He is a clerk, she – a museum employee. He has come to a small provincial town to help the district governor seize the museum’s land in order to build a new residence. But his meeting with Her changes not just his opinion on the situation, but his entire viewpoint on life...
Cast: Федор Бондарчук, Ксения Раппопорт, Ирина Розанова и др..
Directed by: Авдотья Смирнова
This story is about a love between a journalist.. and a Yeti. Six months ago, somewhere in the Ural taiga, TV journalist Larisa Debomonova disappears. No one knows where she has gone. But let’s watch this hour-and-a-half film to the end. We might be able to detect some tracks...
Cast: Александр Стриженов, Екатерина Вилкова, Кристина Бабушкина, Павел Деревянко, Юрий Колокольников
Directed by: Григорий Константинопольский
There is no theatre-goer who would refuse to go backstage. Rehearsals and creative talks in the wings, parties and intrigues, flirts and tears, success and failure… This is what Viktor Shamirov’s comedy is about. Ironically and skilfully the film tells about the life of a touring company of actors – that life which is hard and cruel, mysterious and attractive, ridiculous and tragic. A small group of Moscow actors goes on tour to several large Russian cities. The circumstances, events and motifs of the heroes are largely borrowed from real events which happened in the lives of the authors.
Cast: Viktor Shamirov, Gosha Kutsenko, Konstantin Yushkevich, Pavel Savinkov, Ksenia Radchenko
Directed by: Viktor Shamirov
Black and white 1960s style. Zhuzha likes the twist and Gerard Philippe movies. Petya plays the dulcimer and loves his Moskvich with the engine of a Zaporozhets. The third person doesn’t like talking about himself, and in his presence everyone else should shut up too...
The film Indifference was created as a declaration of love. Filming began in 1989, but it could not be completed, and the director returned to the material 20 years later.
Cast: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Aleksandr Bashirov, Olga Shorina, Sergey Bragin, Artem Prokin, Alexei Taratorin, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Sazonov, Andrey Abramov, Andrey Romanov, Dmitri Nezhvedski, Inna Vikhodtseva, Nikolay Kokhturev, Elizaveta Buzdakova, Vera Panfilova, Aleksey Kozin, Oksana Litvinova, Yulia Sokolova
Directed by: Oleg Flyangolts
The passengers of an evening flight have fastened their seat belts and are ready for take-off. But the flight is postponed until the morning. The passengers unfasten their seat belts again and leave the terminal. Drops of slanting rain gleam under a streetlight. In a puddle two female silhouettes are reflected. Two women, casual fellow travellers, embark on a journey into the Moscow night... They change cars and their mood changes; they race along the ring road and the boulevards; they cry and laugh: it seems they can do anything during this strange night, as if they had dropped out of real life. They can do anything: suffer, love, hate. There is only one thing they cannot do: part. One single idea moves them, one passion: its name is MAN.
Cast: Vera Voronkova, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Sergey Gazarov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Artur Smolianinov, Pyotr Fedorov, Anton Shagin, Mikhail Yevlanov etc.
Directed by: Alisa Khmelnitskaya, Rezo Gigineishvili
The legendary Shamahanskaya Queen, who has driven many kings and mere mortals mad, has her eye on the king of Kiev. He falls ill with a strange affection for her. But in order to deliver this wonder-goddess safe and sound to Kiev, three strongmen receive an urgent call on their vacation: Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya of Murom. Now they have to decide what to do - all kinds of gossip are circulating about the Shamahanskaya Queen, but they are sorry for the king too.
Cast: Dmitri Bykhovski, Valeri Solovyev, Oleg Kulikovich, Sergey Makovetskiy, Anna Geller, Konstantin Bronzit etc.
Directed by: Sergei Glezin
When the two-metre-tall handsome Jew Simon looks upon his wife Basia and their six children, just as red-haired as him, his eyes sparkle with happiness. Listening to Solomon’s Song of Songs, his oldest son asks: “Father, how do you pay for love, if not with money?”And his father replies: ”With your life, son.”
This film is about love, pure... and tragic, because it takes place in the summer of 1941, when butcher Simon’s family arrives in the small village of Poltava, Ukraine, fleeing from German-occupied Poland...
Cast: Yossi Pollak, Margarita Vishnyakova, Borislav Brondukov, etc.
Directed by Vladimir Savelyev
Scriptwriter: Vladimir Savelyev
Producer: Roman Korenblit
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Casting: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez, Jan Cornet
Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Five paraplegics and a young able-bodied teenager must avoid the pitfalls of the street, stay united and find the force to hope in music. Benda Bilili! – in English “beyond appearances”, is the name of a Kinshasa band which has acquired a global following, having erupted out of the Congo in the past couple of years and taken Europe by storm. From the first rehearsals to their triumph in international festivals, Benda Bilili! is the story of this dream come reality, as well as a plunge into the streets of Kinshasa without a safety net.
Cast: Leon Likabu, Roger Landu, Coco Ngambali Yakala
Directed by: Florent de la Tullaye, Reno Barre
Thirteen year-old Marta has recently moved back to her native region of Italy with her mother and older sister and struggles to find her place on her own, restlessly testing the boundaries of the unfamiliar city. Marta’s only source of socialization is the local church, where she attends a series of catechism classes in preparation for her upcoming confirmation. A gritty exploration of a realistic coming-of-age tale that tackles questions of faith in impoverished southern Italy.
Cast: Yile Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Pasqualina Scuncia, Anita Caprioli, Renato Carpentieri
Directed by: Alice Rohrwacher
Police officer Gromov, surgeon Kaminsky and taxi driver Mozerov are a smashing trio. During the old school days they played in a band called Gromozeka, and as the local rebels were the idols for their schoolmates and horror for the teachers. A lot has changed since then and each of them has their own different troubles: one is futilely waiting for the well-deserved promotion, another is having a hard time maneuvering between his wife and his lover, but the daughter of the third is featuring in porn videos. Despite the long time passed since they saw each other last, Gromozeka is united on stage at a school reunion party in order to play the greatest hits of the 1980s.
Cast: Nikolay Dobrynin, Boris Kamorzin, Leonid Gromov, Yevgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Polina Filonenko
Directed by: Vladimir Kott
Bibinur is already of age, and her last dream does not bring happy tidings. She sees herself, aged five, walking through a blossoming orchard, beckoned by her dead relatives sitting in the trees. Bibinur realizes she has only five days left, and she must use this time to set the old debts straight to pass on to the other side peacefully. Suddenly the usual quietness of the village is disturbed by the arrival of businessmen and landowners who start fixing shady deals. One of them spends the night at Bibinur’s house, where he is about to have several surprising revelations.
Cast: Firdaus Akhtyamova, Ernest Timerkhanov, Ruslan Mustafin
Directed by: Juri Feting