In the film of a classic of Russian documentary cinema village old people recall their lives. In 1948, their village was renamed, more precisely, it was Dark, but it became Light. What has changed?

A paradoxical personality, former police captain Magomed Shamilov is a hero, sage and devout Muslim. 16 years ago, he created the Independent Trade Union of Police and Prosecutors of Dagestan to fight clannishness, terrorism, and corruption in the “hottest” region of Russia, and he himself is surprised that he is still alive. Don Quixote is immortal.

Every May teams of seasonal workers come to Solovki to harvest seaweed. They go out to sea and mow it down with karbas. In October, the remnants of the brigade returned to Arkhangelsk. In the deserted village, there remains a watchman, wintering with a dog.

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.

10 years ago, the mother of many children, Lena, in a sacrificial impulse, divorced Yura and married a murderer sentenced to life imprisonment. Then a film was even made about this amazing act of the “incomprehensible Russian soul”. Now Lena and Yura are together again after painful trials. And these rural aristocrats of the spirit amaze with the depth of introspection, subtlety of feelings, humor and sadness about the impossible.

The sin of murder that cannot be washed away, the mark of Cain, a personal catastrophe. This happened to Vyacheslav Sharayevski 25 years before, when he was a district prosecutor. The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment when a moratorium was placed on capital punishment, but some thirty men sat together in a single room for six months, expecting to die on the 3rd, 13th, and 23rd. A change happened then, like being born anew. This man who was once an atheist, rationalist, and skeptic now became like a babe, a child of God. He owes his new life to an amazing priest, Alexander Borisov. Between the saint and the sinner is an eternal link. How they need one another.

Petr Pavlensky, artist and activist, is in the vanguard of forging social change in Russia. Through an array of courageous performances, he acts as society's conscience in the face of an increasingly totalitarian state. From lying naked in a coil of barbed wire, to nailing his scrotum to the floor of Red Square, his acts of defiance aim to spark debate and catalyse reform.

90s. Two homeless people live on the street. He is a former musician, she is a former journalist. They consider themselves happy because they love each other. The problem raised by the author touches upon the global themes of the meaning of human existence.

Once upon a time a small tribe of men went to battle an invincible tower.

In the Ukrainian South a bunch of men wanders in search of scrap metal. This time they found an exceptionally large prey. Armed with a rope, a ladder and a torch-cutter they dive into the fight.

Festivals:
Artdocfest 2018, Environment
Jihlava IDFF 2018, Special mention of the jury, Between the Seas Student Competition

A woman’s biggest joy is giving the gift of life to a new human being. The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.