Sergey Ivanov

What's wrong with me? Why did Mom leave me? Why don't we know each other? And these are not all the questions that seventeen-year-old Dasha is now asking herself and the world. However, they all invariably come down to the figure of the mother. In search of answers, Dasha escapes from the suffocating care of her father and finds herself next to her mother who has forgotten how to love.

Father Alexey (a member of the Auctioneer group Oleg Garkusha), an elderly, eccentric and kind priest, spends his days alone, except for visiting his sick brother and his daughter. One day he receives an assignment to visit a deaf girl Violetta (Vasilisa Perelygina) in prison, falsely accused of setting fire to a church. When Father Alexei recognizes her as an orphan, whom he baptized as Barbara in infancy, a new meaning appears in his life.

Oleg is a suburban guy, he has been into boxing since childhood, now together with his friend Lyokha they work in a car repair shop on the Kanonersky island, where they live your average Russian life. He is saving for a round-the-world trip, making plans until a training session cuts his life into the “before” and “after” parts.

During the day, Lera studies humankind and its needs through opinion polls, which are an educational practice at the institute; at night, she dances under the pseudonym Gerda in a club to support herself and her mother. The people she meets are as unfortunate as her family. Her father has recently left for another woman, but he constantly returns home, unable to make his choice and thereby making the life of close people intolerable. The mother painfully endures the breakup and constantly sleeps, ignoring reality. Lera doesn’t know how to carry on, where to go and what to live for, and — most importantly — how to improve life. The adult world, invariable unfortunate, which Lera observes day and night, seems hopeless.

1984, Sverdlovsk, USSR. A shy freshman, an entrepreneur, a poet and two charming it-girls navigate life in a student dorm, sharing their griefs and joys, all for one and one for all. Suddenly a horrible accident blows up the life of the dorm when a female student commits suicide. The dorm is a miniature model of the world that encapsulates the full range of human passions, acts of bravery and cowardice, aspirations for virtue and failures, of love, friendship and betrayal.

Renata Litvinova's short film for Gucci. Once in a year a clan of magicians gathers to "make their most important wishes and do some magic". To make it all happen everyone should put their letters in a special Gucci bag.

What is to be a child to whom parents ask the same question every day: whom does he love more? Mom or dad? What should mom do if she madly loves her son, but circumstances force him to take the child away from his father? What should be done to dad if his son is taken to America forever, and he cannot imagine his life without him? This is a story of choice. When deciding for a child, a parent often does as he is comfortable with. The child agrees, afraid to hurt the parent, but time will pass, he will mature and at some point he will decide for himself. Only the parent from this will be much more painful.

O Clã do Norte dos fabricantes na era da grande matriarca celebra a noite de Ano Novo por várias décadas — do século passado até os dias atuais. A amada noiva do principal herdeiro do clã morre e o caos chega ao território dos Campos do Norte. Os campos apodrecem, porque a jovem falecida acabou por ser um elemento indispensável que desagradou tão injustamente e cedo. No entanto, o Clã do Norte tem uma hora a mais, a 13ª, quando são mais fortes que a morte.

Following her divorce, Marina thinks that she’ll never meet love again. Little does she know that one day, she’ll find the love of her life in freediving, one of the most extreme sports in existence, built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath. In the vast, mysterious realm of the sea, Marina not only regains her sense of peace and well being, but also redefines her existence.

Artem, a troublesome and difficult teenager, is sent to work as a volunteer at a recreation centre for disabled children. It is only when he forges an enduring friendship with a paralysed boy called Kostya that he is able to conquer his own demons.

Nothing is forever. Everything passes. Are you sure? And a woman’s insult? Vera has come with her grandson to see her old childhood friend, Yura, and wish him a happy birthday. She has come with a gift that Yura remembers all his life. The remaining life.

After visiting a doctor young woman finds out there is not much time left.

A look at the story through the prism of the present. Artists in front of the audience reincarnate in the heroes of the film (the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky; the women he loved and left him; the friends who admired him and backed away from him; the ruthless “Knights of the Revolution” who proclaimed him his banner) and lead the viewer “to” Mayakovsky, forcing him to live his love, creative, and human drama as his own.

seis dias na vida de escritor brilhante e irônico que viu muito além dos limites rígidos da Rússia soviética dos anos 70.

