The Humorist

Ariana Lolaeva: Kitty Comedian

Ariana Lolaeva's debut stand-up special is frank, smart and very funny. In her first full-length concert, Ariana talks about the lives of women, jokes about her magical abilities and talks about how... they wanted to kill her!

Leto

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

Londongrad

Russian comedy detective series centres around a ‘fixing’ agency set up to troubleshoot problems for rich Russians in London

The Three

A husband, a wife and another woman. Only three are in the frame.

Soulless 2

Max Andreev thought the best place to start a new life would be at the other end of the world. What he didn't know, is that you can't outrun your past.

The Optimists

The early 1960s. The Soviet Union is experiencing a bright Khrushchev-era, full of hope. A group of young diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs come face to face with world-changing global events. Before long, these wide-eyed idealists find themselves deep in the breathtaking world of spy games, mortal dangers, and brilliant political maneuvering.

Odnoklassniki.ru: The Magic Laptop

An advertising creative in a rut finds his life turned upside down when he discovers his ability to write his wishes into reality.

Aspiration

When four middle-aged American rockers hole up at a farmhouse in the serene and scenic Northern Ontario to record one last album, the tangle of relationships within the band turns deadly.

Bridges to Liverpool

At Eurovision 2023, Estonian singer Alica Milova started off as an underdog but eventually became one of the favorites among both the jury and the audience. Discover how she fulfilled her dream at the age of 20, silenced the haters, and uncover the secrets of Europe's most renowned music competition in Mikhail Valtfogel's film "Bridges to Liverpool."

AIGEL - 1190

The concert of the AIGEL group, where Aigel Gaisina and Ilya Baramiya perform their debut album "1190" in full for the first time. A unique location was chosen for the performance — the building of the abandoned AS hotel on the Adriatic coast, which has been empty for about 20 years.

Tequilajazzz - Four Winds

In 2023, the band Tequilajazzz embarked on the first tour after the outbreak of the war. In the autumn of 2023, on the volcanic rocks of the Adriatic coast, the band played a special concert "Four Winds", imbued with maritime romance and the mood of the Scandinavian fjords beloved by Evgeny Fedorov.

Kushnir

A film about Pavel Kushnir — a musician who refused to compromise, in art or in conscience. A “great little man,” as his friends describe him, Pavel played sublime music for two elderly women in an empty community hall with the same devotion he would have brought to Carnegie Hall. He wrote extraordinary novels and dared to protest, fully aware of the consequences. In 2024, Pavel Kushnir died in a prison in Birobidzhan.

BG - Live From Studio De L'Ermitage

In an exclusive concert for VotVot, the master visits the most diverse periods of his legendary discography.

Riot Days

Riot Days is an inventive and shocking performance based on the memoirs of Maria Alyokhina from Pussy Riot. With this performance, one of the main art groups in the world traveled to more than 200 countries in Europe, the USA, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. The performance received many prestigious awards, and also gathered an enthusiastic press.

Denis Chuzhoy: Self-Assessment

"Self-Assessment" is Denis Chuzhoy's fifth single. In it, the comedian talks about accepting himself, a hellish carousel of constant moving, and recalls how FSB fans came to his concerts. It also explains why one good immigration lawyer can replace five years of therapy.

Denis Chuzhoy: It Will Always Hurt

The new special by Denis Chuzhoy is both a story about life in forced emigration and a reflection on what is happening in Russia right now. With the ability to find humor in the gloomy, Chuzhoy jokes about how not to lose oneself in a foreign country, what to do with depression, and why it is not worth relying on food delivery when learning a new language.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.

Repo Man

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

Empire of Light

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

The Man Who Loved Yngve

It’s November 1989 and the world is changing. So is Jarle, who attends Kongsgård High School in Stavanger. He plays the guitar/lead singer in a local punk band, has a great girlfriend, and has the coolest best friend. But it's all about to change when Yngve enters the classroom.

Heckler

HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.

Citizen X

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.

Lan Yu

A love story between a country boy in Beijing to study and a wealthy businessman set against the backdrop of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.

Lenny

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the establishment as too obscene for the public.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.

Hunger

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

The Russia House

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.