From Oscar nominee Kaouther Ben Hania and winner of the Best Documentary prize at Cannes, "Four Daughters" is a riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood. It reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and performance to examine how the Tunisian woman's two eldest daughters were radicalized.

The film is based on the real diaries of the former Nord-Ost hostage Irina Fadeyeva, whose 15-year-old son Yaroslav was killed during the assault. These are her reflections on the tragedy that happened and her silent appeal to the Russian authorities, which hide the true cause of the death of the child.

For 20 years, the United States has invested almost 90 billion dollars in the development of the Afghan army, but left as losers - just as the USSR left. The civil war continues, "democracy" has not taken root, a peaceful life is a distant prospect. The new inhabitants of the presidential palace promise not to commit genocide and assure that they are not the same as in the 90s. But nobody believes their words. Why has Afghanistan turned into a Taliban republic again and how will the lives of ordinary Afghans now change? Why should we be worried about what is happening in this distant country?

An archive photo from 1940 of a murdered woman trying to save her son with her body becomes an inspiration for contemplating over film´s boundaries - geographical as well as metaphorical ones. People on different sides of the Latvian – Russian border sense the import of historical realities in a completely different way. One side associates it with liberation, for the other side it means the loss of freedom. A well-known Latvian author, Davis Simanis, produces an explosive testament about the tension on EU´s eastern borders.

The tragedy of the theater center "Nord-Ost" in Moscow on Dubrovka, captured by terrorists in 2002, told by former hostages, special forces and negotiators. What do we still don’t know about these terrible events? Even 17 years later.

Piecing together dramatic eyewitness accounts from survivors and first responders, with real-time footage collated from multiple sources, the film provides a harrowing and detailed rundown of the massacre carried out by Hamas that took place at the Nova music festival in Re’im, a few kilometers from the Gaza Strip on the morning of October 7th, 2023. In this moving film, festival attendees and first responders take us through their harrowing stories of survival, the indescribable horrors they witnessed, and their struggle to find their way back to life.

Yura is 23 years old and Lena is 23. They live in Budyonnovsk, play computer games, go for walks and study. They live in the city where Shamil Basayev entered with the militants 23 years ago, and know almost nothing about the events of that time.

October 23-26, 2002 is one of the many bloody periods in the recent history of Russia. And the most terrible days for people whose relatives and friends have become a bargaining chip in this tragedy. What was the cost of all these lives, interrupted overnight by a horrific crime? What do the fates of the survivors mean for a state that does not notice their pain? What do they mean for the people, for whom "NORD-OST" is just a terrible combination of words?

On April 3, 2017, there was a terrorist attack in the metro in St. Petersburg. The underground was closed. The historic city with its narrow streets is stuck in maximum traffic jams. Buses are packed to capacity, people do not fit on the sidewalks. Thousands of pedestrians found themselves in a many-hour urban trap without the opportunity to get home. But random car owners began to coordinate via the Internet and deliver desperate pedestrians home for free. And many institutions of St. Petersburg opened their doors to everyone who needed help. The heroes of the film are ordinary citizens who are ready to help their neighbor.

On September 1, 2004, armed terrorists captured more than a thousand people during a festive parade at a Beslan school. They held the hostages for three days. On September 3, during the storming of the building, 10 employees of the Special Purpose Center of the FSB of Russia were killed. Among them was a resident of Serpukhov, Major Roman Katasonov. In 2020, the construction of a school named after the hero began in Serpukhov.

In Israel, there are over a million immigrants from Russia and other post-Soviet countries, comprising more than 10 percent of the country's population. The significant wave of Russian-speaking aliyah occurred in the 1990s, at a time when hopes for a peace agreement with the Palestinians had largely diminished in Israel, leading many immigrants from the former USSR to adopt right-wing views. In recent years, these views have gained prominence in Israel: there was a belief that Palestinian territories could be controlled through the expansion of Israeli settlements, while simultaneously forging ties with Arab countries in the region, sidestepping the issues of a peace settlement. This approach came to a stark end on October 7, 2023, when Hamas, the radical Palestinian organization that governs the Gaza Strip and is recognized by the US and EU as a terrorist group, attacked southern Israel, killing and taking hostage over a thousand Israelis. In response, Israel launched military operations in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government declared that their objectives were the destruction of Hamas and the release of the hostages. After six months of conflict, the Gaza Strip has faced extensive destruction, and tens of thousands of Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed. Israel's actions have drawn increasing criticism from the international community. Within Israel, opinions vary: some believe that the war must continue until Hamas is completely eradicated, while others think a truce is necessary to secure the hostages' release. Israelis, including those from Russia, are grappling with the question of what the future holds post-war and how to coexist with Palestinians on shared land.

After gaining independence in Kazakhstan, interest in Islam has sharply increased. The vast majority of Kazakhs call themselves Muslims. At the same time, many young people in recent years have become adherents of non-traditional movements. Radical Islam is gaining momentum in the world, and Russia is no exception. What can be opposed to this, how to deal with it? Muslims themselves, theologians, political scientists, historians argue about this. The key episode of the tape is the terrorist attack in Aktobe. The film is based on the chronicle, memories of relatives and friends of those who went to non-traditional Islam.

"I'm very scared that there was an explosion in the subway, people died. I will not forget this day," is written in a child's note at the St. Petersburg metro station, lying among the flowers on an impromptu memorial.