Elena Dubrovskaya

The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The story describes the events of the first days of the defence, including the three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment commander, Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov, the commissar Efim Moiseevich Fomin and the head of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. Many years later veteran Alexander Akimov again recalls the memories of the time, when he, then a 15 year old Sasha Akimov was deeply in love with the beautiful Anya and suddenly found himself in the middle of the bloody events of war.

Two young, restless kids, straight from summer camp, find themselves in a virtual world, where they're dragged by the malicious computer Gala-Virus, who dreams of destroying all earthly holidays, especially New Year's, along with Santa Claus, of course. But the Gala-Virus clearly underestimated modern kids—they easily navigate several computer levels, pass all the tests, and brilliantly defeat their dangerous adversary.

Lyrical New Year's comedy about how our concessions can forever change the lives of people close to us. This magical story takes place with the heroes a week before the New Year and once again says: be afraid of your wishes, they have a habit of coming true!

This lively piece uses the traditional Belarusian vycinanka (papercut) style to illustrate eight well-known proverbs through humorous visual vignettes. To complement the folklore-based storytelling, it features music by ethno‑trio Troitsa.

The village idiot lives in a hut with his sick mother. His neighbors are the Jewish family of the local blacksmith Mendel, and the guy is secretly in love with his youngest daughter Sonya.