Mariya Smolnikova

Diva

Космическая Машка

Masha spent her entire 11 years of life with her cosmonaut father at the spaceport. She knows how to fly a plane, a boat, and take responsibility for herself, but she doesn't know how her peers live. To make friends and get used to life on Earth, she goes to a regular school in St. Petersburg, where her incredible adventures begin.

Не по-детски

After a major scandal on air, popular TV host Mark Nikolaev tries to restore his reputation and sets out to find Natasha, an orphanage graduate whose victory on a music show sparks a public conflict. However, the attempt to "fix the situation" unexpectedly changes Mark's world and forces him to confront real life for the first time outside of the cameras and social media.

Noise of Time

A biopic about Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich.

Firefly

Yana lives in the northern sea town. She collects stamps and is waiting for her father, who has long abandoned his family. Yana does not hope that he will return, she just loves to wait and believes that this is the quality of real philatelists. Yana is a very strong person, the effects of cerebral palsy are almost invisible, and the slight claudication and a certain oddity, in her opinion, only give her an additional charm. True, Kolya, Yana's friend, does not think so. The girl is upset that he does not see a woman in her ... Once on the beach, Yana meets a sailor. Peter is a very attractive man and also a collector. Collector of women. A short-lived novel flares up, and Yana becomes part of his “album”. Peter, as befits a sailor, goes to the sea, but Yana is happy: fine, when there is someone to wait for, even if this person never appears in her life again. After all, our whole life is an expectation.

Seryozha

Recorded play by Dmitry Krymov in Moscow Chekhov Art Theater, based on "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.

Ispoved Bar

Ispoved Bar, a place where all the fates of the heroes intersect. There, a lone employee of the psychological help hotline meets a girl in a bar. Their conversation turns into a tragic confession of a man carrying a load of mistakes of the past.

Love Triangle

Sometimes we bind ourselves in a relationship in which we find ourselves in captivity. This happens for various reasons. But if you meet your true love, run! Run towards her as fast as you can! There is no need to tolerate a relationship in which you are unhappy! Three short stories of the film are devoted to this topic.

Diva

Космическая Машка

Masha spent her entire 11 years of life with her cosmonaut father at the spaceport. She knows how to fly a plane, a boat, and take responsibility for herself, but she doesn't know how her peers live. To make friends and get used to life on Earth, she goes to a regular school in St. Petersburg, where her incredible adventures begin.

Не по-детски

After a major scandal on air, popular TV host Mark Nikolaev tries to restore his reputation and sets out to find Natasha, an orphanage graduate whose victory on a music show sparks a public conflict. However, the attempt to "fix the situation" unexpectedly changes Mark's world and forces him to confront real life for the first time outside of the cameras and social media.

Noise of Time

A biopic about Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich.

Firefly

Yana lives in the northern sea town. She collects stamps and is waiting for her father, who has long abandoned his family. Yana does not hope that he will return, she just loves to wait and believes that this is the quality of real philatelists. Yana is a very strong person, the effects of cerebral palsy are almost invisible, and the slight claudication and a certain oddity, in her opinion, only give her an additional charm. True, Kolya, Yana's friend, does not think so. The girl is upset that he does not see a woman in her ... Once on the beach, Yana meets a sailor. Peter is a very attractive man and also a collector. Collector of women. A short-lived novel flares up, and Yana becomes part of his “album”. Peter, as befits a sailor, goes to the sea, but Yana is happy: fine, when there is someone to wait for, even if this person never appears in her life again. After all, our whole life is an expectation.

Seryozha

Recorded play by Dmitry Krymov in Moscow Chekhov Art Theater, based on "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.

Ispoved Bar

Ispoved Bar, a place where all the fates of the heroes intersect. There, a lone employee of the psychological help hotline meets a girl in a bar. Their conversation turns into a tragic confession of a man carrying a load of mistakes of the past.

Love Triangle

Sometimes we bind ourselves in a relationship in which we find ourselves in captivity. This happens for various reasons. But if you meet your true love, run! Run towards her as fast as you can! There is no need to tolerate a relationship in which you are unhappy! Three short stories of the film are devoted to this topic.

Fedor's Journey Through Moscow at the Turn of the XXI Century

A long time ago, Prometheus was cursed by the God's for bringing fire to mankind. Today, Fedor finds himself in Moscow for the first time and falls in love with Masha.

Boris

Based on the play Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin, Dmitry Krymov’s Boris is a metaphor about the fate of Russia, its rulers and eternal values, subverting its ideas behind the cover of Pushkin’s text to show a direct line of the current governance of Russia with its imperial past, as well as all the myths on which Russian identity now rests. A flying raven, a poet, a folk choir, saints and sinners, living and dead - all come to life in the twilight of the Provision Warehouses of the Moscow Museum in this new interpretation of a classic work by one of the world’s most renowned stage directors.

