First Night

31-year-old Vera is a vet in a small-town zoo veterinarian in Transylvania. After losing her new-born baby, she becomes obsessed with giving him the proper Eastern Orthodox burial rituals, spends more time at work and subsequently drifts apart from her husband, Toma. One day a tiger escapes from the zoo…

Claudiu, who works at the fresh fish department of a supermarket, spends his days watching the live carps struggling to move and breathe in their small, over-packed aquarium. After one of them starts acting strange, the young man decides to take action.

The documentary almanac consists of 6 short stories united by the common theme "Where is the border of Europe". Six short stories made in the film train will make up one full-length documentary about modern Russia through the eyes of those who live in it and those who explore it. The project is a master class for young cinematographers "Kinopoezd: laboratory on wheels".