Violin

The testament of a former concentration camp prisoner confronts and turns the lives of two young people from different worlds around, shedding light on the tragic history of their family.

The young man nicknamed "Amur" works as a taxi driver in Moscow. Every day his taxi passes through the entire capital from the outskirts to the center. Areas, lifestyle, people are changing before our eyes. But Cupid will not find his place here. Moscow is just another source of problems for him. But once the capital itself decides to achieve reciprocity from Amur! It turns out to be the “intersection point” of three love stories at once.

18-year-old school graduate Sasha is indecisive to choose painting as his profession. He does not want to let down his mother, who wants him to make a safe career choice. The meeting with his father, whom Sasha never knew, complicates things even more. But when Sasha meets an unusual girl Zhenia, he has no other choice but to grow up.

Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.

An anthology film about the common topic of the Holocaust and honouring the memory of the victims. What caused the mass extermination of people on a national basis? Where do origins of interethnic intolerance, anti-Semitism, nationalist propaganda come from? Today these issues are still topical. Nationally motivated conflicts still fare up between people; national hostility is still kindled. There are voices that deny the reality of the Holocaust as a historical fact. We cannot allow a repetition of the monstrous tragedy and should never forget about it!

Victor was having a wash in his cabin when the boatswain called him to the phone. Although Victor had already heard: “Nika died”, he shouts all the same: “I can’t hear!”. Victor goes onto the mainland. After two days without sleep he reaches the hospital. When the doctor has finished speaking, Victor indifferently turns away to the window. All the details of this view from the window suddenly feel closer to him. Victor goes outside. The street is fast asleep. The entire town is asleep, as if extinct. But everything is breathing, snoring, muttering in a dream. This sleeping town is like a nightmare. In this nightmare those helplessly asleep are intertwined with the memories of his love. Victor wanders around the town in search of a person who is also, like him, on this side of reality. And he finds him.

Most of us say the word "Mama" without thinking. But there are children who have never uttered this word in their lives. The film is about these children, orphans. In these children, no less love than in each of us. And they are waiting. Sometimes too long. But they never cease to believe for a second that one day they will be able to say this simple word. The word "Mama" ...

Liza is a sophisticated woman who lives in a ‘high class world’. Her husband Peter speaks Russian with a German accent, he owns a chocolate factory. They live in a cold world of minimalistic interiors, holding back their emotions. There are no children in their expensive countryside house but there are expensive greyhound dogs. However, Liza can’t stay stone cold calm, as she has a secret from her past that burns her from inside, one that she would be happy to get rid of forever… And somewhere near there is a burnt room, and teenager Ulya has the keys.

The naïve Maris joins the Wehrmacht during the Nazi occupation of the Baltic states, together with his brother and several others from the village. The barracks are in a monastery, and Maris – whom everyone views as a fool – seems to consider his fate a religious calling. Until his eyes are opened by the soldiers’ misbehaviour, and he takes it upon himself to save a young woman.

Xiao Lang is the daughter of a Chinese millionaire, she is flying from London to Guangzhou for her own wedding. The plane makes an emergency landing in Moscow. To make it to the ceremony in time and to catch the next flight to Guangzhou, Xiao Lang has to exit into the city, which she believes to be barbarous. During the next day, she is destined to live through the most wonderful adventures. Xiao Lang not only gets to know the real Moscow, but also meets a person who might be worth staying here for…

The story of the amazing fate of a Russian aristocrat, thanks to whom one of the most important Orthodox shrines — Alexander’s compound in Jerusalem — has been preserved. The daughter of the White Guard officer Tatiana Goncharova-Mendoza, living in exile, carried love and devotion to Russia throughout her entire life.

German shepherd named Brutus got into concentration camp and turned from a harmless pet into a killer.

This movie celebrates the human spirit. Ukrainian children's resilience, strength, and ability to overcome tragedies and losses make each story a great inspiration for everyone. They had the strength to overcome the darkest moments that today's war brought upon them and win this war with dignity. These little heroes can, through their stories, inspire others.

The film unfolds during 30-40-s of last century and follows a story of a pair of women's shoes, from a store's window to the common grave at the Auschwitz concentration camp. There are no dialogues in the film and no faces are shown.

The heroes of the film are children born in Kosovo. The washing machine in their home was once comparable to a Rolls-Royce. Now they live in Germany: they study in local schools, speak German well and have plans to become German football stars.

The story of how a son gets a second chance to find a mother. About how war generates only human grief and creates unhealed wounds. The hero of the picture, 40-year-old Walter, left his native land for several years and works as a foreman at one of the Moscow construction projects. He builds not only houses in Russia, but also tries to build his new life. However, one day a phone call from his homeland breaks all his plans. Walter learns that the hostilities have reached the village in the mountains where his mother lives.