Ilya Sherstobitov

Mother is eighty, Seva - sixty.That's the whole family right there. Seva spent his life looking after his mother. While he was at her beck and call, he barely had any time for himself and ended up childless with no soul to turn to. The inevitable happens - mother dies. Without her life loses its meaning. On top of this he finds out the story about his birth. The unbearable truth turns his life upside-down. Questions keep piling on. How to forgive? How to find humility and the strength to carry on?

This is the story of one day in the life of a Georgian family. A fisherman's family celebrates Christmas day.

An independent Russian drama film loosely based on Stephen King's novel "Rage." The plot follows a marginalized teenager who decides to bring a firearm into his classroom and take his classmates hostage. The feature film is notable for featuring prominent figures from Russian rock and metal in its cast, including Daria "Nookie" Stavrovich. Despite finishing principal photography in 2016, the production was permanently canceled and never made it to commercial theaters.

In Moscow, two skinheads kill homosexual men while being in a sexual relationship with one another. Based on a true story, the film inquires about masculinity, identity, and a sense of belonging in contemporary Russia.

The Russian president decides to go on vacation. To do this, he changes his appearance with the help of prosthetics and make-up, but the hapless artist takes the cover image of the first magazine he sees laying around, and now the President looks exactly like the narcissistic marginal Valera who's hiding from the collectors. Ironically, the FSO's vigilant employees put surveillance on the wrong subject and while the real head of state plunges into commonness, goes on a road trip with fellow traveler Zina, Valera gladly enjoys the presidential service, simultaneously voicing opinions on foreign and domestic policy issues ...

Our days. A comet is approaching planet Earth, which must destroy it. The government is disbanded, communications and transport links are absent. The world is in a state of chaos. The main characters, Anna and Andrey, who live in a provincial town, in spite of everything, continue to wait for their sons, who left the city nine years ago. They dream of meeting this event in the family circle. Children come, but real family reunification costs the heroes much more. The comet is getting closer, and you have to have time to say everything, but the most important words turn into insults.

New film by Ilya Sherstobitov

A film about love and loneliness; about family ties and responsibility, hope and its illusoriness.