Mermaid 1997
An elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.
An elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.
The almanac includes films: "Foundling", "The Most Scary Animal", "Two Lambs", "About the Girl Who Found Her Bear", "Yin and Yana. Family", "The Playmate", "Dangerous Walk", "The Tin Can".
A semi-fictional account of the life of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.
A film based on Boris Shergin’s story “Mitya’s Love.” Mitya, a shipbuilder, walked to a theater in Solombala from Arkhangelsk. Along the way, he ran into a wind. Near him a girl, Maria Ivanovna, flew Mitya helped her fly to the theater and fell in love with her. They were able to confess their feelings for one another, but Maria Ivanovna then disappeared. What is Mitya to do? He decided to go around the whole city to find her. In the film, images by avant-garde Russian artists Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova and naïve artists Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maikova are used.
An exploration of 20th century Russia, following the fusing of the Party and the state after the Russian Civil War, which opened the doors to corruption, resulting in the exiling of the left and right opposition. Described using a combination of historical settings, biographies and masterpieces from Russian avant-garde artists, composers and writers from this period in history.
Grandmother loves and is waiting for her relatives. And relatives come. A little strange, but only at first glance.
It is not much fun having to spend the whole day in a banana costume. But things take a turn for the worse for this poor chap when one day he wakes up to discover he has grown a long tail. At first he tries to get rid of it. But no matter what he tries – doctors, saws, healers – nothing seems to help. He cannot hide it either. It is just too long and it is always poking out. And so he just tries to live with his tail. But before long the poor guy hast lost his job, his friends, everything. Nobody wants him. But would it not be a pity if there were no place in this world for such a kind person who is just a little bit different? An inventively quirky animation laced with black humour that pokes fun at narrow-mindedness and intolerance.
Film by Andrey Khrzhanovsky based on the works of Joseph Brodsky.
The film is about the transformation and inner liberation of the protagonist, who found himself in the bleak sequence of everyday life of an office worker.
An animated film based on the tale of Tonino Guerra, telling the story of the once famous circus duet - the lion and its owner, the story of how the famous lion Amadeo performed in the traveling circus of Signor Peretti.
The film is a journey through a fantastic country in which the erotic images of the films of the great Federico Fellini came to life, and Tonino Guerra himself acted as a guide. The heroes of the maestro’s paintings are sailing on a ship to the Enchanted Island. There everyone goes ashore except two - Federico Fellini and Juliet Mazina. Their wanderings continue.
Lola, a six years old little girl, lives with her mom and her 4 months old little brother in a very old countryside house.
Triumph and collapse of hope - the whole life of the Russian scientist Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay passes in an instant, at the last moment of earthly existence... Two worlds: the world of civilization and the world of nature exist simultaneously, next to one planet, but it seems that the distance between them is like from Earth to the moon. The film uses drawings and diaries of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, whom the Papuans called the "Man from the Moon" and revered as a deity.
One day in the life of a lonely reclusive monk living in a monastery on the top of the town. The only living thing he is attached to is a lemon tree. One day it dries up, and the monk has to go for water through the whole city down the steps of the city to the well.
The story of how, on his birthday, the cat Pishto first quarreled and then reconciled with his relatives. And how spring came after that.
This is the amazing story of a pranky dwarf who helped Dr. Piatkine heal horribly obedient children who were over-educated.
This story is about a mother who has given so much that it looks like she has nothing left... but the life opens up the new opportunities
A small girl and a small bird discover together the surrounded world and open the lyrics of prose.
A surreal film with a Freudian theme.