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The Game 1991 star_border 5.4
Ahmed’s father has only a day with his wife and son before he must return to war. With haunting, innocent cruelty, the children play games that mirror the adult world, leading them to discover the harshness of destiny

Aquarium Fish of This World 1990 star_border 4
Aquarium Fish of This World is the story of the relationship between the captain and the boatswain, temporarily written off ashore, with a young guy who dreams of becoming a cabin boy.

Nastya and Egor 1989 star_border 4.5
The main characters of the film are members of the group "Nastya" Nastya Poleva and Yegor Belkin. The half-hour half-documentary tape included footage taken by Balabanov in 1985-1990. In addition to the main characters, the documentary footage captured many prominent figures of Sverdlovsk rock club, in particular Vyacheslav Butusov, Leonid Porokhnyu, and local actors.

The Wavebreaker 1989
Since early childhood I have been playing different games. And the older I get, the more dangerous it is for me to lose, and the more dangerous it is for others to win. God! Leave me one game - hide and seek. This is the only game I agree to play for the rest of my life.

Nonsense. A Story About Nothing 1988
The absence of speech of the characters, and the only dialogue is whistled, because you can feel, but you can't talk.The background sounds like parallel, fictional worlds - worlds that exist simultaneously with ours, but independently of it, especially the sounds of radios (as the reference to the search of "another life" in the radio broadcasts).

Achisai 1988
Lost among the mountains is the small town of Achisai with a mine - the embodiment of the ideal Stalinist paradise.

The Lonely Voice of Man 1987 star_border 5.7
Set in the early 1920s after the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Nikita returns to his hometown to see his partner Lyuba, both of whom are scarred by the trauma of the Russian Empire of yesteryear.

Приговор 1986 star_border 8

Our Dad Mayonnaise 1986 star_border 9
The boy writes an essay at school in which he wants to be like his father - with mayonnaise, i.e. "MNS" (junior research fellow).

Neptune's Feast 1986 star_border 6.6
A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.

You Only Have To Draw The Bow Back 1986
The university exercise film and a rare portrait of Soviet underground subculture in its variety. There are hippies, metallists, Bulgakov house squatters, footage from illegal art festival Love Street organised by Sergei Solmi. Featuring performances by Moscow alternative bands such as "Звуки Му", "Николай Коперник" and "Облачный край".

Yahha 1986 star_border 4.9
A kaleidoscopic living diary of the underground rock scene in Leningrad just before perestroika.

Bosch Envoltation 1985
An extravagant recreation of Bosch's paintings.

Snapshot 1983
A fairy tale-parable on the theme "the artist and the civil war". The photographer and the boy, carried away by one work, the other by posing, are captured. First to the Reds, then to the anarchists.

Whose Are You, Old People? 1982
Kasian Nefedovich decides to convey his last wish, of burying him beside his wife's grave, to his daughter Zinke and spend some time with her. But she doesn't allow him to stay with her family.

Ivanov 1981 star_border 9
A short movie and university exercise filmed in 1981.

The Mulberry Tree 1980 star_border 9
In their first collaboration Melkonian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov film two neighbour families that both claim ownership of a huge mulberry tree growing in the middle of their two houses.

It Still Rotates 1978
Suliman Elnour’s graduation film Wa lakin alardh tadur (1978) depicts everyday life at the time in a school in Yemen.

Six Letters About Beat 1977
A short movie and university exercise about so-called "beat" — that is the name of nascent rock music in Soviet Union. It illustrates the difference between generation of sons and generation of fathers who do not understand the idea of this new culture. Featuring interviews with teenagers, adults and rock musicians. Rare videos of bands such as "Машина времени", "Рубиновая атака" and "Високосное лето".

Africa, the Jungle, Drums and Revolution 1976
Suliman Mohamed Ibrahim Elnour’s diploma film from VGIK in Moscow, about representations of Africa in Soviet society.

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Фитиль (киножурнал) 1962 star_border 9