Sasha Proshina

"Closing" is a film almanac made up of nine verses. Instead of a rap beat, there is beer, rain, a beach, a zoo, random conversations, and a city that lives its own life. These are not stories with a beginning and an end, but statements written into the rhythm of the festival, where cinema becomes a way to be together and a way to be alone. Any almanac is a film cypher: everyone goes to the microphone, says their piece, and leaves, leaving room for someone else. "Closing" is exactly that: a collection of voices in which you can hear laughter, fatigue, love, and meaninglessness. This is a film about how cinema closes the day and opens the night.

How to make a girl fall in love with you using Maslenitsa? That's right - no way. But Ilya and Zakhar will try anyway.

Sergei takes the body of his deceased younger brother, Misha, to his native village to bury him with his family, but he is thwarted by Misha's ghost, who repeatedly "digs up" from the grave and returns to his brother.