Portrait «Under the Fly»

Portrait «Under the Fly» 2008

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Little novels from the life of the Leningrad poet Oleg Grigoriev. His fate, like his poems, is a flip-flop, where good and evil exist under the masks of each other.

2008

Painful Points

Painful Points 2010

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About an actress who does not play, but through a documentary film tries to dot the rest of her life.

2010

Grumant: The Island of Communism

Grumant: The Island of Communism 2014

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Every year, a group of Russian seasonal workers returns to bleak Barentsburg on the island of Svalbard to perform dangerous work in the mines.

2014

Sweet Life

Sweet Life 2014

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Masha is a kept woman. She lives in Moscow with a support of her rich married lover. One day she begins to make her own video-blog on YouTube, advising other women how to behave with men. This blog starts very quickly to gain unpredictable popularity. The film follows the vicissitudes of Masha\'s life, her attempt to become independent, her travel to motherland (Ukraine) and her fails to find love without price.

2014

Parajanov. Tarkovsky. Antipenko. Chiaroscuro

Parajanov. Tarkovsky. Antipenko. Chiaroscuro 2018

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The poetic film essay on poems by Arseny Tarkovsky reveals the mystery of the fate and work of three prominent filmmakers - Sergey Parazhdanov, Andrey Tarkovsky, Alexandr Antipenko.

2018

Eastern Front

Eastern Front 2017

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Much has been said about the Great Patriotic War (World War II), but more has not been said. This film shows the war with the eyes of the German soldiers. It is the story of an error of fatal choice that has been the cause of the most cruel war in the history of humanity.

2017

Two Sides of One Horse

Two Sides of One Horse 2013

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To understand what is happening in modern Russia, it is not enough to go out and look around, or read news bulletins. If you want to get insight, the best way is to radically change the angle of view and look at everything, for example, with the eyes ... of a horse that serves in the operational regiment in the center of the capital.

2013

Long. Black. Cloud is coming down

Long. Black. Cloud is coming down 2014

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Two young residents of Moscow, recently graduated, hire a car, buy tickets and drive... Their parents built communism, their grandfathers overcame fascism, but for them there is nothing to built and to struggle for. Two young residents of Moscow, recently graduated, spend time on the internet and do not clearly understand what they are living for, don’t understand their country and don’t see a perspective in the future. Television has plagued them with Big Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and they hire a car, buy tickets and drive throughout the country to see competitions, Black sea and Russian countryside.

2014

The Shaman

The Shaman 2020

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How did the greatest autocrat of the 20th century, who perpetrated horrible massacres for decades, manage to win the sincere, devoted love of 20 million people and still keep it burning in many hearts today? What is the main secret of Joseph Stalin?

2020

Felt Boots

Felt Boots 2012

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Once a large bootlegger factory went bankrupt and turned into a small artel. But people did not become smaller. Valenki for them - not just shoes, it's the meaning and way of life. They understand their need. And they work in difficult physical conditions of work in a collapsing building on old equipment. And they do not regret their life, they rejoice to it ...

2012

Dell and His Space to Dwell

Dell and His Space to Dwell 2013

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Once upon a time, a stage director with German surname Dell read from Saltykov-Shchedrin that «Skopin is such city where any person has no reason to dwell». So he decided to create a real theatre there, in Ryazan region, in a small provincial town, «where any person has no reason to dwell».

2013

On the way to Las Vegas

On the way to Las Vegas 2012

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The main character is Karina Barbie, a star of striptease, who invented herself the image of "The Living Doll". The walking encyclopedia of the blonde. Arrived to conquer Moscow from Karaganda. From the movie, the viewer learns that Karina-Barbie is going to move the Madonna and make a pink castle in Las Vegas ... What is hidden behind the mask of a glamorous diva? Does the imaginary image correspond to the girl. Or is she playing so hard that she does not remember her true face?

2012

Pianism

Pianism 2012

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Pianism is the occupation of piano music. Means masterly possession of the instrument. In the life of the main character, the honored artist of Russia, laureate of international competitions Sergey Musaelyan, this term takes a slightly different meaning.

2012