Mermaid

Mermaid 1997

7.00

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.

1997

From the Life of Aliens

From the Life of Aliens 2015

1

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".

2015

A Room and a Half

A Room and a Half 2009

6.30

A semi-fictional account of the life of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.

2009

Mitya's Love

Mitya's Love 2018

1

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.

2018

The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks 2021

7.10

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.

2021

Hello My Dears

Hello My Dears 2019

1

Grandmother loves and is waiting for her relatives. And relatives come. A little strange, but only at first glance.

2019

Why Banana Snarls

Why Banana Snarls 2014

1

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.

2014

A Cat and a Half

A Cat and a Half 2003

7.50

Film by Andrey Khrzhanovsky based on the works of Joseph Brodsky.

2003

Vadim on a Walk

Vadim on a Walk 2021

6.00

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.

2021

The Lion with the White Beard

The Lion with the White Beard 1995

6.00

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.

1995

The Long Yourney

The Long Yourney 1997

1

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.

1997

Lola the Living Potato

Lola the Living Potato 2018

5.00

Lola, a six years old little girl, lives with her mom and her 4 months old little brother in a very old countryside house.

2018

Man from the Moon

Man from the Moon 2002

6.00

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.

2002

Steps

Steps 2022

1

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.

2022

Pishto's Birthday

Pishto's Birthday 2020

1

The story of how, on his birthday, the cat Pishto first quarreled and then reconciled with his relatives. And how spring came after that.

2020

Perfectly Naughty Kids

Perfectly Naughty Kids 2018

1

This is the amazing story of a pranky dwarf who helped Dr. Piatkine heal horribly obedient children who were over-educated.

2018

About a Mother

About a Mother 2015

7.00

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

2015

Jackdaw

Jackdaw 2022

1

A small girl and a small bird discover together the surrounded world and open the lyrics of prose.

2022