"De facto" is devoted to the problem of appropriation and re-interpretation of history in a post-truth society. Filmed in Lviv in 2016-2017, it shows a complex picture of the coexistence of diametrically different communities in the same post-Soviet space. The annual rituals associated with the events of World War II, initiated by various political, social and ethnic groups, have the character of a performance and, despite the tragic historical context, often cause a comic effect. The film is a joint work of artist Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair and historian Alexandra Vakhter.

The special military operation has been ongoing for three years. Saint Petersburg remains a calm and peaceful city, untouched by the conflict. The city has become a stronghold that stands in tranquility. But how do people respond to today’s reality?

Sakhalin is a distant island. April snowstorms bring it in, and if you leave from there, then forever. And if you stay, then forever and out of great love. Masha turns thirty, and she still hasn't left. And she still hasn't left. She can't decide. Or decide.

“When I pray in the morning and in the evening, I always ask: I want to die first, and then finish singing!”, Elena Obraztsova said in her last interview. She gave it to our film crew on November 28, 2014. That evening at the Bolshoi Theater there was a Grand Ball in honor of the 75th birthday of Elena Obraztsova. And for the first time, the best voices of the world Anna Netrebko, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Maria Guleghina, Jose Cura sounded on the same stage. They flew in to congratulate dear Elena. And later, behind the scenes, we agreed to meet here, exactly one year later, to celebrate her 76th birthday. Obraztsova herself only silently smiled. At that time, no one knew about her fatal illness, except for those closest to her.

This person is eagerly awaited by everyone from a lonely pensioner to a successful businessman. Andrey Noskov is a plumber in the Moscow residential area Yasenevo. The film accompanies Andrei on calls to clients, penetrating into the most intimate spheres of Muscovite life.

This is a movie about children who live every day with a reminder of war and enemies. This happens in today's Russia, in the city of Belaya Kalitva in the Rostov region. Teenagers take a Cossack upbringing.

Masha and Ilya were born around the time Vladimir Putin came to power. The girl and the boy, just like their friends, wanted to live in a free, democratic and open country. Fighting for freedom and their future, our heroes organize discussion clubs and protest actions, participate in pickets and give lectures, support their comrades who are behind bars, try to change the minds of their relatives, friends and ordinary passers-by in various Russian cities. “Moscow, come out!” shouts Masha at a rally. But Moscow does not come out, it is busy and in a hurry. The centuries-old machine of unfreedom sweeps the boys away. War breaks out. And we all find ourselves in another reality.

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The country is getting rid of stray animals - by shooting them. This is happening because most people in the country are indifferent to stray animals. But there is one woman who cares about the lives of these stray animals. Over the course of 5 years, she has accumulated over 200 injured, abandoned and starving dogs in her home. From discomfort and inconvenience, her neighbors have sued her and have already won twice. At the moment, the heroine is awaiting a third lawsuit, the likelihood of losing this trial is known to many. But she is ready to do anything to save her dogs. Will she be able to save them? Or will they be liquidated by court order?!

The protagonist of the film, Lyudmila, is going through a difficult period of her life. She lost her husband a year ago. Once alone, she is stuck on the border between past and present, where memories ring louder than reality.

In the early morning of December 15, 1938, Chkalov arrived at the Khodynka airfield, where he was to test the new I-180 fighter for takeoff. In the flight task, it was written that it was necessary to complete one circle and return to the airfield. But Valery Chkalov decided to go for the second round, and the engine stalled. Chkalov stubbornly tried to start the engine, but to no avail. There is only one way out, to plan to the airfield and go for a landing. Until the last second, he tried to save the plane. There are many versions of Chkalov's death, but none of them clarify the situation to the end. The life and death of Chkalov is the story of an unusual pilot who always tried to act contrary to the rules and orders, to go beyond the limits of the possible.

A person born in a metropolis, accustomed to traffic flows, crowd noise, glass, concrete, stone. This environment is perceived by him as natural. And in a real park, green fields for him are “artificial turf”.

Dina Loskutova, a person with a severe disability, is moving from a psycho-neurological boarding school to a House in the wild, where she can live with other people with special needs and developmental disabilities in the village of Razdolie among ordinary people. How their life develops, about the joys and trials of the first years of free life, this film tells.

Sergey, Natasha, and Lena live in the Siberian taiga on an abandoned recreation base. They are building “Ark 2” — a community where there will be no war, lies, or theft. Yet their spiritual mentor, who has proclaimed himself an apostle, lives in Moscow and cannot always be reached. The silence of the endless taiga leaves each resident alone with their thoughts.

The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station is the most powerful in Russia and the sixth largest in the world. It was built during the Soviet Union from 1963 to 1978 on the Yenisei River in Siberia. In 2009, one of the world's largest man-made disasters occurred at the hydroelectric power plant, which claimed the lives of 75 people. It took five years and 40 billion rubles to resume the operation of the station. And although the exact cause of the accident has not yet been established, the engineers accused of the accident have been imprisoned.

Lyrical sketch about Odessa. Its heroes are the original city itself and its ordinary inhabitants.

Uncle Sasha is a dreamer who lives on an island in a "dead" village, surrounded on all sides by water. He dreams of the restoration of the monarchy and the revival of the wise Russian way of life, trampled by European influence. Every spring he builds a bridge, and every winter he breaks it with ice. Now Uncle Sasha has begun the construction of the thirtieth bridge.

Ukrainian-born jazz pianist, who then lived in Moscow, moves to New York and takes a piano tuning as his day-time job. For 20 years now, his day begins with tuning the note A at 440 Hertz. But can one stop being a musician though?

The ordinary life of an ordinary person, condensed into seven days and two quatrains.
What happens if you go with the flow until the very end? Maybe not much, but it could make for an interesting film obituary.
The text is based on an old English nursery rhyme. The image is taken from Soviet and Russian film footage.

Vera fulfilled her childhood dream by becoming a bear trainer. Having survived the betrayal of her husband, leaving the circus, she fought for the life of her animals for many years, replacing her family and children, but the most difficult test was ahead. On August 31, 2015, a flood hits Ussuriysk, flooding the zoo where Vera's bears were kept. She tries to save her charges, but the price for their lives is too high. "Cage" is a docudrama about how a cage for an animal can be a cage for a person.

Summer 2010. The entire central part of Russia is engulfed in fires. The authors, together with volunteers, go to the very epicenter of events. Volunteers, foresters, firefighters - they are not heroes in the usual sense of the word, it was just their life, their misfortune, and they tried to cope with it as best they could.