Sixteen-year-old servant Greg is in love with Sophia, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. The feeling is mutual but Sophia’s parents want her to marry another - a man of high social standing and low moral values. Greg is forcibly separated from his beloved and made to join General Alexander Suvorov’s army. During the legendary Swiss expedition, Greg earns the respect and loyalty of Suvorov and his men by thwarting a treacherous enemy plot, proving that anyone can be a hero if they are driven by love.

The Swiss Adventure

When a plane crashes at sea, dolphins rescue a little boy and raise him as family. He lives a carefree life beneath the waves until an evil monster seizes power over the underwater world. The boy is banished to dry land, where a kind-hearted captain takes him in. With the captain’s help, the boy sets out on a journey to solve the mystery of his true identity.

Dolphin Boy

The movie is inspired by the true story of the making of "Moscow Strikes Back", a documentary film directed by Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov that was shot and produced in an unprecedentedly short timeframe. It won an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 1943 Academy Award ceremony, the first such event ever to give awards for documentaries.The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.

First Oscar

Sergey Mokritskiy (Battle for Sevastopol)

Natalia Mokritskaya (Jumpman, Zoology, Battle for Sevastopol, Corrections Class, Playing the Victim)

The movie is based on the real story of Nika Turbina, once world-famous Soviet child poetess, who got completely forgotten in the 1990s. That's when we meet her: at the age of 27 Nika is full of hopes and doubts regarding her gift. Due to the age restriction, she's got just one shot to enter the Drama School, and that's her only chance to separate from her cherishing and oppressive mother. Acquaintance with a new friend Ivan gives Nika hope for a happy future, but there is still something in her memory that triggers her. Tragically cheerful, painfully confused and desperately believing in love and life after childhood, Nika puts everything on the line to overcome ghosts of the past.

Nika

Vasilisa Kuzmina

Vadim Vereschagin (Row 19, Son of a Rich)

Denis Baglay

Fedor Bondarchuk (Stalingrad, Attraction)

Alexander Andryushenko (Sputnik, Attraction, Ice)

Mikhail Vrubel (Sputnik, Attraction, Ice)

For an athlete, overcoming fears and weaknesses is the only path to victory. The film tells the story of the legendary Soviet boxer Valery Popenchenko, USSR and European champion and winner of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His life was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs - from his childhood in Tashkent’s Suvorov Military School and service as a border guard, to his first victories and failures, and his friendship with Dynamo sports society coach Grigory Kusikyants.

Mr. Knockout

The film is based on a true story of heroism during the Syrian war, which took place in 2015.&nbsp;Lieutenant colonel Oleg Soshnikov and captain Konstantin Muravyov are deployed to Khmeimim air base in Syria. During a combat flight, their Su-24 is shot down. Both pilots eject after the aircraft is hit, but only one of them returns home alive.

Mission "Sky"

Igor Kopylov

Sergey Scheglov

Inessa Yurchenko

At age sixteen, Sasha wants to stage a personal revolution. For her classmate Danny, daring to say “no” to his overprotective mother is already a major feat of disobedience. Danny and Sasha run away together in protest against the unforgiving rules of adult society where they are not allowed to be true to themselves and their young love is forbidden. Freedom goes to their heads, and what initially feels like a fun idea gradually escalates toward committing a crime. The tale of modern-day Romeo and Juliet transforms to resemble a story of Bonnie and Clyde – two young people angry at the world in which they feel like outcasts.

In Limbo

A film by Gleb Panfilov, a laureate of&nbsp;Locarno, Berlinale, Venice, Cannes.&nbsp; Official selection of Locarno 2021.&nbsp;Boccalino d'Oro 2021 in Locarno for a leading actor. After the military captivity in Germany Russian soldier Ivan Shukhov is declared a traitor to the state under Soviet law and sentenced to ten years of forced labor in a Gulag as Prisoner S-854 . Amidst the harsh snowy wilderness, Ivan and other prisoners are building a massive factory for the Soviet space program.&nbsp;Amazingly, despite all the injustice, hunger, humiliation and fear inherent to daily life in the labor camp, Ivan manages to maintain his best human qualities. Hard-working, honest and sincere, he possesses simple folk wisdom and unshakeable faith in miracles even after having to learn to survive on the brink of death.&nbsp;

