Invisible Hope

In Russia, the attitude to death is paradoxically irrational – we all seem to live forever. Entrepreneur Sergey Yakushin is the only reasonable "madman" who conducted a funeral "revolution" in his native Novosibirsk. Yakushin himself turned around to face death after being diagnosed with late-stage cancer 15 years ago. And they gave me a year of life.

Pavlensky/Pawlenski, artist and activist, is leading the way in forging social change in Russia. Through an multiple courageous performances, he acts as society's conscience in the face of an increasingly totalitarian state. From lying naked in a coil of barbed wire, to nailing his scrotum to the floor of Red Square, his acts of defiance aim to spark debate and catalyse reform. This documentary follows his mission to challenge the state.

The bear — a powerful and horrendous wild beast, a symbol of strength and might — now is under threat himself. Danger comes from poachers, who hunt for bear fur and bile, which is believed to heal. Danger comes from illegal hunting centers, enslaving baby animals for dog training. Yet a human becomes stronger not through a struggle or hunt — but… love. And care — for a bear. ‘’Land of Bears’’ is a film about the country, where love between a man and bear is mutual.

Darya Khrenova — a documentalist and the granddaughter of Ilya Trauberg, a successful apprentice of the great Sergey Eisenstein — is trying to solve the mystery of her grandfather’s death at DEFA studio, which he headed after WWII. During the process of the investigation she finds her family, gains more confidence, and takes up a challenge from her grandfather by directing feature films.

She was predicted the future of russian Coco Chanel of 21st century – untill her car accident. Consequences of a strong trauma fenced Nastya off from the whole world. But she doesn't intend to change the former way of life, to go on compromises in search of the life’s partner or to reduce the level of her claims.

The name of Vladimir Ovchinnikov has become widely known in Russia over the last decade - particularly this period of time the street artist has lived in a town that seemed to bewitch him. The town of Borovsk is a strange place, which has been an island of memory for all innocent victims since the XIV century. Boyarynya Morozova died here, Archpriest Avvakum was also imprisoned here and numerous victims of political repression were shot here. Here Ovchinnikov suddenly began to paint on the walls of houses - contrary to the indignation of the authorities: the "naive" graffiti artist is not 19, but 80 years old. Real passions began to flare up in the town in 2015, when Vladimir Ovchinnikov painted on one of the fences his first "memorial to the victims of political repressions"…

Full-length documentary about the singers of the Cossack song ensemble Krugolet who are the only stars of the Siberian town of Dalnerechensk situated on the extreme border of China

Descent into a cave is about overcoming obstacles, the manifestation of true character and willpower. Our heroes rush to overcome difficulties voluntarily. This is the only way that world discoveries occur. This is exactly what happened with the team of Demidov. Pavel Demidov and his team of Moscow extreme cavers were discoverers of the deepest secrets of the planet. They set a new world record: the Veryovkin cave in Abkhazia, conquered by them, turned out to be the deepest cave on the planet. Each time, researchers are not sure if they will able to come back.

Now Siberia is considered to be the heart of Russia. However, many centuries ago it was just another unexplored territory, full of mysteries and danger. Our documentary series explores the most interesting of them. The episode about the discovery of Siberia is ready-made. Another 3 episodes will tell the story of surviving in severe frost, explore the deepest Siberian caves and cover the story of gold-mining in Siberia.

In the 20s, during the Civil War, a unique case arises - a Russian general of German origin leads the Equestrian Division and liberates Mongolia from Chinese invaders. Without losing faith in the return of the Russian monarchy, he is advancing from Siberia, occupied by the Bolsheviks. The new Genghis Khan named Roman Fedorovich Baron von Ungern-Sternberg has no idea that the "Western evil" of the revolution will be omnipotent. For the next hundred years.

"Son of Mongolia" was the title of a 1936 film. It was the first feature film, the first Mongolian feature, shot by a Soviet crew from Leningrad. It was almost a Western comedy. But then, suddenly, it disappeared. A documentary filmmaker, the director's granddaughter, travels to Ulaanbaatar to the Mongolkino film studio, which was created with the active participation of the USSR and Lenfilm. Trying to figure out where such an ideologically important film disappeared to, she meets with the descendants of the first film actors and searches for historical clues on the roads of Mongolia, where her grandfather's film was shot.

What is a war in the Far North and how can military operations be carried out among ice, rocks and bad weather? Many facts of the Great Patriotic War in the Arctic were hushed up for long Soviet years, there were too many losses and shortcomings. Admiral of the Northern Fleet, 34-year-old Arseniy Golovko, describes in detail the ups and downs of the beginning of the war in his diaries, which are now being restored for publication by his son Mikhail, who served in the Navy.