Oleksandr Rodnyanskyy

Tamara, in order to find her son, who was kidnapped during the riots, hires an escaped prisoner, Brayuk, a former interrogator. Brayuk agrees to help for money. But his methods prove harsh and Tamara does not accept Brayuk's methods, while he is alien to Tamara's ideas. They decide to find the boy together, and in this, perhaps, is the answer. People are people no matter go.

Once Within a Time is an anarchic comedy told without words, a sensory feast to be felt through art and music. This multidisciplinary work shows us life on Earth as humanity clashes with the five fundamental elements—earth, air, water, fire, and money— headed towards a critical moment of choice between annihilation and redemption.

Sigue los pasos de Kitty, la amiga imaginaria de Anne Frank a la que le dedicó su diario. Como una decidida adolescente, Kitty se despierta en el futuro, dentro de la casa de Frank en Amsterdam, y se embarca en una aventura para encontrar a su mejor amiga convencida de que sigue viva en algún lugar de Europa. Aunque la joven muchacha queda impresionada ante los avatares del mundo moderno, también se sorprende por el legado que ha dejado Anne tras de sí.

In a former mining town in North Ossetia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.

Tonya is a bus-driver in a village on the outskirts of Nalchik, a modest city in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Together with her daughter, Tonya is eagerly awaiting the return of her only son, who is fighting for a Russian private military contractor in Syria. When Tonya is told that he has been killed in action, she refuses to believe it. She is sure that there was a mistake and her son is alive. She begins a grueling public battle with the contractor and the authorities, demanding the return of her son. When it becomes obvious that all efforts to silence Tonya are fruitless, a strange young man arrives on her doorstep...

Chernóbil: Abyss es el primer gran largometraje ruso sobre las consecuencias de la explosión de la central nuclear de Chernóbil, cuando cientos de personas sacrificaron sus vidas para limpiar el lugar de la catástrofe y evitar con éxito un desastre aún mayor que podría haber convertido una gran parte del continente europeo en una zona de exclusión inhabitable.

On July 30, 2018, documentary filmmaker Alexander Rastorguev was killed in the Central African Republic. He left a unique mark on Russian cinema, but managed to do much less than he could. "Rastorguev" - a portrait of one of the brightest and most free filmmakers of our time; direct speech and fragments of films, forming a single statement about the meaning of art, homeland and pain.

In a tiny Azerbaijani fishing village young Sarah's father disappears at sea. Misfortunes abound until the superstitious inhabitants demand a funeral. Rebellious Sarah undertakes one last, and deadly, attempt to find her father.a

La joven familia que se mudó a un nuevo apartamento en las afueras de la ciudad. La niñera contratada por ellos para la hija recién nacida rápidamente ganó confianza. Sin embargo, el niño mayor, Egor, habla del comportamiento aterrador de una mujer, pero sus padres no le creen. Las cámaras de vigilancia instaladas por el padre para mayor comodidad solo confirman que todo está en orden. Entonces, un día, Egor, al regresar a casa, no encuentra rastro ni de la niñera ni de la hermana pequeña, y los padres están en un trance extraño y ni siquiera recuerdan que tuvieron una hija. Entonces Egor, junto con sus amigos, va en busca, durante la cual resulta que la niñera es un antiguo demonio eslavo, conocido popularmente como Baba Yaga.

In a future in which human-like androids have become commonplace companions and servants, one, with a handsome male appearance, finds its owner's feelings difficult to understand and her desires impossible to fulfill.

San Petersburgo en el siglo XIX estaba lleno de entusiastas de lo oculto y lo esotérico. La médium británica Olivia Reed llegó a la capital del Imperio Ruso y congregó a la gente en sus sesiones espiritualistas. Al mismo tiempo, una serie de asesinatos con rituales ocurrieron en la ciudad.

Having dedicated his life to the preparation of the revolution in the Russian Empire, Vladimir Lenin, living in exile in Switzerland, desperately seeks a way back to Russia to take control. Options are few when Lenin receives an offer from Alexander Parvus, the most infamous of political opportunists, who has made a deal with Germany to sponsor the revolution under Lenin’s command and smuggle Lenin and his comrades into Russia. Aware that making a deal with 2 devils could cost him everything, Lenin knows he must outsmart and outmaneuver Parvus and the Germans at any cost...

