"Marian Hertz: Model and Ideal Mother", this is how the director's grandmother was presented in a glossy magazine of the 50s. His father, uncle and aunt smile ironically when they see this headline, because their childhood was far from ideal, they ended up in an orphanage when they were very young. And now the relationship with the 95-year-old mother is extremely difficult. Soon after his father completely broke off relations with his grandmother, Tom goes to South Africa at her invitation, where she started a new life some time ago. And he finds answers to painful family questions and new experiences there.

Yuri and Alexander are veterans of the Afghan war. For many years they have been celebrating Victory Day together.

The film explores how two ideas can simultaneously coexist within one person: religious and political. Lydia Fedorovna is a deeply religious person, she knows the commandments by heart, including commandment #6 “thou shalt not kill,” but this does not stop her, sitting in front of the TV, from whispering “I wish the Ukrainians would die soon.” Surprisingly, the church scriptures contain the answer to this paradox.

A documentary film about the legendary coach of Dynamo Kyiv Valery Vasilyevich Lobanovsky, who for the first time in the history of Soviet sports brought his club to the giants of European football. The film was based on domestic and foreign archival film materials, as well as assessments, judgments and memories of the Maitre of his contemporaries, players, coaches, journalists, fans.

PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE tells the stories of the most emblematic five buildings of socialist times - highly representative for the epoch and witnessing the historical turbulence in Eastern Europe in the second half of the XX century. The National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Moscow State University, Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Palace of Serbia in Belgrade, Palace of the Republic in Berlin are unique architectural creatures made with a lot of courage and a bit of lunacy to remind the people there was an ultimate power and brighter future. Each one is the tallest, the largest, has the biggest clock on Earth, or the most advanced technology of its time. They were the most grandiose enterprises in a time when collective good was the major state policy. Now that socialism is over it's time to go back and reveal their hidden secrets. The film takes a snapshot of the palaces today, as seen through the eyes of people related to them - their architects, former and current directors, ordinary people who worked in them.

A film about great longing and even greater love. Gone and present. The story of two friends who were isolated for a long time from the changes that the country faced in the 90s. Sports, army, prison; sports, psychiatry, prison - two similar fates of yesterday, but two different views of today. Conceived as a documentary, the film was filmed for five months almost daily. Sometimes such details of the life of the protagonists were revealed, which they did not dare to remember even alone with themselves.

A collection of amazing, heartfelt, and sometimes funny stories, each of which is deeply personal, but they all skillfully intertwine around the main character, revealing different aspects of Armenian life. In every country, in every city, and in every community, people are aging and need more care and attention. Mikhail and his friends, at the end of their lives, finally begin to live a full life.

The award-winning story about 82-year-old bachelor Mr. Vig, who has never known love, and Sister Amvrosija, a young Russian nun, who - by chance or destiny - becomes part of his life. 50 years ago Mr. Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, with the dream of turning it into a monastery. Now, many years later, a group of Russian Orthodox nuns are on their way, and Mr. Vigs life-long dream is about to come true. But, nuns have plans and wills of their own, and Mr. Vig must realize that his dream becomes different than what he imagined.

Larysa Kadochnikova is a screen legend of Ukrainian cinema who played Marichka in Serhii Paradzhanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. On 24 February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she refused to evacuate and stayed in Kyiv during the offensive. The film tells the story of her life in those dire times. The story of a new reality where the past, the present, the future, memories, meditations, and dreams intertwine as the war goes on…

Between East and West, between bloody wars and blooming gardens, between nostalgic duduk music and modern jazz, lies one of the most ancient cities in the world. His name is Yerevan. Passed along with all the tests of the twentieth century, he lives, obeying his rhythm and his music.

The brightest example of direct cinema. The most emotional of the series of films shot by the great Robert Drew about President Kennedy. A piercing report from the funeral of a man whose significance is undeniable for the whole nation.

When filmmaker Oscar Harding's grandfather passed away in the rural English county of Somerset, his family inherited an extraordinary video tape – a feature-length home movie from neighbour Charles Carson, which can best be described as "Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". But there's so much more to the man than his bizarre videos. Charles was an inventor, an outsider artist, and a pioneer of death positivity, to name just a few of the filmmaking farmer’s achievements. Charles’ life and work are examined by those who knew him best, as well as a whole new generation of fans who have been inspired by the legacy he left behind.

There are five characters in the center of the plot, and each has its own story. Two are homeless Germans from the city of Telavi. They live in an abandoned factory. One is a migrant from Kazakhstan, a former fireman. Now he plays the piano in a nursing home and tries to start his own household, but he is constantly robbed. The second made a stove that produces electricity. He calls his dilapidated house a symbol of the collapsed Soviet Union, and he calls himself a museum exhibit.

The film tells about Nikolai Vladimirovich Shatrov, a poet. His name is little known to the general reader, because at one time he did not fit well into the "format" of Soviet poetry. And nowadays, when interest in poetry, as such, is practically reduced to zero, it is even less remembered. But in vain! He was an unusual poet, a peculiar person and the "godfather" of Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago. It was he who introduced Boris Pasternak to Jacqueline de Proyart, the same Slavist who took the only copy of the manuscript with the author's corrections out of the USSR.

Most people want to grow up, but few want to be old. This is because aging equals decay, disease and limitations on life. However, does it have to be this way? Or, can we grow very old and retain our good health?

This film is a visual poem illustrating an alternative way of living whose foundations lie in welcoming all and having faith in the goodness of people. Alternating archival film material with new footage, the short film grants a unique insight into the peaceful and sublime ways of the Universal White Brotherhood. Director Alice Fassi and photographer Marco Gehlhar welcome us into the life of a community of brothers and sisters whose philosophy lies in opening their hearts to the light and the greater good.

The starting point for the formation of the scenario was the idea that a more or less objective idea of ​​the driving forces of history can be formed only by taking into account its metaphysical aspect. The direct material for writing the script and creating the film was the book of the Russian poet and thinker Daniil Andreev "The Rose of the World".

An unforgettable collection of characters from all around Europe, stuck between their past and future, for whom their old sotz cars are the most important members of their family - their true favorites, which give them meaning and hope. From the love story of a young couple who met thanks to their love for cars, through inheritance of the one and only car companiоn of the last sexton in a small village, through a girl inspired by pin-up modeling, to the fate-changing political moment for them - when you have to abandon your beloved car to jump through the border to the "free" world. A cinematic journey, made with ultimate attention to its heroes. They love the feeling of freedom, which the growling of their clumsy automobiles gives them. Their journey back and forth the past and the future raises the question of identity and collective memory of some 500 million Europeans today.

An eccentric pilot in the British Armed Forces and his young wife flee a devastated post-WWII Europe and arrive in Eilat, the newly founded Israel’s southernmost town. Situated on the Red Sea, at the intersection of Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, Eilat was home primarily to soldiers, port workers, and released prisoners. Then the Morris Family came to town. In their own secluded paradise, Dr. and Mrs. Morris begin to build their unconventional lives. They set up a British bubble and raise their children in the heart of the desert, all the while keeping a deadly crocodile as the family pet. When a mysterious accident leads to an orphaned young girl, the family confronts a loved but forgotten ghost. Decades later, a treasure of dozens of 8mm reels – all of film captured by Dr. Morris – are uncovered hidden away in the home the family once shared. Through the archives of fully lived and filmed lives, combined with recounting from Morris family members themselves, their unusual and absorbing story unfolds.

Two brothers who managed to escape Soviet work camp, are unable to escape from eatch other. They love but at the same time hate each other. One of them is an artist, the other one pragmatic scientist.