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...
David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances,...
Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state...
A fat middle-aged man in German officer's uniform gets off a train somewhere in Russia in winter. He is a doctor who has just been called up we learn eventually. This is the end of the line- the Germans are about to retreat. He goes to a hospital which is being evacuated and is thrown out. Kicked...
Young female fighter pilots arrive to the frontline. They have different stories and different fates. They are getting older, falling in love and lose their closest ones as well as take their place in the world of men. The air has become their home. However, at war no one knows whose fate is to...
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
When autumn came, and the rains became more frequent, two friends, Sasha and Yura, had their dreams fulfilled in one day. Not exactly the way they wanted it, but, nevertheless, they were fulfilled. One wanted to get married and got married, the second dreamed of leaving and left — disappeared and...
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…
The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as “Who are you?” and “What do you want?”.
A young, unknown artist, Ivan, goes from Moscow to St. Petersburg to audition for a new big film directed by Alexei German Jr. But suddenly, one by one, famous actors board the train, and it turns out that they are going there. This path turns into a test for Ivan and the understanding that he has...
This film is a very short story about a former rescue worker returning from Tokyo – a man who is quite successful in his everyday life, and who, after hearing about another earthquake in Japan, dropped everything and went there to help. He is flying back home in an almost empty plane. Indeed,...
An ambulance driver in a small Russian town becomes inspired to make some life changes after he unexpectedly becomes the temporary guardian of a 7-year- old girl.
A documentary grotesque in which even the walls speak. Famous directors of St. Petersburg cinema recall their lives and work, and images of old films come to life to remind the viewer of themselves.
An elderly literature teacher lives a solitary life in his apartment. He reads books, listens to the news about culture. Every day he calls a friend in a distant city and remembers his youth. He is not particularly interested in the modern world — until one day that modern world breaks into his...
Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate about the matches they play on the streets. They hatch a scheme to buy a playing field. But World War I has already begun and soon their lives and dreams will be shattered.
At the turn of 80-90, film director Alexei Yurievich German created a film workshop for the first film, which became famous for the paintings of young debutant directors, who later became famous masters. The film tells about how the Master selected talented directors, helped them take the first...
The Architect. The Story of Alexey German and His Films
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A story about the creative biography of Alexei German Sr. through the prism of his latest film - It's Hard to Be a God. Many shots from the shooting are published for the first time. Herman did not belong to any school or direction of cinema. Working on his films, he turned to the images of...
The film is about the long-term relationship between the director and the character of her first film, the French indie artist, musician and director Siegfried, known as Sig. The story is dedicated to the experience of growing up, emancipation and finding their own identity in life and in art. The...
A story about the all-conquering power of art, told by a former painter. A simple village guy paints buildings from a construction cradle. Through the windows, he watches people's lives and one day notices a couple of artists…
