In 1917, during the Bolshevik Revolution, hundreds of families, partisans of the tsar and fallen imperial Russia fled across Europe. One hundred years later, nostalgia for the motherland is still alive.

An implanted instructor conduct knife fighting classes. Personally, for him this is a special way of knowing the limits of his capabilities. How to be on a par with an opponent much better than you? Not to let him hurt you or to get a close combat, which means to make vulnerable not only him, but also yourself?

A year before the war, Russia experienced a wave of mass protests triggered by the arrest of Alexei Navalny, a politician detained upon his return to Russia after an assassination attempt by FSB agents. Protesters and allies of Navalny fell under the weight of repression. Over 180 people from various parts of the country faced criminal prosecution, many organizations were forced to shut down, and a wave of political emigration began. The domestic repression served as a foundation for the onset of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, suppressing the voices of those who could have spoken out against it. OVD-Info tells the stories of the participants in the Palace Case, the most massive politically motivated criminal campaign in Russia before the war. We produced a documentary about five individuals: IT developer Alexander Federyakov, student Anastasia Ponkina, university teacher Victoria Novikova, taxi driver Valery Evsin, and blogger Vladimir Egorov. Political scientist Ekaterina Shulman and lawyer Mikhail Biryukov provide commentary. We made this film to draw attention to all political prisoners in Russia and to show how people who found the courage to protest are living.

During the Soviet era, over 30,000 monuments to Lenin were erected across the USSR. They were typically placed in locations where Ilyich could “see” the fulfillment of his ideals: factories and plants in operation, workers’ living standards improving, and the successful construction of socialism as a whole. In turn, Lenin’s presence was believed to have a beneficial influence on the surrounding area. Flowerbeds were planted, flags displayed, and blue spruces planted around the monuments. These were, in a sense, “temporary portals” leading to a communist tomorrow. How do these “islands of the future” look today? What does Lenin see now? How do the descendants of the builders of communism perceive him? The film is composed of 10 vignettes, filmed in different corners of Russia.

Moscow electronic musician Moa Pillar (Fyodor Pereverzev) and the founder of Ored Recordings label Bulat Khalilov meet in Nalchik and set off on a trip to Kabardino-Balkaria and Adygea. Each of them pursues their own goals, plunging into the world of Circassian traditional music. Fedor is looking for an opportunity to make a joint recording with local musicians, while Bulat increasingly doubts the appropriateness of such an experiment.

On the banks of the Podkamennaya Tunguska, in harsh northern conditions, the people of Keto live, the keeper of a special way of life, traditions and rituals.

Lieutenant of the Internal Troops, sapper Sergey Arakcheev, who was awarded state awards for demining the territory of Chechnya, was accused of killing civilians, fully acquitted by two jury trials and then sentenced by a military court to fifteen years in prison.

Rising star of Voronezh rock music Zakharova dreams of traveling with her band around the world, writing novels and always being in the spotlight. And even more, how to fall in love. Zakharova has two options.

Putin's decision to attack Ukraine on February 24 set fire to Ukraine. The flame of battles in the hottest spots of the east of the country, and the flame in the souls of people who are ready to sacrifice their lives and everything they suffered for the sake of victory. Moldovan journalists Viorica Tataru and Andrei Kaptarenko were in Ukraine during the first attack, walked along the road of war and documented the life of Ukrainians, what keeps the flame of hope burning, how they hide from the bombing and how they help the men who fight at the front.

Mother and daughter are returning to their hometown Belgorod during an Easter week. Mother is trying to find her father's grave. Daughter is looking for locations for her first feature film.

Politics quarreled the Voronin family. Nina Yegorovna loves Lenin and votes for the communists. Yevgeny Yegorovich cannot stand the leader of the world proletariat and votes for the ruling party.

Fisherman Volodya lives in the Abkhazian village of Bambora on the Black Sea coast. A former thief and murderer, today he is a hospitable host and an exemplary family man. The sea became for Volodya not only a source of survival in post-war Abkhazia, but also a refuge from the bustle of the outside world. Children, animals, mountains, grapes, Abkhazia seems like an earthly paradise, but traces of shells on the walls and military helicopters in the sky constantly remind of its fragility.

At any time, socialist, perestroika, after the collapse of the Union, the "red director" Anatoly Kanashchenkov emerged victorious from the most difficult situations. However, now, in order to get out of the unfair game of circumstances with dignity, he needs to lose.

The Kuril Islands still remain a mystery to the rest of the world to this day. The popular science film "Land of People" rediscovers the unique territory of the Kuril Islands, with their unique human and natural wealth. Repeating the route of the first colonists, the viewer will get acquainted not only with the extraordinary beauties of this distant land, but also with the modern inhabitants of the islands, people of outstanding professions, somewhere adventurers, somewhere simply strong and strong in spirit, who live in places far from modern civilization, where there is neither the Internet, nor cellular communication, nor other, the most familiar items of everyday life for a mainlander.

It took nine years to create two feature films. They were conceived as a movie-diptych about Leonid Fedorov and a group of musicians formed around him.

At the end of the fifties, a strange patient was being treated in one of the Moscow hospitals. Doctors could not diagnose him, and meanwhile he was getting worse and worse. But the unusual patient had no right to tell what had happened to him. Mahmud Rafikov was not a member of the security services or a secret scientist. He was a cinematographer, but his name was not indicated in the credits, his films were numbered and not called, and he himself was under a non-disclosure agreement for fifty years. He was the only one filming when Yuri Gagarin landed, he filmed nuclear explosions at close range, and he was lucky enough to survive the release of radioactive elements in a submarine. Korolev and Kurchatov admired his skill. At ninety-one, this only eyewitness remembers every little detail.

Tatyana Makarova is the chairman of the state farm. She has her own methods of working with subordinates.

For the last few years, Matvey and Katya have been living in the countryside. An event occurs in their life that leads to a radical revision of the relationship. The past and the present are intertwined in one confused narrative in which the characters lose sleep, kick each other out of the house, throw themselves into their arms, starting a new circle. And it was at this time that friends from Berlin came to visit them.

What happens in an environment where a 12-year-old boy decides whether to go home to sleep or not.

The Semipalatinsk testing site is a terrifying place that has served as a place for the most horrific weapons of mass destruction ever devised by humanity - nuclear bombs - for a consecutive 40-year period. The Soviet Union's leading scientists and researchers conducted extensive studies on the impact of nuclear weapons on urban areas. They constructed simulated towns, complete with real buildings and even metro stations, to observe and assess the aftermath. These dedicated researchers identified the zones where immediate death would occur, areas where survival was possible but would result in blindness, and regions where individuals would live, but their offspring would suffer from mutations for years to come. They conducted experiments and meticulously analyzed the outcomes, and yet, judging by its current state, it appears as though the entire project was abandoned without a care. However, the film will introduce to you the individuals who will forever remember every moment of those times. They witnessed these nuclear explosions with their own eyes and paid the price for their health for these experiments that were meant to teach us crucial lessons.