A regular couple after years of relationship struggles to find the way to their happiness.

An ordinary day of an ordinary St. Petersburg guide: a smile on duty, the text bounces off the teeth, the route is scheduled by the minute – the main thing is that the bus with tourists is in time for lunch! It seemed that the life of the guide Marina finally turned into a series of identical, as if under a carbon copy, everyday life, gray as the asphalt of Nevsky Prospekt. And so it was, until the bus suddenly got stuck in traffic at the Anichkov Bridge, and Klodt's famous horses rebelled against Marina and her routine. What can you do, St. Petersburg is a city where miracles happen at every step. A guide can become a person, and the spirits of Nevsky Prospekt can breathe life even into an ordinary bus tour.

The story of Tanya, who is suddenly hit by a feeling that her existence is hopelessly devoid of meaning, is set in St. Petersburg. The city landscape provides the backdrop for Tanya's ups and downs as she takes drastic action, gets into scrapes and grows up as a result of the trials - both deliberate and accidental - that she faces.

The story of Tanya, who is suddenly hit by a feeling that her existence is hopelessly devoid of meaning, is set in St. Petersburg. The city landscape provides the backdrop for Tanya's ups and downs as she takes drastic action, gets into scrapes and grows up as a result of the trials - both deliberate and accidental - that she faces.

Film about pills from unhappy love

Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect woman out of her. But Lisa isn't a docile marionette. She's a living human being and she rebels against her creator. Based on the critically-acclaimed, brilliant and poignant novel by one of the best contemporary Russian writers, Dina Rubina, "Petrushka Syndrome" is a multidimensional metaphor, where a sense of duality pervades everything. People and dolls, life and art, the Creator and the creation depend on one another. And where does one draw the line between them?

Russia 2017. The world could be on the verge of a great war. People are anxious that things could fall apart. Evolving around an unfinished building, a diverse group of outsiders struggle to find their place in this rapidly changing society, making up the mosaic of existence that is life itself…

Elza, a mulher do pescador, vive em uma cidade costeira na Calmúquia, no sul da Rússia. Ela quer deixar o marido, mas tem medo das incertezas. Até que ele morre inesperadamente. Elza, então, decide recomeçar e passa a questionar sua maneira de ver a vida, a felicidade e a liberdade.

A story about a chance encounter that momentarily destroyed a successful and happy family life. All of a sudden the woman found passion and desire more important than her loving husband and cherished child. The father and son suffer from the realization that they are no longer needed, but try to understand and forgive. The woman, who failed to become happy, is in turmoil.

Timur Novikov: Zero Object positions the late artist Timur Novikov as protagonist in this exploration of underground art from St Petersburg. As well as providing a historical overview of the 1980s-1990s, the film features iconic figures in St Petersburg’s underground scene: cult rocker Victor Tsoi, and artists Georgy Guryanov, Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe and Sergey ‘Africa’ Bugaev, among others. From beginning to end, it’s a manifesto for personal and artistic freedom in a forbidding political climate.

A Russian mother flees to Uzbekistan in WWII where she and her children are taken in by a local family.

The story about a difficult post-war time. About destiny of the young lieutenant and the young girl, whose love passes through the hardest vital and moral ordeals.

Um homem vai ao médico para um check up de rotina. Ele é atendido por uma médica que lhe diz que sua mulher o trai com o marido dela. Ele não acredita, mas depois ele aceita ir com a médica até um hotel onde seus respectivos estão¿ Isso é certo?

Vanya, a young scientist, has spent all his life in a satellite town next to one of the biggest nuclear stations. Just like his parents, Vanya works at the nuclear station, but only because his girlfriend, Tanya, also works in the facility. When the ambitious Tanya decides to end their relationship, Vanya must find his resolve and steer himself to true love.

In a search of a peaceful retreat, a writer will find something both achingly familiar and long forgotten.

