Defile

Mikhail is 59 years old, and for more than 30 years he works at the motor transport enterprise, where he also lives in a self-made workshop. He has a beloved pregnant daughter, a hobby to draw paintings and a favourite car of a heavenly color. Natasha, a warehouse keeper, offers him a deal: to hand over the waste metal stored at the warehouse to the scrap metal reception center and divide the money. Mikhail takes pity on Natasha and agrees. On the road to the reception center he gets stopped by the police. In order to avoid litigation, Mikhail asks the director of the company not to file a theft report. The director agrees but fires Mikhail anyway. Now he’s left homeless and unemployed…

Ivan Lashin, a young man who lives with his mother in the country and works at home, met director Vitaly Suslin. The young man told the director about his life, they wrote a script together and thus the feature film "Head. Two Ears" was born, in which Ivan played himself as the main character. Russia’s most important festival Kinotavr declared it the best script and the film also received the award of the Russian Film Critics Guild. Now, a few years later, Vitaly and Ivan have made a new film which talks about Ivan’s life after festivals: has he changed, what is he dreaming about?

A hot summer is in full swing. A bronze Pushkin has taken up residence in the city of N. Garbage truck driver Pyotr drives along familiar routes, emptying sun-baked bins. Everyone waits for rain, but only furious thunder rumbles on the sultry evenings, doing nothing to cool the hot Earth. Only the splash of a small fountain offers relief from the stifling boredom. A wedding is in preparation. Pyotr is planning to marry off his only son, a cold and stern figure who is steadfast in his love for his parents. At night, the fountain retires, leaving only Pushkin's bronze shoulder, a place to cool a head weary from the day...

A common shoemaker lives in a small town, he mends boots and writes memoirs about his childhood, which he wants to leave for his son. On new year’s eve he learns about a magic sea. the shoemaker wants to see this amazing place, but it costs a lot and there are not enough boots in need of mending to pay for the trip. he finds a decision promising to solve his problem…

After a conflict with a young director, actor Yuri leaves the theater, taking the buffoon's costume of his hero from the play King Lear. The stage character becomes part of the play of Yuri's real life. A drunken mother, a great actress in the past; wife, with a chill in a relationship; and the passengers of his taxi take part in this action.

In a snowed-under village lives the shepherd Ivan Sergeyevich. Every morning he cleans up the manure and feeds the cows. Day after day goes by in this way. One winter morning a stranger arrives in the village in an expensive car and offers Ivan Sergeyevich good work in the city. Ivan Sergeyevich agrees with pleasure. The stranger takes Ivan Sergeyevich away from the village to the city...

Long-awaited snow falls in the village. A girl named Erica is building a large snowman with button eyes and a bright carrot. Grandma is preparing Snowflake's dress. The festivities of the New Year's carnival await, and the atmosphere around is filled with the holiday spirit, but gradually the quiet childish joy gives way to adult fear for the life of the snow giant—will the child be able to save him from destruction?

Vitaly Suslin's short film "The Sniffer" tells about a village guy, the Sniffer. The main character falls in love with a girl, and for her sake decides to steal.

A doctor from the regional clinic finds a guy with a rare disease in the village, and takes him to the city hospital to write a doctoral dissertation.