Light Fluctuations

Lena has the happiest day today - she is getting married! But the mood in the limousine, in which the newlyweds rush to a banquet, is disturbed by an accident - a limo knocks a person down.

Russian Shorts. Vol. 3

Exactly five stories from different parts of Russia - from Arkhangelsk to Sakhalin. The modern romantic comedy "Firefly" was filmed in Severodvinsk. The musical film “Not for the River” from Arkhangelsk is dedicated to the ability to establish strong, like sea knots, relationships. The Kazan traffic police officer on duty on the highway, opening the trunk of a stopped car, changes his life forever (“Lost Path”). The heroine of the novel "Tamara" from Krasnoyarsk, showing a hard character in her work, will be helpless in her personal life. The Sakhalin short film "In the arms of the sea" in a poetic manner tells the story of true friendship and farewell.

Kilimanjara

At the wedding day the beautiful bride Marusya is left alone by her fiancé. She decides to find him by any cost with her friends and they travel to motherland of the groom – Azerbaijan – where they get into the greatest adventure they ever experienced.

Six Degrees of Celebration 8

Continuation of the New Year saga "Yolki". This time, all the stories in the film will be based on real events.

Jetlag

A fight en route to an airport leads an ordinary Moscow couple to split on a whim. With Nikita ending up in Thailand and Zhenya in Berlin, both find themselves in two separate love triangles, inadvertently causing chaos in others' relationships as they attempt to fix theirs. But even continents apart, their lives turn out to be more intricately connected than they realize.

After You're Gone

Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer and an acknowledged genius whose career was abruptly cut short after sustaining an injury in the 1990s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative and that he will soon lose the ability to walk. Aleksey sets out to choreograph a ballet he envisaged long before but never staged for fear of failure. “What will I leave behind after I am gone?” is a question Aleksey feels he must contend with. However, returning to the world of ballet will not be easy for a man who has made so many enemies over the course of his life.

Fort Ross: In Search of Adventure

A group of journalists are traveling through the different places and different times trying to solve historical mystery.

Everyone Is Here

Inspired by a 1975 American touring production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” he visited as a young man, Dmitry Krymov’s “Everyone is Here” is a memory piece, a starting point for a flight of imagination and immersion into his own past. Wilder’s “Our Town” is superimposed on the personal memories of Krymov, his biography and events from his family life. The structure of the play gives rise to an interweaving of events, memories, reminiscences, fantasies, associations, dreams - a carefully planned, as if random confusion, which in the finale leads the viewer to a keen awareness of their own life.

The Presumption of Guilt

A group of young people take part in a unique AI experiment in an attempt to create an absolutely impartial court of law. However, the experiment soon turns into an uncontrollable trial of the participants, revealing their true selves and the secrets they desperately try to hide.

New Russians 2

An anthology of five stories that can literally happen to anyone.

Lisbon

Anna and Misha, the parents of seventeen-year-old Ivan and his older sister Varya, recently separated. Misha, out of habit, sometimes comes to the old courtyard, secretly observes the life of his family. Ivan is watching his father.

The Daughter

Inna lives with her dad and little brother in a small town. Her life changes when a new girl, Masha, comes to her school. They become friends. But Masha is murdered by a maniac serial killer, who kills teenage girls in the town. Inna goes to church for the funeral service. There she meets the priest's son Ilya, whose sister was also murdered.

Разъезд

In the fight against toxic male masculinity, an intelligent woman changes the course of her life for the better.

Stalingrad

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

Holidays

May holidays with traditional kebabs at the cottage, where two daughters come with their grooms. They will have a quarrel during the preparation for the feast, unexpected confessions, a conflict of mentalities and even shooting, but still the Pyzhovs got together, which means that they are really dear to each other.

S'parta

If you have ever asked yourself what if there was a place where all your desires would suddenly come true, you should play «Sparta». «Sparta» is a game without any rules. Experiencing the game will change your life by reason of the virtual world crossing borders and becoming part of our daily routine.

Kazanova

Moscow, 1978, the eve of the Olympic Games. In the Soviet Union, several cases of fraud have been registered, the victims of which were women "with a position in society." The victims describe the signs of the criminal in the same way: a charming, intelligent middle-aged man, easily insinuates himself into trust. After the suicide attempt of the deputy chairman of the district executive committee, a professional detective, police captain Shmakov and senior police lieutenant Polina Novgorodtseva, takes over the investigation of a high-profile case.

The Magic District

Lyokha, a former police sniper with post-traumatic stress disorder, in the midst of an alcoholic binge learns about the fatal illness of his sister Katya. Katya does not want her daughter to be sent to an orphanage after death, and asks Lyokha to take up her head so that he becomes a guardian for an eight-year-old girl. Lyokha has already lost many close people in his life, so he does everything to help his sister: he picks up old connections and gets a job at the police station. The area turns out to be difficult. The criminals that Lyokha must catch are fairy-tale characters: the Serpent Gorynych, Baba Yaga and other evil spirits. And if the former sniper does not have problems with the capture of villains, then attempts to become a good guardian become a real test for Lyokha.

