Ksenia Sereda

The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.

1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.

Two heroines: Lyuba (Love) and Vera (Faith); one is 26, the other 40 years old. They met at drawing classes. For Vera the meeting is accidental, for Lyuba it is necessary. The love for the same man begins their short friendship.

They have been abandoned in a world adorned with concepts such as family, friendship, love, and opportunities. In search of answers to their questions, they devour themselves like a chemical substance that corrodes the world around, in order to eventually learn not to listen but to hear, not to look but to see. And to find their way.

Petersburg. A Selfie comprises seven novellas about the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, shot by female directors. The film tells a story of a real, living and breathing city, rather than a mythical phantasm. Each novella tells its own story about love and loneliness, luck and hope.

Misha and Philip have been friends since childhood, but now Phillip has to move to another city with his parents. As their strong friendship suddenly begins to unravel, what seemed like innocent child's play before now turns into new, unfamiliar feelings.

An evening dress, a St. Petersburg attic, summer, alcohol, and a chance encounter with a handsome guy – what else do you need to have a wonderful evening? The main thing is that it shouldn’t be the last one. Margot is only twenty‑three, but she already has a great plan: to come to St. Petersburg and jump off the roof before life itself throws some kind of trouble at her. After all, it’s better to go out young, healthy, and drunk, without waiting for World War III, the depletion of the world’s oil reserves, or a brick falling from the roof at the whim of a treacherous fate. However, fate seems to have something entirely different in store for her. Life, just as Margo feared, is indeed full of surprises, and not all of them are terrible.