the Internet", do not really know what they live for, do not really understand their country, and do not really see prospects in life. The TV was buzzing all ears about the Great Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi, so they rent a car, buy tickets and drive across the country to see the competitions, the sea and Russia beyond the Moscow Ring Road.

The history of the formation of Russian television in faces and memories.

From the village of Nikola-Lenivets to the village of Zvizzhi 20 minutes on foot. Nikola-Lenivets is the venue for the fashion festival of landscape objects "Archstoyanie". Zvizzhi is the place of residence of Valka, Lyudka, Zhenya and the sixty-year-old "Kukolka" (doll) Natasha. "Kukolka" lives with Valerka, who served time for the murder, because he knows how to repair electrical wiring. Valerka himself goes to spend the night with Zhenya. And Valka, Lyudka's former nanny, now drinks industrial alcohol with her in the garden.

The protagonist of the film is Danila Zaitsev, an Old Believer born in China, a citizen of Argentina who has traveled almost the whole world. What was he looking for? What were you striving for? Why was he saved? Danila wrote a book about his travels that won a prize in Russia.

Three stories about men of different ages and professions who extract gas from one of the fields on the Yamal Peninsula. For them, this is the only opportunity to earn decent money, and in order to support their families, they are forced to leave them for a long time. Watching the heroes, we are trying to understand what pulls people north and keeps them there? How do they deal with difficulties? Is the money they earn worth the trouble they have?

Thirty-year-old Igor, who received two higher educations, has been living illegally in the Chernobyl zone for seven years now. All he wants is to find peace and an opportunity to move away from civilization. Igor is tormented by a number of psychological problems, both personal and global. A harmonizing world, eternal emotionality and the existential mystery of human existence coexist in it at the same time. Igor is surrounded by elderly residents of the Chernobyl zone. They seem to live in an unreal Atlantis, from where even the war going on in Ukraine seems to be something unreal, taking place on another planet.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

A film about a doctor, about Dr. Lisa Glinka. About a woman who feeds and heals outcasts and the homeless, regardless of their nationality and citizenship. She alone does not receive a salary in the Fair Aid Foundation organized by her. There is nothing in her behavior from a dull worker of the state "mercy service". Dr. Lisa is an energetic, cheerful and charming person who just loves her job very much.