Marina Politseymako

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Central Russia. The deputy chairman of the district executive committee, Tretyakova, was instructed to organize work to eliminate the consequences of a tornado that suddenly hit the village. She has to come to terms with the indifference of summer residents from a neighboring village, untouched by the disaster. Relying on her own experience and the will of the victims, Tretyakova will do her best...

The Trial

Based on materials from real criminal cases, it follows the trial of the trade mafia.

Gloss

A pretty, young girl from a coal-mining town comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a supermodel in this satirical look at the fashion industry.

Success

A drama about a complicated life of a director in a small provincial theater.

My Dad Baryshnikov

Moscow, 1986, the heat of Perestroika. Borya is an average clumsy teenager who is miraculously admitted to the legendary Bolshoi Ballet School. The boy is convinced that he will become a ballet dancer like his father, Mikhail Baryshnikov. But is this father real or imaginary?

100 Days Before the Command

Hussein Erkenov's courageous and stinging indictment of communism. Five young Red Army recruits struggle for survival against the merciless violence that surrounds them on a daily basis. Their only means of saving their dignity is by preserving the humanity and compassion they share for each other.

The Tobacco Captain

Set in beginning of 1700's, when tsar Pyotr was raising from ashes Russian fleet and sent dozens young people overseas to become navigators, story tells us about proud man who changed his stars. Taking place of his lazy master, he graduates from university and comes back to be judged by the one who send them.

The Parrot Speaking Yiddish

About amusing adventures of the young blunderer Yankel during World War II who survives thanks to the sluggishness. The hired legionary he is taken prisoner, will pass across Sicily with the army of allies and it will appear in Indochina. And everywhere he will be accompanied by glory.

House of Fools

The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living their day to day life after being invaded twice over, and they have to deal with their sicknesses.

Vanity Of Vanities

This short film tells a love story in a provincial city. The film is full of humor, wonder and national color.

At the River

A day in the life of a mother and her daughter, who have already reached a stage in life where their age difference is barely noticeable. One day, the two are visited by a young official who quite unwittingly makes the mother feel young again, and so she decides to set out for a walk by the river together with her daughter. It becomes increasingly clear to both of them that the best days of their lives are past and that they make a ludicrous impression wherever they go. However, they somehow keep their spirits up and try to enjoy this last walk together. They both know that this is the very last of the ‘grand days’ of their lives.

A big difference

Elena is a successful business woman of 39 years. Her life has everything except a man on whom she could rely. The work gradually becomes the meaning of her life and, in order to at least somehow resist this, she decides to try her luck at a marriage agency, where she really meets her fate. He may be 10 years younger than her, but is this really a barrier to love?

You Don’t Like Our Governement, Do You?

In one communal apartment, the question of moving one of the doors a little to the side and increasing the area of the room - by only one and a half square meters. In the end, this "complicated" issue had to be solved almost at the highest level.

Fictitious Marriage

Oleg and Vera wanted to start their lives beautifully. To do this, they chose their own path: Oleg's fictitious marriage for the sake of registration, Vera's necessary, albeit dubious, acquaintances. It seemed to them that this should lead them to success...

The Paradise Apples

Political pamphlet based on the story of the Finnish writer Martti Larni "Socrates in Helsinki". Spring of 1944. In the paradise, which has long been settled by the philosopher Socrates, a fired soldier Vittori Virten arrives. The philosopher respected the newcomer with great respect, and they even became friends. Once having distinguished himself before God, the heroes get a vacation on Earth and go on a journey: the soldier decides to visit his family in Laconia, and the sage just wanted to see the world — did he think it once, and decided to join the soldier...

House with a Turret

During the final winter of WWII, as displaced persons return to their former homes in the Soviet Union, an 8-year-old boy is left alone when his mother dies en route.

Have You Ever Loved?

The boy Mitya fell in love with the girl Olya, but Mitina’s mother suddenly became angry, petty and arrogant. And then true friends, grandparents came to help lovers ...

The Unwomanly Face of War

A woman’s perspective on the reality of wartime is a simple human truth, filled with piercing details that seem unbelievable. It is a truth that is not mentioned in official documents, films, or books from the Soviet era, and it is even absent from the memoirs of male veterans. This is a play about life, where concepts like honor, love for the motherland, and compassion held great significance.