A film about love that blooms without shame on any heaps of rubbish, and when it is, then everything else does not matter much. Yes, I don’t want to live like the protagonists of the film, boys of different ages, their wrapped mother and the old “inmate” father (however, he is the stepfather of one of the four boys). But if you look with an open mind, you understand that they live self-sufficiently and intoxicated, there is no place for cruelty and even harshness. And this life with all its grimaces suits the protagonists quite well. Because it really is life. Regardless of the speculative assessments that we are in a hurry to expose her.

A film director seeks out his childhood friend who sexually abused him when they were both children. He hesitantly agrees to meet and together they return to the repressed past in a brave and deeply unusual tale that breaks a terrible taboo.

In the village of Pervomaisky near Tula, a local businesswoman decided to ennoble the space near her stall. The young artist painted Christ and the Sistine Madonna for her. Everyone turned on the artist and businesswoman, from the administration and the police to participants in Orthodox Internet forums. As a result, on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the entrepreneur destroyed the images of Christ and the Virgin with her own hand. But something remains of the naive fresco. Although not on the wall.

The main character of the film, Lyubov Kostina, was poisoned by the “fascist” since childhood, because she was born in a concentration camp in the city of Swinemünde. How her difficult childhood developed and our film tells.

A carnival-esque portrayal of the Finnish landscape of the soul and abode. This short film is based on the iconic YLE programme People's Radio, and its visual material uses the road movie genre of driving across summery Finland. The film paints a panorama of what Finland looks like today. Its narration progresses through humour into civic anarchy and ultimately also towards a longing for human connection.

The film follows the remarkable Gabi over the course of five formative years as she wrestles with society’s stereotypes about boys and girls. When her family moves from Stockholm to a small rural town, and as puberty kicks in, Gabi must decide whether she wants to fit in with the crowd or chart her own path. A landmark portrait of early adolescence, the film is ultimately about the journey to be true to yourself.

About the 8th quartet of D. Shostakovich. This work is sometimes called the composer's epitaph. The authors of the film tried to see in it reflections of the time in which the great composer lived. However, they say that history sometimes tends to repeat itself.

The leaders of aspiring rock bands on the way to their dreams face the usual obstacles, the routine of everyday life, changes in their personal lives, lack of education and money, and counter flows of other people's interests. These difficulties are banal, but because of them, the protagonists begin to doubt whether I really want this? Am I going there? Did I make the right choice?

What is the marriage of two independent creative personalities? What is a marriage made in heaven” and the cooperation of two completely self-sufficient creators? This film, filmed from inside the living environment of the characters, is trying to answer such questions.

In 1992, during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, the famous Sukhumi monkey nursery was at the epicenter of military events. The fighting took place not only on the neighboring streets of Sukhumi, but also directly on the territory of the nursery. Some of the monkeys were transported by the staff to Russia, to a branch of the institute in Adler. Unfortunately, it was not possible to save all primates. Hundreds of monkeys died, unable to endure the cold, hunger, stress. The history of the monkey nursery from Sukhumi is not only another drama of the collision of the world of people and the world of nature. This is a fairly accurate reflection of what happens to the human community itself in the so-called "hot spots".

About the cardiac surgeon and the largest collector of contemporary art Mikhail Alshibay.

The film is about the long-term relationship between the director and the character of her first film, the French indie artist, musician and director Siegfried, known as Sig. The story is dedicated to the experience of growing up, emancipation and finding their own identity in life and in art. The film raises questions about the nature of the student-teacher relationship, which inevitably involves submission and conflict, and the nature of the director and hero relationship, which is based on love and a little manipulation.

The first time that Hedi and Karl-Heinz meet there’s magic in the air, but they are initially forced to become pen pals. Separated by the Iron Curtain, they have to explore their feelings by post. Disenchanted with capitalism Karl-Heinz decides to move to the GDR. But life under socialism comes at a price: the Stasi informs him that he will only be granted a residence permit if he spies for them. Disillusioned, the couple is forced to rethink. They come up with a plan for Hedi to leave and head to West Germany via Romania. But then everything that can go wrong does go wrong. This story gives us an unusual take on German history in which, for the film’s protagonists, both states – the GDR and the GFR – are simultaneously a reason to escape and the place they yearn to be.

A modern-day shaman sets out across Siberia to Moscow on a God-given mission to exorcise the demon in the Kremlin - Vladimir Putin. On his 8000km journey he is gradually joined by others. How will the Russian authorities react? A Shaman’s Tale is a road movie about political repression in modern Russia.

Political performance art, which provokes and exposes, looks witty and effective in the performance of the Voina art group. This art has brought the group ardent international recognition in the art scene and led its authors to prison terms and arrest warrants. Art that needs smart PR to become a symbol of resistance.

Posthumous portrait of Yegor Gaidar and his time.

A film that tells the story of American journalist Walter Duranty, who worked from 1922 to 1936 as New York Times Moscow bureau chief. Duranty knew the truth about the massive famine deaths in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. But he was silent about it. And he even issued a refutation of information about these deaths leaked to the Western press.

Nikita eats food from the garbage can, sleeps where he can, and dresses in what kind people will give him. Nikita is not homeless, he just has a dream and he is ready to do everything to make it come true.

War doesn’t start and end in battlefields; it originates and is buried in peaceful cities. This film delves into the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine, not by focusing on violence, shelling, or the victims, but by reflecting on the military vehicles that either enter or have long been embedded in the lives and minds of people across various countries.



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Yelena is an activist fighting for the rights of cotton harvesters. Muhabata is a farmer who is struggling with the hardships of rural life. This is the story of two strong women in a society where forced labour is considered the norm.