Through following the twists and turns of three generations of women in the Russian-speaking Latvian film director’s family, the film attempts to look at the reality of the half-million community of Latvian Russians. It is the story of a grandmother – a veteran of the World War II who came to Latvia in 1955 in search of a better life, a mother – a lecturer in a University, and an eighteen-year-old daughter – young artist. The film tries to find out whether this family has managed to find its place in the society after 30 years of living in an independent country.

In 1941, in the village of Bolshoy Priklon, while seeing her husband off to the front, a woman bartered 5 glasses of tobacco for him, but did not manage to hand it over. She kept this tobacco for a long time, hoping that her husband would return, and when very harsh times came, she changed tobacco for food in order to feed her eight children. After that, she was arrested on a denunciation as a speculator and sent to the camp along with the youngest, just born son. Since then, seven brothers and sisters have been looking for their younger brother, who, if he survived, could not remember anything about himself. This story is not only about separated twin brothers Miklos and Tibor Blaer. It is about everyone who was crippled by the war.

"We propose to look at the history and present day of the Kremlin through the eyes of people who have served the Kremlin for years. The film consists of five episodes. The first is the preparation of the Kremlin for the New Year, the second is dedicated to the Kremlin as a presidential residence, then the Arsenal and military history, the fourth is about symbols, the fifth series talks about the Kremlin as a museum. For example, a woman spent her whole life studying the Monomakh's hat. She, this keeper, talks about this hat like that! However, you need to watch the film," says Vitaly Mansky.

The fate of Kamenny Island on Lake Kubenskoye and the fate of Alexander Pligin, a Vologda resident, a talented engineer, a master of sports in jumping, a father of three children, have become inseparable for some time. And even death is not a hindrance.

The "otherwise gifted" son of a village priest really wants to look at the world from the bell tower of his father's church. But he cannot overcome the fear of the unknown on his own, and then his mother comes to the rescue. For whom will this rise be a feat? And what is the feat of life "cross" or "blessing"?

The fate of Russian women who married foreigners and went to live in a foreign country. The happy story of Laura Yablochkina and Tonino Guerra, the dramatic story of Albina, a girl from Kemerovo, and Chai, who, due to tragic circumstances, had to move to a small town in Vietnam, the story of Elizaveta Kishkina, the wife of Mao Zedong's associate Li Lisan, who spent 8 years in a Chinese prison .

It has become commonplace that fools and roads are Russia's main disaster. Clever, but petty. We must finally look at the root. The first age-old trouble is power. The second, equal in size, is the people.

This is a documentary about a renowned precentor and a church composer Irina Denissova who suddenly becomes a nun in the apex of her career. At the same time, this is a film about God's love towards man. It seemed that a tragedy had occurred: a family of two prominent musicians was ruined, and Irina was abandoned by her husband while struggling with a serious disease of her son. However, she finds a new sense in life rather than being with her beloved husband all the time. Her life is now aimed at being constantly with God. Then, through the prayers of his mother, her son receives a miraculous healing and all her three children embrace faith. The second life of the main character - the one after the tonsure - turns out to be no less abundant, interesting and creative. According to the director of the film, a monastery is by no means a confinement, and the life of the persons who wear black monastic robes is much richer than we can imagine.

A film about a generation of thirty-year-old men who left the sport, formed as individuals in the criminal 90s and live in the era of the new Russian stagnation. "Hankering" is a day of their life, their view of the state of things, their ways of overcoming "traction". The film is the winner of the Main Prize of the festival "2morrow/Tomorrow".

Berlin, 1920-1930s. A colony of Russian cinematographers is creating film production on a truly Hollywood scale. Hundreds of studios, dozens of "stars", European blockbusters.

An attempt to comprehend the changes that have taken place in Russia with people over 100 years, realized in the unusual genre of comparing the current reality and photographs taken at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The photographs, taken by Russian realist photographer Maxim Dmitriev, were printed as large posters and traveled with the film crew to the places where they were taken. People of different classes, social groups and professions consider "themselves" a century later and talk about life and about those they see in the photographs.

The Samodurov family lives in the village of Uglyanets, Voronezh Region. Shura and her brothers Alyosha and Petya are blind from birth. After the death of her parents and older brother, Shura refused to take her sick brothers to a psychiatric clinic. For the last 10 years they have been living together.

The film is a parable about the curse sent by the ancestors.

Kunashir, one of the biggest islands of the Kuril Archipelago, is situated 16 kilometers from Japan. It was occupied by the Soviet army in 1945. One year later, after a short period of cohabitation, 17.000 Japanese and Ainu people who were living in the Kurils and on Sakhalin were deported to the island of Hokkaido. Since that time Japan has been demanding the return of the Kuril Islands. A peace treaty between the two countries still has not been signed.

The story of five cashiers who work the same shift in a supermarket, in Tel Aviv. Most are immigrants from Russia, others are native Israelis. The film follows their relationships, the mutual support and solidarity, dealing with the management and customers, their difficulties making a living and their working conditions, as they try to change their fate. ''Super Women'' is a beautiful example of cinéma verité and a special peek into a hidden world.

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Best Cinematography Award & Special Jury Mention: Doc Aviv International Documentary Film Festival - Israel 2013
Best Documentary Jury Award: International Women's Film Festival Rehovot - Israel 2013
Honorary Mention: Dok Leipzig International Film Festival - Germany

A film about one of the leaders of the second Russian avant-garde, an outstanding artist Dmitry Plavinsky, our brilliant contemporary.

A tour guide, a military man, a bank clerk, an aircraft mechanic and dozens of other restless men from all over Ukraine gather every autumn in Uman to work during the Hasidic pilgrimage for the Rosh Hashanah holiday. For four days, tens of thousands of Hasidim in a festive mood, with songs, dances and a huge amount of luggage, come to this tiny town in a continuous stream. For four days, local "porters" sleep for 3 hours in makeshift halabuds on the side of the road, and the rest of the time they carry tons of cargo on themselves in order to earn their two-month salary in a short time. Along the way, they constantly have to seek mutual understanding with an almost "alien" client and with each other. But it’s hard to upset them with something, because they are sure: “God knows what he is doing.”

A biopic documentary about Boris Nemtsov, whose whole life, starting from a young age, is tightly intertwined with the history of the new Russia. The main voice of the film is the voice of Nemtsov himself, a compilation created by the authors from archival radio and television interviews. At the same time, the film is built on unique archival footage and memories of major figures of the 90s. Among the narrators are Tatyana Yumasheva, daughter and adviser to President Boris Yeltsin, Valentin Yumashev, head of the presidential administration, Yeltsin's press secretary Sergei Yastrzhembsky, businessman Mikhail Fridman, politician Grigory Yavlinsky and many others. This is not only a biography of Boris Nemtsov, but also a film about the history of Russia over the past 25 years.

What is a war in the Far North and how can military operations be carried out among ice, rocks and bad weather? Many facts of the Great Patriotic War in the Arctic were hushed up for long Soviet years, there were too many losses and shortcomings. Admiral of the Northern Fleet, 34-year-old Arseniy Golovko, describes in detail the ups and downs of the beginning of the war in his diaries, which are now being restored for publication by his son Mikhail, who served in the Navy.

More than 6000 km from the Russian capital. Coast of the Chukchi Sea. Enurmino village. Getting here and getting back out is only a miracle. But if you ask questions, where is the real Chukotka, then the answer is obvious. Here!