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Five aspiring directors, five short stories about the discovery of cinema. Each short story is an independent story exploring how cinema begins, how it influences us and where the line between the screen and reality lies. The film almanac has the widest range of genres, themes, geography of authors, time of action and even frame format. It can be a short sketch from the set, where the lighting technician suddenly changes places and importance with the most influential auteur director; preparation for the first film screening in Rus'; a conversation between friends immediately after the film; a story of a difficult choice between creative freedom and a career; and finally, a free interpretation of the 1986 film about the life of a simple fisherman from Kaliningrad.

A loose adaptation of Chekhov's "The Man in a Case," where the school is replaced by a frantic TikTok house, and the Greek teacher is replaced by a panicked blogger trying to hide his life from the absurdity around him.

The young rap artist Chizaru wakes up in a prison cell after a crazy party and tries to remember how he ended up being there.

"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.

An experimental film by Dima Teplov and Pavel Korolko about what an hour of time is when the sun leaves us.

A documentary about a garage that hosted student parties for three years.

A comedy documentary about the life of one small man in one small room.

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

Five directors pass their unfinished films in a circle, seeing only the last three seconds. This experimental anthology captures the surprising results and the filmmakers' first reactions in a video call that becomes part of the movie.