100 minutes

Irina Savina

Anton Zlatopolsky (Three Seconds, T-34)

Maksim Panfilov

Gleb Panfilov (The First Circle, Tema, Vassa)

Ostap Bender. The Beginning Russian Empire, 1919. By a twist of fate, young idealist Osip Zadunaisky meets an infamous con artist and self-proclaimed Turkish subject Ibrahim Bender. A man of pure thought and aristocratic upbringing, Osip would never have associated with a cunning and unscrupulous swindler, but Bender comes up with an offer Osip cannot refuse. A precious royal relic, a diamond-encrusted golden scepter is hidden somewhere in town; Bender needs a partner on his mission to find it, and offers Osip a share of the profit from selling the treasure.And so begins their joint venture, wrought with comical and dangerous twists and turns, where they have to outsmart and outmaneuver officers of the White Guard as well as the local mafia, who also have their eyes on the scepter. As their quest unfolds, Osip is compelled to learn Bender’s tricks of the trade: charming flattery, delicate deception, soft intimidation... as well as brute force. Osip keeps his new endeavors secret: he is in love with a young woman of high morals and immaculate reputation, while unconvincingly resisting the charms of another woman, an exotic foreign-born vixen.This is the story of Osip’s amazing transformation into a future legend, the “great schemer” and womanizer we know today as Ostap Bender-Zadunaisky. Ostap Bender. The Empire's Gold The hunt for imperial gold continues. A priceless scepter, a treasure that could secure a worry-free life in sunny Rio de Janeiro for Ibrahim Bender and his young apprentice Ostap, has slipped from under their noses and ended up in possession of Nestor Makhno, an anarchist army commander. Makhno is convinced that the scepter is one of many imperial relics hidden in the area. With mafia, partisans, and officers of the Red and White armies all determined to get their hands on the fabled gold cache, Ostap and his mentor Ibrahim must surpass their own brilliance to outmaneuver their rivals and snatch the prize. And with Ostap’s beloved fair maiden losing her trust in him, he must do everything in his power to win her back and stop her from marrying another man. Ostap Bender. The Ultimate Gamble 1919, Solnechnomorsk. Talented adventurers have become too unexpected: now they are wanted by the Russian and Turkish police. They go to the south of Russia to take possession of the golden scepter of Count Rumyantsev. In pursuit of a precious little thing, terrorists, circus performers and even participating ladies can dress up as them. Meanwhile, Ostap’s mother is approaching the paws of the gloomy Satanist Crowley, in whose treasury, by a mysterious coincidence, there is also a scepter ...

Ostap Bender Trilogy

Ivan Samokhvalov

Aleksander Tsekalo

Igor Zaytsev

5 episodes, 50 min each Body positivity, the newfound chance to talk openly about topics like mental illness, greater acceptance of aging — all these trends of the digital era (and more) have given us the freedom to be ourselves. But how easy is it actually, even in this context, to insist on your individuality? In this series of five documentaries, we investigate the lives of five groups of people, exploring their lifestyles, struggles and aspirations.

The Standouts

Alesya Erigo

Marina-Maria Melnik

Oleg Tumanov

Tina Kandelaki

David Kocharov

Sergey Shnurov

Valeria Rodnyansky

11 episodes, 15 min each During a spur-of-the-moment trip to St. Petersburg, chief financial officer Elena unexpectedly meets the man of her dreams – and then, equally unexpectedly, loses him again. She has nothing to go on, so she breaks out everything she's got to hunt him down: logical deduction, supernatural forces, her friends' help, a new guy she's met, a retreat, and much more. Since she was a little girl, Elena has always "taken life at a march," climbing the career ladder with frankly alarming determination, never letting herself get waylaid by romance or relationships. She's always been like that – right up until this weird, accidental, incredibly lucky meeting. In the new episodes, Elena gets back to hunting down the one that got away, using every aboveground (or underhand) method available to her. She rushes headlong into it, makes mistakes, falls down, but keeps going, making the difficult journey toward love and affection, and, most importantly, finding herself.

Tenderness

Olga Danova

Anna Melikyan

A TRUE STORY OF THE BEST SKIER OF THE 20th&nbsp;CENTURY An inspiring biopic about the legendary skier Elena Vyalbe. Born in a small town in the north of Russia, she had the courage and dedication to overcome a slew of obstacles on her way to becoming the very best in her sport. The film captures a historic skiing event at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, where Elena Vyalbe made skiing history by winning five out of five gold medals, which to this day remains a record achievement.

