The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.
The Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon's secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of Russian forces), thanks to a young nobleman Alexey Tarusov. Tarusov joint to the the regiment of Russian lancers, and finds new friends like Lieutenant Gorzhevsky, Prince Kiknadze and Sergeant Ptukha. After the terrible battle of Borodino, they fall into many unexpected adventures...
In this hit Russian musical, a group of friends flaunts Soviet authority in 1950s Moscow by embracing jazz. When Communist Mels falls for Polly, a free-spirited jazz fan, he risks losing his party membership by associating with her rebellious crew.
May, 1945... A young pilot Aleksey Kaverin stationed in Germany is going home to Russia for vacation. The problem is he needs to bring a bride. And not only to himself but to four his friends as well.
By the age of 20, the idol of millions of Eduard Streltsov has everything you can dream of: talent, fame and love. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team and its rising star at the upcoming World Cup. But two days before the departure of the team against Streltsov, an indictment is being made that instantly crosses out everything. Instead of a duel with the ingenious Brazilian Pele, which could become the most spectacular in the history of football, Streltsova will be in prison. Is he really a criminal? After 5 years of camps, will he be able to re-enter the field and prove that he is a true champion worthy of popular love?
The plot tells about the most dramatic chess match in the history of this sport. The game took place in 1978 in the Philippine city of Baguio: played for three months. This match, which got on the pages of textbooks, was replete with incredible collisions. In addition to his rival, Karpov at that time had to face the loss of his relatives, the betrayal of his comrades-in-arms, the intrigues of the CIA and pressure from party functionaries.
Ilya Goryunov has spent seven years in prison on false charges of drug trafficking. When Ilya is free he realizes that the old life that he yearned for is no more. Although he did not intend to take revenge on the man who sent him to prison, now there is no other way out.
To win simpathy of a father of a bride is an impossible mission. A young Chinese man Pen will have to experience this on his own, when he arrives in snowy Moscow to propose to his Russian girlfriend...
Many people believe that there is life after death. Doctor Tirsa is a man of practical and sceptical mind, he never used to believe in such a nonsense as life after death. Until he found himself to be in a desert with the same people as he is. Who did neither belong to the world of living, nor dead. All that happened because of some accidentaly throwen bowling ball. That makes realize Viktor Palich Tirsa, that life which he used to live before wasn't so bad, actually, and he has reasons to come back.
Cast: Andrey Krasko, Gosha Kutsenko, Nelly Uvarova, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Alyona Bondarchuk, Elena Yakovleva
Directed by Karen Oganesyan
Artem Kolchin is Russian Rocky Balboa!
Kolchin is back on the ring! To win a champion title he has to fight a raving Mexican boxer. After the fierce fight the Mexican dies at the hospital. But the troubles aren't over yet, because the dead Maxican boxer was a son to some drug lord…
Cast: Denis Nekiforov, Andrey Panin, Yelena Panova, Anthony Ray Parker, Derrick Ackey
Directed by Anton Megerdychev
The kind, naive and lazy Evgeni and several of his comrades make their way from a Belarus village to Moscow in order to earn money. But the megapolis does not like his kind of people: it turns them into marginal groups. On the way an annoying criminal incident occurs: and Zhenia loses his money, his documents, and his fellow travellers. Trashed, plundered and intimidated, he is doomed to become yet another Moscow vagabond. But a miracle happens: the homeless man from the provinces is taken in by a Muscovite pensioner. The former engineer conquers Zhenia’s heart with his simplicity, sincerity and noble behaviour, and – above all – he removes the pathos from the struggle against the everyday nastiness of the Russian capital... A film about the good and the ridiculous, about people and about Russia.
- World Premiere – the Forum Programme, IFF Berlin 2009.
Cast: Evgeni Syty, Sergei Dreiden, Igor Chernevich, Anna Mikhalkova, Alexander Yatsenko, Nikita Emshanov
Directed by Boris Khlebnikov
Script: Alexander Rodionov
Producer: Roman Borisevich, Ruben Dishdishian
In a village at edge of a large city a girl was born. This settlement was called Settlement. The mother did not know who gave her this present. And it was very difficult to figure out, since there had been so many accidents in her life. Now there are two of them, mother and daughter. They have no names. They run. Constantly, without stopping. The mother runs from the daughter in search of her self, of life, of the world. The girl runs after the mother because she can’t imagine either herself or the world without her. Their run is an infinite line of repeated mistakes, like the melody of a street organ, like the spinning of a top: the ridiculous toy which the mother once gave the little girl. But one day the spinning stops…
– Main prize (Grand-Prix), Prize for the best actress (Yana Troyanova), Grigory Gorin's Prize for the best screenplay (Vasily Sigarev), Prize of the Russian Film Critics' Guild "White Elephant" – Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr", Sochi-2009;
– Special mention (Don Quixote Award) of the International Federation of Cine Clubs – IFF in Karlovy Vary
Cast: Yana Troyanova, Polina Pluchek
Directed by Vasili Sigarev
Script: Vasili Sigarev
Producer: Roman Borisevich, Ruben Dishdishian