Leningrado, 1945. La Segunda Guerra Mundial ha devastado la ciudad y derruido sus edificios, dejando a sus ciudadanos en la miseria tanto a nivel físico como psíquico. El asedio (uno de los peores de la Historia) ha terminado, la vida y la muerte continúan combatiendo en el desastre que la guerra deja tras de sí. Dos mujeres jóvenes, Iya y Masha, tratan de encontrar un sentido a sus vidas para reunir fuerzas de cara a reconstruir la ciudad.

Egor Korshunov (40) is a Siberian forest guard who works in a local environmental company, fighting fearlessly against poachers in taiga. Egor is a great family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. Unexpectedly, Egor finds out that he has terminal cancer and has only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save Egor. Finally, left with no other options, he decides to take the last desperate step. He attempts to completely change his identity in order to fool the oncoming death, just like Zhamba the drake, the hero of a legendary ancient Siberian epos, did.

Portrait of director Andrey Zvyagintsev against the background of the filming of his film "Loveless".

The main characters of the film are Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi, participants in the most scandalous episode in the history of football. During extra time of the final match of the 2006 World Cup, pitting France against Italy, the French leader, superstar Zidane, for some unknown reason took a running start and head-butted Materazzi in the chest. Zidane was sent off the field and, as a result, the French lost the match on penalties. This head-butt and the unexpected loss were now bound together in the minds of sports fans forever. But the burning question - why did it happen? – has never been properly answered. After thoroughly studying the lives of the participants in this match, the filmmakers reveal an amazing story: The 2006 World Cup appears to us in the form of a play “directed by the Creator”.

El matrimonio formado por Zhenya y Boris está decidido a divorciarse: el amor se ha acabado entre ellos y lo han encontrado en otras personas. Viviendo aún juntos, las discusiones y la poca comunicación son algo normal en esta 'familia'. Mientras su hijo Ayoshya vive esta situación frente a la pantalla de su ordenador y escondiendo sus lágrimas. Durante una última pelea, el niño desaparece. Unidos por lo que más les importa a ambos, tendrán que luchar por encontrar a Ayoshya en una búsqueda que supone un punto de inflexión en la relación de la pareja.

Volviendo a San Petersburgo después de un largo exilio, el Yakovlev corriendo, un oficial retirado del ejército, hace una vida cómoda al ganar duelos de otras personas. Un profesional enigmática, enfocado y muy hábil, que deja un rastro de cadáveres detrás de él mientras se arremolina a través de la buena sociedad, con frecuencia llamados a empuñar una pistola como un sustituto en los duelos al amanecer. Pero cuando se encuentra con el Yakovlev ingenua joven príncipe Tuchov y su bella hermana, la princesa Marta, la mercenaria normalmente de corazón frío es sorprendido por las emociones que hasta ahora no detectados. Lo que sucede descubre una serie de revelaciones sobre su pasado y su presente auto.

Kolia vive en un pueblito a orillas del mar de Barents, al norte de Rusia. Tiene un taller de mecánica al lado de su casa, en donde vive con su joven esposa, Lylia, y su hijo Romka, fruto de una relación anterior. El alcalde del pueblo, Vadim Sergeyich, desea apropiarse del terreno de Kolia, de su casa y su taller para realizar sus proyectos. Primero intenta comprar el terreno, pero Kolia no soporta la idea de perder todo lo que posee; no solamente el terreno, sino la belleza que le rodea desde que nació.

En las sórdidas calles de Sin City, un hombre busca su venganza. Dwight trata de ajustar cuentas con la misteriosa Ava Lord, la letal mujer que le traicionó. Nancy intenta superar la muerte de Hartigan, y Johny tiene una peligrosa misión: acabar con el mayor villano de Sin City. En su propósito, conocerá a la joven stripper Marcy.

Katya and her fiancé Andrey - successful young banker fly to Malta on holiday. At the diving center they accidentally meet Max - professional diver, secretly engaged in black archaeology and Katya's ex boyfriend so the adventures start...

Noviembre de 1942. Continúa el implacable asedio a la ciudad de Stalingrado durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Rodeados de tropas alemanas y escasos de municiones, un grupo de soldados rusos se preparan para defender un edificio hasta el final.