The main character Alexander, the large businessman and the influential person in the city, after the intense working day is lucky the friend and the assistant Dmitry in restaurant. But to Dmitry's surprise, there they are waited by neither business partners, nor friends - indoors at all there are no visitors. Men should spend time in the company of silent waiters and numerous bottles with content of various fortress. When the door is locked from within, two heroes on a showdown have whole night.

Two sisters arrive to Moscow trying to find their father who left the family 15 years ago.

Após a morte da esposa, Miron convoca seu amigo Aist para que saiam da cidade com o corpo e procedam o funeral e cremação à beira do rio e de acordo com as tradições mérias, etnia da qual descendem e de quem quase se perdeu a memória por terem se integrado aos costumes russos. Na volta pra casa, uma surpresa.

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

In the courtyard of a convent run by Mother Ekaterina, a dozen people are trying to build a new life. Young novitiate Olga is a simple soul, honest and loving. When a troublemaker enters the community, Olga trusts him immediately, and things get complicated.

Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them have the important qualities of being openhearted and not afraid of loving.

Michal Michalych who almost felt like "had it all" suddenly meets a young girl who never ate "crawfishlike"...

In 1961, a Soviet medical officer is conflicted about his position overseeing the health of future cosmonauts.

Two women are in love with the same man. After his death, some kind of friendship comes into being.

Tchetchénia, nos dias de hoje. Uma frente russa. Aleksandra Nikolaevna é a avó que vem visitar o neto, um dos melhores oficiais da sua unidade. Passam-se os dias e ela descobre um novo mundo. Um mundo de homens onde não há mulheres, sensibilidade nem conforto. O dia a dia é pobre, num local onde as pessoas são parcas nos seus sentimentos. A cada dia, cada hora decidem-se questões de vida ou de morte. No entanto, é um mundo ainda habitado por pessoas.

A documentary about the famous musician Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife, Galina Vishnevskaya.

Em 15 de agosto de 1945, os japoneses ouvem pela primeira vez a voz do seu imperador, que exorta o seu exército e o seu povo a pôr fim às hostilidades. Isso permite aos norte-americanos desembarcar nas ilhas japonesas sem encontrar resistência.

An experimental drama about a boy and his illness, a wife looking for a site for her husband’s construction company and a beautiful girl who works on a phone sex-line.

Um pai e seu filho, Aleksei, moram juntos em um apartamento no topo de um telhado em uma cidade à beira-mar não identificada. O Pai é um veterano e Aleksei freqüenta a escola militar para estudar medicina. Eles viveram sozinhos por anos em seu próprio mundo privado. Às vezes eles parecem irmãos. Às vezes, até mesmo como amantes. Apesar de saber que todos os filhos devem viver um dia suas próprias vidas, Aleksei está em conflito. O pai sabe que ele deveria aceitar um trabalho melhor em outra cidade, talvez procure uma nova esposa.

Um museu como um ser vivo, uma entidade que respira e tem personalidade própria. Sokúrov empresta alma ao colossal palacete do Hermitage, em São Petersburgo, um dos maiores museus do mundo. Arca Russa foi filmado em um único plano-seqüência, sem cortes, que dura 97 minutos e atravessa 35 salas do museu, transformando a tela de cinema em um quadro vivo por onde desfilam personagens importantes da história da Rússia: Pedro, o Grande; Catarina, a Grande; Catarina II, Nicolau e Alexandra.

This intimately narrated journey from Russia to Rotterdam, via rail, road and Finnish ferry, is a melancholy meditation on divinity, time and place in art, purpose (or its lack) and the loneliness of the soul. Passing through misty snowscapes, half-glimpsed cities and the icy night sea-swell.

A documentary portrait of Miho Shimao, widow of renowned Japanese writer Toshio Shimao.

Banned by Soviet authorities when it was first completed, this requiem for Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich pays homage to the remarkable works and difficult path of the influential artist. Through personal documents, performances and archival footage, this emotional study charts Shostakovich's turbulent life, from his early success to his disgrace under Stalin and his eventual embrace as one of his country's most gifted talents.