Artyom Mikhalkov

Crimea, 1787. Despite the Manifesto of the Russian Empress Catherine and the Kuchuk-Kainardzhi peace treaty, which forever united Crimea with Russia, Europe continues to weave intrigues, trying to break this sacred union. In the undercover struggle, all methods were used - from shameless gossip, dark rumors and false articles in newspapers to dirty manipulations with the illegitimate son of the empress sent to Europe for training - Alexei Bobrinsky, a passionate gambler and brawler. This weakness was cleverly exploited by international intriguers. Catherine instructs her faithful friends, the midshipmen, to cut the knot of the conspiracy ... Together with the fathers, their grown-up children, Shurka and Alexandra, go into battle.

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.

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.

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.

Kostya and David are childhood friends, but as adults they are destined to test their friendship. David plans to propose marriage to his beloved Anna and Kostya hopes to reach the International Poker Championship Finals. Two seemingly unrelated events will become decisive in the lives of these friends: David has to win at poker, and Kostya has to save David's wedding. Can the two friends successfully swap places?

Kostya and David are childhood friends, but as adults they are destined to test their friendship. David plans to propose marriage to his beloved Anna and Kostya hopes to reach the International Poker Championship Finals. Two seemingly unrelated events will become decisive in the lives of these friends: David has to win at poker, and Kostya has to save David's wedding. Can the two friends successfully swap places?

Our life is music. But the question remains: will we have enough time to play it till the end...Formerly famous pianist is terminally ill. Her grownup children have to face a tormenting dilemma: should they torture their mother with the treatment or let go...

Russia, early 90s. A fictional story inspired by financier Sergey Mavrodi, his securities company "MMM", and the pyramid scheme he ran that left upwards of fifteen million investors with nothing when it crashed.

18 directors, 18 novels, 18 short stories about Moscow...

18 directors, 18 novels, 18 short stories about Moscow...

Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. Written by Steve Shelokhonov

Aleksey is an ordinary young man living in Russia during the 1990s. Like most of his contemporaries, he is looking for a way to survive. The easiest way is the way of crime. He joins a gang. Fortunately, his fate takes a sudden turn and he manages to find the right path. The film also addresses global terrorism, one of the most important and painful issues of today's world. The main characters of the film, together with their American colleagues, take part in a special operation to destroy a band of international terrorists and drug traffickers.

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...

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...

1988년 아프가니스탄 침공 9년째, 끝이 좀처럼 보이지 않는 대결의 접점으로 젊은 청년들이 또 한 번 징집되었다. 화가를 꿈꾸는 예술가, 선생님이 되고자 하는 교생실습생, 결혼식을 치른 지 하루 만에 소집되어 온 새 신랑, 어린 딸을 둔 젊은 가장. 그들은 사랑하는 연인, 가족과 이별하고 비가 내리는 어느 겨울 밤 훈련소로 떠나는 기차에 몸을 싣는다. 지옥 같은 3개월의 훈련이 시작되고, 젊은 병사들은 하루하루 치열한 삶의 모든 순간들, 희망의 한 자락까지도 함께 나눈다.

The film begins in the 1980s Soviet Union. Two best friends, Orlov and Muravyev, are serving at the Black Sea Navy Base in Sevastopol, Crimea. Both fall in love with one beautiful girl Nelly, and their friendship suffers a first blow. Because she picks Muravyev, his friend Orlov struggles with an inferiority complex and becomes a secretive alcoholic. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both friends are transferred to the Northern Fleet on the Polar Ocean. One day their sub is performing a routine training. A disturbed WWII mine slowly moves on a collision course with the sub. A mighty blast knocks down everyone inside the wrecked sub, 72 meters below the sea level. Then ensues a nerve-racking struggle for survival.

Metaphor: the train stopped, love stopped, life stopped, time stopped...

Metaphor: the train stopped, love stopped, life stopped, time stopped...

모스크바 행 기차에 한 무리의 사관 생도들이 승차한다. 몇 명의 생도들이 비좁고 더러운 3등 칸을 피해 1등 칸으로 몰래 숨어 들어간다. 친구들의 장난으로 한 객실에 혼자 남겨진 사관 생도 안드레이 톨스토이(올멕 멘쉬코프)는 객실에 있던 미국 여인 제인 칼라한(줄리아 오몬드)에게 매혹된다. 제인 또한 순수한 안드레이에게 끌린다. 안드레이가 부른 모차르트의 '피가로의 결혼식'을 들은 제인의 마음은 설레인다. 그러나 제인은 사관학교의 교장이며 러시아 황제의 오른 팔인 레들로프 장군(알렉세이 페트렌코)을 유혹해 맥클레컨이라는 발명가의 실험 중인 벌목기를 러시아 정부에 납품시키기 위해 고용된 여인이었다. 레들로프를 유혹하는 데는 성공했지만 제인의 마음은 어느샌가 안드레이에게 끌린다. 한편 안드레이는 제인에 대한 자신의 사랑을 졸업식날 고백하기로 마음 먹는다. 그러나 레들로프 장군 역시 제인에게 청혼하려 하고 그는 안드레이에게 자신의 청혼의 연서를 그에게 읽게 한다. 어쩔 수 없이 장군의 청혼서를 읽던 안드레이는 갑자기 제인에게 자신의 마음을 고백해버린다.

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 about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil. The oil is found but the destruction of the old cemetry and everything the people of the village cared for followed to get the 'black treasure' of Siberia.