White Snow

Nikolay Khomeriki (The Ninth)

Alexey Ryazantsev

Timur Khvan

Fedor Lyass

Fedor Dobronravov

Olga Lerman

Fall of 1941. Freshly graduated from school, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya volunteers for a partisan unit. During an assignment, her comrades are ambushed, and she is captured by the Nazis. She endures hours of grueling interrogations and horrendous torture, but defiantly refuses to divulge any information that would compromise other units’ partisan missions. She doesn’t even tell her captors her real name. Zoya’s sacrifice was not in vain; it ignited fire in the hearts of millions of people and became the symbol of selfless heroism during WWII. She is one of the most celebrated heroes of that time.

Zoya

Leonid Plyaskin

Maxim Brius

Andrey Tumarkin

Genrih Ken

Aleksander Barkov

Yulianna Slascheva

Andrey Nazarov

Daria Jurgens

Alexander Vontov

Anastasia Mishina

Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title.&nbsp;Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.

The World Champion

Alexey Sidorov (T-34)

Rafael Minasbekyan (Furious, Frontier)

Nikita Mikhalkov (The Crew, Three Seconds)

Leonid Vereshchagin

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Ivan Yankovskiy

Konstantin Khabensky

INSPIRED BY A TRUE&nbsp;SURVIVAL STORY&nbsp; December of 1941, Northwestern Front. A German tank column is moving towards Moscow. During a mission to stop the enemy advance, Nikolai Komlev’s IL-2 is shot down. Komlev manages to crash-land his plane in a remote forest clearing. He’s alive, but far from friendly territory. Ahead of him is a relentless trial of severe physical and mental endurance. After battling hunger and extreme cold, evading packs of wolves and detachments of Nazi soldiers, the wounded Komlev finally makes it back to safety. But there he faces another challenge, the most life-changing of them all.

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

Dmitriy Pristanskov

Vlad Ryashin

Renat Davletyarov

Sergey Ashkenazi

Alexey Timoshkin

Pavel Osadchiy

Anna Peskova

Petr Fedorov

<h2>Official Selection of 31TH OPEN RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL "KINOTAVR"</h2> Sergei and Kira were considered the most beautiful bohemian couple among cinema lovers of Saint Petersburg in the early 90’s. Their fantastic love affair ended with Kira leaving town, fleeing for new life, new relationship. Sergei has died shortly after. Only after a few years does Kira realize that she never stopped loving Sergei. And that she’s doomed to stay in a neverending dialogue with a dead lover.&nbsp;

Anybody seen my girl?

Vyacheslav Murugov

Angelina Nikonova

Gorka Gomez Andreu

Natella Krapivina

Sabina Eremeeva

A young family hire a nanny to look after their newborn daughter. After gaining the trust of the young parents, the nanny begins scaring their daughter and older son, Egor, at night. Egor tells it to his parents but they don’t believe him. One day Egor comes home to find that his little sister has disappeared along with the nanny. His parents are in a strange trance-like state and don’t remember ever having a daughter. Egor sets out with his friends to look for his sister. They are convinced that the nanny is actually an ancient Slavic demon that once went by the name Baba Yaga.

Baba Yaga

Svyatoslav Podgaevskii

Ivan Kapitonov (Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest, The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead)

Svyatoslav Podgaevsky (The Bride, The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead)

Vadim Vereschagin (Billion, Text, Son of a Rich)

Rafael Minasbekyan (Furious, Frontier, Mermaid: Lake of the dead)

Natalia Dubovaia

<h2>Official Selection of 31TH OPEN RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL "KINOTAVR"</h2> The film tells the story of one day from the life of Elizaveta Glinka, who was known and loved by many as "Doctor Liza".Liza's nearest and dearest are getting ready to celebrate Liza and her husband's 30th wedding anniversary. Naturally, Liza has also kept this day free to spend with her family. There's just one small item on her schedule: calling in at her charitable foundation Fair Care and tending to her weekly homeless patients at Paveletsky Train Station. But Doctor Liza's days are always filled with surprises.At a hospital in the outskirts of Moscow, a five-year-old girl is dying. Eva's doctor has no choice but to discharge her. Eva's father is struggling to find the strong pain medication in such a short time to alleviate daughter’s pain and asks Doctor Liza for help. Realizing there's no way for her to obtain the medication legally, Doctor Liza resorts to illegal means: taking a pack of morphine from hospital supplies. The child's pain has been taken care of, but Doctor Liza soon finds herself under the scrutiny of Major Kolesov from Russia's Federal Drug Service...

