Mermaid

Mermaid 1997

7.10

An elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.

1997

Steps

Steps 2022

1

One day in the life of a lonely reclusive monk living in a monastery on the top of the town. The only living thing he is attached to is a lemon tree. One day it dries up, and the monk has to go for water through the whole city down the steps of the city to the well.

2022

Grandmother

Grandmother 1996

1

Family history. About how the Grandmother taught the boy to save. Saving another creature, the boy begins to live. Personality formation is taking place (and the boy may not even know about it). Grandma did it all right, but she was tired.

1996

The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks 2021

7.10

An exploration of 20th century Russia, following the fusing of the Party and the state after the Russian Civil War, which opened the doors to corruption, resulting in the exiling of the left and right opposition. Described using a combination of historical settings, biographies and masterpieces from Russian avant-garde artists, composers and writers from this period in history.

2021

A Room and a Half

A Room and a Half 2009

6.30

A semi-fictional account of the life of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.

2009

Mitya's Love

Mitya's Love 2018

1

A film based on Boris Shergin’s story “Mitya’s Love.” Mitya, a shipbuilder, walked to a theater in Solombala from Arkhangelsk. Along the way, he ran into a wind. Near him a girl, Maria Ivanovna, flew Mitya helped her fly to the theater and fell in love with her. They were able to confess their feelings for one another, but Maria Ivanovna then disappeared. What is Mitya to do? He decided to go around the whole city to find her. In the film, images by avant-garde Russian artists Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova and naïve artists Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maikova are used.

2018

Storm Warning

Storm Warning 2011

1

The story of two shy young people, who happen to have violent storm raving both inside themselves, and outside too.

2011

The Brook That Ran Back To The Mountain

The Brook That Ran Back To The Mountain 2024

1

Dog Mountain, the guardian of a mountain village, falls in love with a visiting girl. When she leaves, he goes into town to look for her. Faceless houses high to the sky, crowds of people, cars. All this turns out to be so much stronger than the hero that he even forgets who he is and why he is here. However, a flock of sheep from a mountain village comes to his aid.

2024

The Lion with the White Beard

The Lion with the White Beard 1995

6.00

An animated film based on the tale of Tonino Guerra, telling the story of the once famous circus duet - the lion and its owner, the story of how the famous lion Amadeo performed in the traveling circus of Signor Peretti.

1995

The Long Yourney

The Long Yourney 1997

1

The film is a journey through a fantastic country in which the erotic images of the films of the great Federico Fellini came to life, and Tonino Guerra himself acted as a guide. The heroes of the maestro’s paintings are sailing on a ship to the Enchanted Island. There everyone goes ashore except two - Federico Fellini and Juliet Mazina. Their wanderings continue.

1997

About the Girl Who Found Her Bear

About the Girl Who Found Her Bear 2002

1

When her parents are gone for their jobs, a little girl goes everywhere around the house to find her teddy bear, instead of playing the piano she was supposed to.

2002

Lola the Living Potato

Lola the Living Potato 2018

5.00

Lola, a six years old little girl, lives with her mom and her 4 months old little brother in a very old countryside house.

2018

Man from the Moon

Man from the Moon 2002

6.00

Triumph and collapse of hope - the whole life of the Russian scientist Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay passes in an instant, at the last moment of earthly existence... Two worlds: the world of civilization and the world of nature exist simultaneously, next to one planet, but it seems that the distance between them is like from Earth to the moon. The film uses drawings and diaries of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, whom the Papuans called the "Man from the Moon" and revered as a deity.

2002

Pink Doll

Pink Doll 1997

1

A careless mother is going on a date with another fan and, in order to brighten up her daughter's loneliness, leaves her alone with a pink doll - the same doll that "wanders around the city and why it is vain to destroy little children". The girl considers the doll to be very realistic, therefore she associates it with herself, and herself with her mother. So begin the serious experiences of a girl who understands that this doll bought off her. At night, the girl dreams a terrible dream in which the doll embodies all her fears... "Pink Doll" creates the illusion of a spellbound fall into the abyss of children's dreams, fantasies and nightmares. The sensual effect is achieved by the game of scale and angle, the nervous rhythm of intraframe movement and graphic thickening of reality.

1997

Anna, Cat-And-Mouse

Anna, Cat-And-Mouse 2020

1

A man spies on Anna, he breaks into her house, destroys everything that surrounds Anna, trying to take possession of her.

2020

Restless

Restless 1970

1

A man gets stuck in a small provincial hotel where strange things happen, and the guests disappear one by one.

1970

The Cabbage Miracle

The Cabbage Miracle 2023

1

This story is about two orphaned girls from a village who are brought to live with a distant relative in the city. Throughout the film, the relative is trying to decide whether to keep them or to hand them over to an orphanage. It is also about the boy Kolka, who has a dream that is completely incomprehensible to adults, which is driving his cantankerous grandmother up the wall.

2023

Nyurka's Bath

Nyurka's Bath 1995

6.00

On the eve of the wedding Mother Nyurka heats up the sauna, and the household spirit makes sure that the whole wedding company get their long-deserved thrashing.

1995