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Dolomite and Ash 2024
Dina is a young Russian filmmaker working on a film about Stalinist repressions and the massive intergenerational trauma they caused that continues to resonate in modern-day Russia. Together with her friend Johan, a German sound designer whose grandfather went missing in the USSR during the Second World War, she embarks on a journey to the former Soviet labour camps. Almost deserted, the abandoned lands of Gulag still bear traces of those who perished there. Although this trip becomes somewhat therapeutic for the two of them, it also puts their relationship to the test.

Year of Birth 2023 star_border 7.8
The dreamer Philip is full of wild and utopian ideas. But the pregnancy of his girlfriend Marina forces him to "grow up" dramatically: to find a stupid job, to give up ridiculous fantasies. However, in this form, he is unloved and no one needs. As a result, difficult childbirth makes it clear: one cannot do without his imagination.

Family Budget 2021 star_border 5.6
A friendly family from Krasnodar - mom is a piano teacher, dad is an attraction designer, a blogger daughter and a romantic son - like many, buys an apartment on a mortgage. However, it soon turns out that there is nothing to pay for it. Now, in order not to stay on the street, the Frolovs do anything. To live a week with the whole family for 200 rubles? Easy! Play a classical concert dressed as an octopus? No problem! Become a social media star? You can also be a star. The Frolovs' monetary adventures turn into a comedy course in financial literacy for all Russian families.

Side Effect 2020 star_border 5.9
A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's magic works, but the second honeymoon soon turns into a living nightmare... Andrey gradually recognizes that he is dealing with a powerful evil that possesses his wife, and the price of the psychic's service is Olga’s life.

The Bodyguard 2020

Fidelity 2019 star_border 6.8
Lena is a talented midwife and gynaecologist, her husband Serezha is an actor at a provincial drama theatre. They are close and gentle with each other, but there is no sex. Lena suspects that Serezha has an affair, but she worries quietly and does not reveal her jealousy. Instead of sorting out her relationship with her husband, Lena starts to betray him with chance acquaintances. Gradually Lena’s parallel life gets out of control and changes her original life.

The Humorist 2019 star_border 5.4
The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.

A Historical Mistake 2019 star_border 6
Mexico. 1940. The agent of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) Ramon Merkader comes to the house of Leon Trotsky. Under a long leather raincoat he hides an ice pick. He is here to kill the unsuspecting Russian revolutionary. Moscow. 2019. The modest honours pupil Yura helps his schoolmate Masha in history. They just study Merkader’s murder of Trotsky. The uninhibited Masha decides to tempt nerdy Yura. The director of studies comes into the classroom in the most intense moment. Afterwards the school principal calls in the class teacher of Masha and Yura for a talk. He considers that such an irresponsible teacher has no place at the school and is set to dismiss her. The school bell rings. As if by magic, the endings of these three stories intertwine, giving rise to a new surprising reading of the known events.

New Year, I Love You! 2019
Musical movie almanac of stories about the events of the past year, holiday miracles, new hopes, creativity and love.

I'm Losing It 2018 star_border 6.7
There's two great loves in Anya's life, her athlete boyfriend Zhenya and food. Zhenya is not happy how Anya has been gaining weight due to her eating habits and decides to dump her. But Anya doesn't want to give up and decides to get rid of excess weight with the help of Nikolai, an overweight man obsessed with the healthy living.

The Best Day Ever 2015 star_border 5.3
For a successful Road Patrol Service officer time to start a family, but he lives with his mother. When Petia decides to propose Olya marriage, his official car crashes into drunken pop star.

Name Me 2014 star_border 6.5
A practical joke ends up very wrong in Nigina Sayfullaevas curious youth drama. Two seventeen year old Moscow girls, Olya and Sasha, are visiting Olya's long lost father who lives in Crimea, when they decide to switch places and pretend to be the other person to the father. Little do they know that their joke comes with consequenses that will change their lives forever.

Test 2014 star_border 6.6
Set in 1949 on a remote farm near a nuclear testing site, Dina is living a quiet, unremarkable life with her father until two suitors enter her life.

Shredder 2014
The film is based on real events. Radio listeners are invited to vote for the murder of a famous work of art on the air.

Dog-Rose 2011 star_border 4
The young heroine is bored as she spends the summer with her parents at their summerhouse. Then her cousin comes to visit...

Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode 2011 star_border 8.5
On a deserted railway line two trains have stopped because of repair works. Opposite each other. Time goes by, and movement is still not restored. Among the passengers some strange relations begin to develop...

Lisa and the Magic Layout Release date not available
Seven-year-old Lisa learns that the toy people that inhabit the mock-up museum depicting Russia are alive. But today this model will be destroyed. A little girl and little people have one New Year's Eve to become big and save their little Russia.

Soldout 2021 star_border 8
The music label that the rapper Drumma'K works with resembles a dysfunctional family in which everyone pursues only their own interests. The concept of "Sold Out" is a landmark for every artist. This is not just a successful concert, tickets for which are no longer available. This is a goal, a meaning and a dream, after which a completely different life begins. But to achieve this goal, Drumma'K needs to find his own voice, and not mindlessly copy modern trends. What will be the rapper's creative path and what will he do for the love of his fans?

Le.Gen.D 2021 star_border 7
According to the plot, because of his narcissism and selfishness, the undefeated MMA fighter does not notice how he is betrayed by the closest people. Now professional sports are closed to him. It could destroy another, but for the Legend it is only an excuse to accelerate and jump even higher.

Nastya, Cheer Up! 2021 star_border 9.3
Meet Nastya, 29 years old, designer-architect, married. Five completely different inner selves get along in it. This is the inner child; the hostess responsible for the attacks of all general cleaning; the control-obsessed demanding parent; the goddess of pleasure and a self-confident, daring careerist. Each of them has their own interests and ideas about happiness. They cheat, argue and fight among themselves. But when Nastya simultaneously loses her job, husband and best friend, the five will face a difficult task. They will have to learn how to negotiate with each other and make compromises — all in order for Nastya to be able to say with confidence: "I love myself all!"

To the Lake 2019 star_border 7.4
A grim drama that unfolds against the backdrop of a global catastrophe. An unknown new virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. Money loses its value and those not yet infected struggle desperately for food and survival.

Tolya-Robot 2019 star_border 6.4
One hour dramedy that centers around Tony, an industrious young man with bionic limbs who sets out to do the impossible: restore justice in his hometown and simultaneously win the heart of Masha, an aspiring singer and the town’s most beautiful girl.

Men's Club Release date not available
Igor is the director of the Moscow men's club. His 18-year-old son Petya despises such a business and openly criticizes the values and lifestyle of his parent. However, he is returning from London for an inevitable visit to a seedy establishment. There he meets the main dancer Sveta and falls in love with her. But the guy does not suspect that Svetlana has been his father's mistress for several years.

Anna K Release date not available
Anna Karenina is a socialite and wife of the soon-to-be governor of St. Petersburg, who enters a life-changing love affair with Vronsky, the dashing heir of an aluminum empire.