Tras ser contratado por el presidente de Estados Unidos (Charlie Sheen), Machete (Dany Trejo) se embarca en una peligrosa misión: acabar con el líder de un cartel y un traficante de armas multimillonario y excéntrico llamado Luther Voz (Mel Gibson), quien ha ideado un plan para llevar el caos y la destrucción a todo el planeta con una potente arma espacial.

Dos niños se desnudan y se van juntos a una isla en un lago víctima de una broma cruel del campamento de verano, pero en lugar de tener que volver al campamento y enfrentarse a la humillación, deciden despegar,en la carrera juntos. Lo que sigue es una odisea de tres días de descubrimiento y auto-descubrimiento. (Abandomoviez)

Primera (1914-1918) y Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un hombre, cuya esposa lo abandona y se va con otro a Inglaterra, consigue, a pesar de todo, sacar adelante a su familia. Cuando, veinte años después, la mujer muere, resulta que su última voluntad era ser incinerada en Alabama, razón por la cual la familia americana y la familia inglesa tienen que reunirse para el entierro.

En 1959, en Dyatlov Pass, fueron encontrados desnudos y mutilados los cadáveres de nueve esquiadores. Muchos años después, un grupo de estudiantes se traslada al escenario de los hechos para investigar esas extrañas e inexplicables muertes. Lo que les sucederá alcanza mucho más allá de la más aterradora imaginación...

This film features two Russian communist politicians. Being committed Leninists; both of them have served several terms as city council members. Their horizons are broad, but what concerns them the most is the future of global communism. At one point, by decree of fate, their booming activities begin to expand far beyond the boundaries of their native St. Petersburg and the Russian Federation. However, the future of global communism remains unclear. What remains clear is the fact that in the modern world the tail still wags the dog. A documentary comedy.

El atlas de las nubes es una novela que da la vuelta al mundo y recorre desde el siglo XIX hasta un futuro apocalíptico, a través de seis historias entrelazadas. El relato se abre en 1850 con el regreso del notario estadounidense Adam Ewing desde las islas Chatham a su California natal. Durante el viaje, Ewing traba amistad con un médico, el doctor Goose, que comienza a tratarle de una extraña enfermedad causada por un parásito cerebral... Repentinamente, la acción se traslada a 1931 en Bélgica, donde Robert Frobisher, un compositor bisexual que ha sido desheredado, se introduce en el hogar de un artista enfermizo, su seductora esposa y su núbil hija... De ahí saltamos a la Costa Oeste en la década de los setenta, cuando Luisa Rey destapa una red de avaricia y crimen que pone en peligro su vida... Y, del mismo modo, con idéntica maestría, viajamos a la ignominiosa Inglaterra de nuestros días.

What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center of the earth, since the two places are antipodes: they are located diametrically opposite to each other on the earth's surface. During his visits to four such antipodal pairs, the award-winning documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky captured images that turn our view of the world upside down.

Philippe lives in a world controlled by a caste system. Those who play the "game" correctly become higher and more powerful. Phillipe plays the game well but his wife wants him to return to reality. Its a love story after marriage.

Una mujer de avanzada edad debe elegir entre un saludable marido y un hijo alcohólico cuya enfermedad esta conduciendo a la familia directamente a la pobreza.

A group of friends and bandmates look to escape from the Chernobyl disaster.

These are the stories of the three guys,three friends, living in a city in the south of Russia. In the course of a year they recorded their everyday lives with a small HDcam. This record is what comprises the movie and to what it is dedicated. Our heroes are eighteen years old and they live average lives: work, have parties and, fall in love. But finally they will have to make those most important of personal choices which will define their future.

Sigue la historia de Maxim, un joven astronauta que en un viaje espacial realizado en 2157 encuentra un nuevo planeta. Una vez allí, se encuentra un mundo que combina la crueldad medieval con armas tecnológicas

Young Tanya and Sasha decide to create a dance show in order to convince their families and the whole world in their love to dance.

Año 2157, una nave espacial rusa comandada por Maxim Kamerrer choca en el lejano planeta de Saraksh. Después de largos años de guerra nuclear, una crisis ambiental se cierne sobre el planeta, la sociedad se enfrenta a graves problemas sociales y la paz es muy inestable. El piloto informará sobre el misterioso planeta gobernado por los Unknown Fathers, cinco gobernantes anónimos que manipulan el conocimiento de los habitantes a través de emisores especiales. El piloto encontrará allí nuevo amigos y enemigos, incluso el amor, y acabará dirigiendo un movimiento rebelde que desafiará a estos gobernantes.

Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.

Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.

Four good folks from schools got reunion in a summer café on the bank of River Moskva, and they had an unthinkable trouble to deal with check, though one of them is so rich. One by one, a friend left the table to find solution and everyone of them met with different stories. The rich one got caught, ended up in jail for a night with the help from other folks. Friendship never ends...

Masha, who works for a radio station, and Maxim, a street sweeper with an architectural degree, cross paths with each other when they are at an indecisive point in their lives.

A bunch of funny and romantic stories from the life of a military base in Russia.

In the last winter of WWII a group of captive German soldiers is brought to a remote Russian village, where widows, a child and a crippled are the only ones left. This is a military drama about those, who can love and forgive.

Narra la incursión soviética en Afganistán en los años 80. Un grupo de jóvenes reclutas de la 9ª Compañía se preparan para ir a la guerra. Una vez en Afganistán, participan en la feroz y sangrienta batalla por la Colina 3234.

Biographical film depicting Japanese Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) during the final days of World War II. The film is the third drama in director Aleksandr Sokurov's trilogy, which included Taurus about the Soviet Union's Vladimir Lenin and Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler.

Husband and wife want to move to a new apartment. During their 10-minute dialogue we get an idea of the real estate market in Kiev and the priorities of the citizens. Three drug-addicted teenagers are planning their evening. Thanks to them we learn about the Kiev’s nightlife. In a sauna, two discharged cooks are discussing all of Kiev’s restaurants. In eleven episodes, the film provides important and interesting information about the Ukrainian capital Kiev: facts, prices and routes.

The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private chauffeur. In a jet-black "ZIM" limo, Viktor is chauffeuring the General's disabled daughter Vera. Viktor is oblivious to the hidden agenda of the KGB agent Saveliev, who manipulates everyone behind the scenes in the old rivalry between the Army and KGB.

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

A prosperous and calm life in an instant explodes into a monstrous event, and nothing will ever be the same again. A terrible bleeding scar remains in the soul forever. One fine day, a young and charming archaeologist Alexei, five minutes later a doctor of science, learns that his sibling was buried alive. And the brother’s killer is alive and left unpunished. Blinded by grief, Alex decides to kill ...

The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.

The mice people live in an enormous theatre, expectantly awaiting the ambiguous show by Josefina.

The film investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance and death of Raoul Wallenberg in the Soviet Union following the end of WWII. Wallenberg had saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in his role as Sweden’s special envoy in Budapest. Tireless filmmaker Rodnyanskiy searched across the globe for traces of Wallenberg, from Moscow and St. Petersburg, to the Russian interior, to Hungary, Israel, and Sweden. Featuring interviews from subjects as far-ranging as Ronald Reagan, Simon Wiesenthal, and Yelena Bonner, the film passionately confronts the shadowy circumstances of Wallenberg’s fate.

Maria Kampf is on a train for her last prison visit to her father Ivan, a Nazi criminal, one of the last Soviet death row inmates. In intimate dialogues in the compartment and hotel, she mentions the biography of her father and the circumstances of his crime - involvement in the murder of more than 816 Jews in Ivano-Frankivsk near Zhytomyr during World War II. At the same time, Rachel Kachanovska, a Jew from the same village who managed to survive, remembers these events half a century ago.

Maria Kampf is on a train for her last prison visit to her father Ivan, a Nazi criminal, one of the last Soviet death row inmates. In intimate dialogues in the compartment and hotel, she mentions the biography of her father and the circumstances of his crime - involvement in the murder of more than 816 Jews in Ivano-Frankivsk near Zhytomyr during World War II. At the same time, Rachel Kachanovska, a Jew from the same village who managed to survive, remembers these events half a century ago.

The documentary "The Bridge" is telling the story about the friendship between Americans and Russians and how art can bring people together despite global politics.

Described as a fairy tale for the young and young at heart, focused on the forging of a new culture in a world threatened by ecological collapse and unprecedented technological transformation

It tells the story of a complex relationship between father and son, in which the son imbues his father with qualities he doesn’t actually possess

Es la contemplación del director sobre la naturaleza de las relaciones humanas, el estado del hombre moderno y la fragilidad de la vida humana.