Antarctica. What is it, where is it? When life presents photographer Grigory Yaroshenko with a chance to get there and get acquainted with the life of polar explorers, he has no choice. It's like going to the moon. Would anyone refuse? No, no one would refuse... but his wife is expecting a second child, and then his life turns completely upside down. The film is about male self-identification in modern society, about the ability of men and women to accept new challenges, maintain and change their gender roles in the family.

Nadia a 31 ans. Elle a passé la majeure partie de sa vie à fuir. Elle a quitté son village pour le continent, avec un nouveau nom, une nouvelle histoire et un nouveau destin. Des années plus tard, elle décide de retourner dans le village où vit son père et où sont conservés ses souvenirs d'enfance. C'est l'histoire d'une femme qui décide d'affronter sa plus grande peur et, en la surmontant, de se trouver ellemême.

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Nadia is 31 years old. She spent most of those years running away. From the village to the mainland, with a new name, history, and ultimately fate. Years later, she decides to return to the very place where her father still lives and her childhood memories are kept. This is a story about deciding to face your biggest fear and, by going through it, finding yourself.

A story of environmental disaster, a disappearing people, and one strong-willed woman. The once lush Nogai steppe in northern Dagestan is rapidly turning into an endless desert. Gulfira, a humble village woman, is leading the fight against the environmental catastrophe threatening her homeland. Each autumn, the team she leads ventures deep into the new desert for months at a time. Walking kilometers each day, they plant thin rods in the dry sand, hoping the bushes will take root and halt the spread of the dunes. Will Gulfira prevail in this battle against the elements? Can the Nogai people and their land survive?