Tiger Among Birches

A documentary film about the oldest film school in the world, created to mark the centenary of VGIK.

A series of comedy sketches about two plumber friends trying to get rich. In each episode, Lech, who is used to doing things first and then thinking, creates a new plan on how to become a millionaire, while Zheka, silent, modest and cowardly, unsuccessfully tries to turn away from his friend's new adventure, because he knows that it will not end well. But Zheka has a personal motivator — the eternally dissatisfied wife Natalia. She constantly needs money, she skillfully manipulates her husband — he has no chance to refuse. Every business that promises easy money to the partners turns into a complete failure. And only Lekha's greed and Zheki's simple-minded gullibility make them return to the criminal world again and again. The characters of the series will face serious challenges, thanks to which they will be able to test their strength of character, courage and friendship.

Twelve-year-old Ada lives with her mother in a tiny town on the picturesque banks of the Oka. Life unobtrusively but clearly teaches her its lessons, and the girl learns to understand and forgive.

A young German, Werner Müller, turns out to be a volunteer in the neurological department of an ordinary St. Petersburg hospital. A foreigner, overwhelmed by the impulse to help all the sick and needy, has a long and eventful day ahead of him. Every now and then, finding himself in comical situations and making his way through misunderstandings, the volunteer discovers all the facets of the Russian national character.