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Lavr 2018. Best feature film
Lavr 2018. Best feature film
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Lavr
Lavr
October 12, 2018
Alina Makarova is a mother of six children, five of her own and one adopted. Her ex-husband is from Ethiopia, which is why all her own children are of mixed origin. Only her adopted son is white, but he is psychologically unstable. Alina's older children realise what complications the adoption might bring, and are afraid that there won't be enough room, time and love for everyone. But she convinces them that it's the right thing. The new boy really turns their life into trouble. Alina shows miraculous patience and pedagogical talents. Her children become her allies in raising the new son. This film is an epic panorama of a fight for love, an ode to motherhood.
White Mama
9
Zosya Rodkevich, Evgeniya Ostanina
Russia, 2018
97 min
Russian
English
The documentary looks into the fate of the girls trapped in sexual slavery. The film unfolds in India, a country that occupies an unhappy first place among countries with the highest volumes of human trafficking. Several prostitutes who became heroines of this film are living in the Red Light district of Mumbai – some time ago they were sold to this district by their own parents. The other plot line of the documentary is the story of a little girl living in one of Northern India’s poorest villages. In a couple of years she too can follow the Mumbai ladies’ path.
Missing Girls
8
Vadim Vitovtsev
Russia, India, USA, 2018
66 min
Hindi, English
Russian, English
Russian businessmen make the first round-the-world trip in the history of Russia on their own helicopters.
Helicopters
8
Dmitriy Kubasov
Russia, 2018
88 min
Russian, English
Russian, English
Every year, on the 9th of May, people gather in Treptower Park in Berlin. They come dressed in their best outfits or in Soviet military uniform. They carry flags, banners and posters. They lay flowers at the monument to the Soviet soldier; they sing, dance and drink. They celebrate the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany. The film is a direct reportage from Treptower Park 72 years after the victory.
Victory Day
7
Sergei Loznitsa
Germany, 2018
94 min
German, Russian
English
A portrait of the artist Oscar Rabin against the backdrop of three decades of Soviet history, a story about confronting an authoritarian regime with paint and a brush, about the limits of compromise, about freedom in an unfree country.
Oscar
8
Evgeniy Tsymbal, Aleksandr Smolyanskiy
Russia, Germany, 2018
89 min
Russian, English, German
English, German, French
Siberia. The sparsely populated village of Krotovo. Farmer Vasily Dmitrievich Abramov lives in the village completely alone, since in 2005 his sons were convicted of murder and sentenced to long prison terms. The film, which was filmed for 10 years, is the last work of the classic of Russian documentary film Valery Solomin. It was completed by his sons Evgeny and Viktor Solomin.
Father and Sons from Krotovo
8
Valeriy Solomin, Evgeniy Solomin
Russia, 2018
56 min
Russian
Dima was killed on the 23rd of May 2013 at the age of 21. Enlisted in the Russian army, he was shot in the head during a military operation in Dagestan. His parents face the void following his death, whilst the army continues to train young soldiers for future missions. The two universes intertwine to portray what Dima's life was like and its brutal end.
The Son
8
Alexander Abaturov
Russia, France, 2018
71 min
Russian
English
The film takes place in the Far East, on the uninhabited island of Rikorda in Peter the Great Bay. The protagonist Fateich, together with his family, takes care of his own underwater farm and extracts sea delicacies, but he is constantly robbed by poachers. The life of a small person, inextricably linked with the world around him.
Fatei and the sea
7
Alina Rudnitskaya, Sergey Vinokurov
Russia, Poland, Finland, 2018
74 min
Russian

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