Ancestral Land

An epic family saga set in the Russian Urals before, during and after the Second World War. The story is centered on the Morozov family - Aleksey, Stepan, Aliona and Varvara - two brothers and two sisters, with a multitude of complex relationships between them. Miraculously, they all survive the slaughter of World War 2, but not without learning some important lessons on the way, including the meaning of true love, that overcomes all hurdles and heals all wounds, and how to cope with grief, leading them ultimately to a long dreamed-of happiness.

Kafe Kuba

The beginning of the 2000s, a small village on the highway leading to Moscow. The colorful cafe "Cuba" is located here, and Tamara, strong and sharp-tongued, manages it.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears. It's All Just Beginning

Early 2000s. Ksyusha arrives to conquer Moscow with a five—year-old child in her arms - without money, connections, or any prospects. There is no turning back — she ran away from her hometown, fleeing from her abusive husband. Her new friends help her survive in the capital: a diligent medical student, Olya, and a flighty Masha, who dreams of marrying a foreigner and going abroad. After 20 years, fate gives her friends another chance at happiness.

Conclusion

Call Vitya!

A young psychic charlatan, Vitya, has a gift for scamming desperate people for money. And while conversations with the "ghosts of the dead" provide him with a luxurious life, Vitya's conscience is silent.

I Know Who Killed You

A three-year-old girl was abducted in a Moscow circus. The kidnapper does not need a ransom, he is driven by a thirst for revenge. He will make his parents suffer the way he suffers, having lost his only loved one. They will never know who punished them. To understand what he is avenging for, you need to go back in time.

Enemy is at the Gate

September 1941. The unjustly convicted investigator Moore Zakhar is released from prison in order to organize the fight against crime, which has increased since the beginning of the German invaders' offensive on Moscow. He is assigned to head the special investigations department and unravel the tangle of mysterious crimes committed by nazi accomplices. Once free, he sets out to fight a gang of saboteurs. Winning this fight will not only be his contribution to the overall victory, but will also allow him to get his wife, who was arrested with him, out of prison.

Kuprin

Kuprin (Yama, Vpotmakh, Poedinok)

Chaliapin

The story of Fyodor Chaliapin is a man who grew up in a peasant family, but was able to break into the brilliant world of theater and conquered heights that no one had ever reached before. Did he find the love of millions, could not achieve personal happiness on his own and make a choice between two beloved women? About how the strength of character and talent can lift a person to the stars and give them the opportunity to shine all over the world.

Raya Knows

Plevako

Outstanding oratorical talent and natural wit help Fyodor Plevako to smash the accusers in court, and ordinary people consider him a hero.

Smarter Than Me

A playboy and a major, the son of an oligarch, Vasily, is confident that in any difficult situation, his father's money and a voice assistant in an expensive smartphone will save him. But one day dad gets tired of supporting a stupid rake, and a stupid accident leads to the incredible: Vasya's consciousness moves into the phone, and the voice assistant into his body. And it is today that Vasya urgently needs to get a job, make peace with his girlfriend Katya and establish a relationship with his father. They will have to go through all these tests together: You inside the phone case, and the application in such an uncomfortable and ridiculous human body.

Playing With Fire

The year is 1979. To save his child from a rare disease, Mikhail will have to earn a million US dollars and run away with his son abroad.

Jetlag

The plot centers on a couple of Zhenya and Nikita, whose lives are radically changing due to an ordinary quarrel at the airport. Lovers find themselves on different sides of the world. Zhenya gets on the set in Berlin, meets a brilliant director and becomes a co-author of his film. And Nikita goes to Thailand, where his life is also turned upside down. But one thing remains unchanged for the guy: the desire to be close to Zhenya, which can overcome all geographical, physical and even moral boundaries.

Гурзуф

Crime & Punishment

Summer, St. Petersburg of the XXI century. Student Rodion Raskolnikov is exhausted by lack of money, unemployment and thoughts about the meaninglessness of his existence. But the idea is maturing in his mind that some people have the "right" to do the most vile things if they make great discoveries and move the world forward. To test the theory on himself, he kills an old woman-a micro-lender. Investigator Porfiry Petrovich is on the trail of Raskolnikov, who wants to get a sincere confession from him.

Goremyki

Stories from the life of three cohabitants who, while solving everyday conflicts, find themselves drawn into absurd situations: an alien invasion, rivalry with an ancient Egyptian god, space flight, escape from the underworld, and even the arrest of the real Santa Claus.

Kuprin. In the Dark

The tiger trainer Zenida from the story "Lucia" falls in love with Alarin, the hero of the story "In the Dark". Also, Oznobishin is fighting for the heart of the fearless tamer. And Kuprin himself watches the love vicissitudes of his characters.