Doctor Liza

Oksana Karas

Alexey Ilushkin

Natalia Kudryashova

Alena Sanko

Sergey Machilsky R.G.C.

Ury Poteenko

Alexander Bondarev

Dzhanik Fayziev (Furious, Frontier, Mermaid: Lake of the dead)

Chulpan Khamatova

Andrey Burkovsky

Konstantin Khabencky 

Andrzej Chyra 

Evgeny Pisarev 

Maria Krylova 

Julia Aug

FROM THE CREATORS OF THE MERMAID. LAKE OF THE DEAD,a record-breaking horror distributed to over 155 territories WW Ksyusha barely remembers her father: he went missing when she was a child. Incredibly, he is showing signs of life, despite being in a coma. The man is returned home in this condition. His wife has now remarried. The family is thrown into disarray by the return of the former master of the house – terrifying things are happening in the house, and Ksyusha’s mom starts acting weird… Ksyusha begins to suspect that something supernatural, icy, and lifeless has come home with her father. And now Ksyusha and her stepfather are about to find themselves protecting their family from a demon.&nbsp;

The Ice Demon

Alena Akimova

A young female doctor and her 6-year-old daughter are on an overnight flight in a violent storm. When passengers on the half-empty plane inexplicably begin to die, the woman’s grip on reality weakens and she is forced to relive her worst childhood nightmare.

Row 19

A young female doctor and her 6-year-old daughter are on an overnight flight in a violent storm. When passengers on the half-empty plane inexplicably begin to die, the woman’s grip on reality weakens and she is forced to relive her worst childhood nightmare.

Michael Schlicht

Paul Heth

Vadim Vereschagin  (Billion, Text, Son of a Rich)

Alexander Babaev

BASED ON REAL EVENTSIn a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg people have been going missing for three decades.The few corpses ever found were naked. On October 14, 2017 a team of volunteers went out into the woods in search of a missing teenager. Soon, all communication with them was lost. Locals believe they were taken by the same dark spirit that took the others. They call it the Limping Widow.

The Widow

St. Petersburg, late XIX century. Nobility and middle class citizens are enamored by a new fashion – spiritualism and the study of the occult.

Svyatoslav Podgaevsky (The Bride, The Mermaid:  Lake of the dead)

St. Petersburg, late XIX century. Nobility and middle class citizens are enamored by a new fashion – spiritualism and the study of the occult. British clairvoyant Olivia Reed is in the capital of the Russian Empire with a tour of spiritual séances. Her shows are sold out. At the same time the city is shocked by a string of violent murders. Their dismembered bodies are found all over the city and the manner in which they have been killed suggests that some dark ritual is involved. Young police officer Rostov and his deputy Ganin head the official investigation, but with each new victim they feel more powerless – they have no clue how to find the mysterious murderer. When the investigation brings them to Olivia, they decide to ask for her help: maybe she will be able to use her “power” to help them solve the case?

The Ninth

Nikolay Khomeriki

Alexander Rodnyansky (Stalingrad, Leviathan, Loveless)

Sergey Melkumov (Stalingrad, Leviathan, Loveless)

THEY FOUGHT FOR MOSCOWThe film tells the story of the Podolsk cadets’ heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets from the Podolsk infantry and artillery schools were sent to the Ilyinsky line of defense, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men in their teens laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. This film is not only about war. It is also about love, true camaraderie, and the path from boyhood to manhood. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.

The Last Frontier

Vadim Shmelev

Igor Ugolnikov  (The Battalion, Fortress of War)

WHO’S GOING TO SAVE YOU WHEN THE WORLD FALLS INTO DARKNESS? No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity. What military forces find outside the Ring is shocking. There are dead corpses everywhere: in stores, in cars, on roads, in hospitals and railway stations. Scientists determine the cause of death to be a toxin produced by people’s own bodies. Who or what is destroying all life on Earth? How long will the last outpost of mankind survive?