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Masha
A teenage girl raised by small-town gangsters dreams of becoming a jazz singer.
Falling
This tender and unsentimental romance is also a powerful portrait of post-Maidan Ukraine.
Van Goghs
Painful secrets come to light in this touching drama of regret and forgiveness.
Man Follows Birds
Ali Khamraev’s dreamlike recreation of the life of a medieval Uzbek poet.
Ivanov
Ivanov dives into the Kiev Goodlife, but his Moscow past catches up.
Welcome to the USA
Aliya can immigrate to the freedom of America but still she hesitates.
My Joy
Past ghosts clash with the present in this bitterly funny road movie.
A Room and a Half
A moving portrayal of Joseph Brodsky’s could-have-been return to Russia.
Yuri’s Day
An opera singer stays in her hometown to search for her missing son.
The Fool
A nail-biting thriller about a plumber saving residents of a tower block.
Crystal Swan
A young DJ is determined to fake her way to the United States.
The Humorist
In the final years of the USSR a stand up comedian exacts his revenge.
Silent Souls
As a husband buries his wife, friendship and fidelity are tested.
The Bull
The 90s. The 'wild decade'. Meet gang leader Anton and his friends.
40 Days of Silence
In Ismailova's astonishing debut, a teenager takes a healing vow of silence.
Assa (Part 1)
The best of classic Russian rock combined with a riveting crime plot.
Assa (Part 2)
The best of classic Russian rock combined with a riveting crime plot.
Asya’s Happiness
Rediscovered classic shelved for 20 years due to Soviet censorship.
Battleship Potemkin
A re-telling of a naval mutiny and the most quoted film in cinema history.
Beshkempir
A deeply personal coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of Kyrgyz village life.
Brief Encounters
A love triangle unravels in the striking debut feature from Kira Muratova.
Burnt by the Sun
The Oscar winning drama of a family haunted by the past.
Chapaev
An action packed biopic to a hero of the Red Army.
Commissar
In the midst of Civil War, a Jewish family takes in a pregnant Commissar.
Elena
Zvyagintsev’s stinging critique of inequality and greed in contemporary Moscow.
Everybody Dies But Me
Girls in a suburban Moscow school get ready for a school disco.
Flights in Dreams and Reality
Sergei sums up his life and nothing brings joy. So, what to do?
Free Floating
Small town drifter Lenya goes on a whacky odyssey to find work.
Getting to Know the Big, Wide World
In this classic Muratova narrative, a love triangle blooms on a construction site.
Great Poetry
Kinotavr 2019 winning drama about cash collectors, poetry, war and rooster fights.
Hamlet Part 1
One of the greatest film versions of Shakespeare in any language.
Hamlet Part 2
A truly cinematic adaptation that captures the essence of the tragedy on film.
Hammer and Sickle
A Stalinist worker has her gender swapped in this dark satire.
Hello, it’s Me!
The ghosts of war haunt this biography of Artem Alikhanian, a Soviet-Armenian physicist.
I Am Twenty
The pinnacle of the Soviet New Wave, this film captures the anxiety of Khrushchev’s Thaw.
I Remember You
In Khamraev's masterpiece a train ride across Russia becomes a journey into cultural memory.
Kardiogramma
A delicately poetic film about a young boy with a weak heart.
Khrustalyov, My Car!
Ambition, madness, and death collide in this masterpiece of post-Soviet historical horror.
The Lady with the Dog
Chekhov’s story is the perfect meditation on love and duty.
Life for a Life
A year before the revolution, a love story at the precipice of a changing world.
Little Vera
Provincial teenager Little Vera embodies the concerns of a generation of little faith.
The Long Farewell
Muratova’s classic about a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Look at These Young People!
In the summer of 1941, a group of Tbilisi students are sent to war.
Magdana’s Donkey
A poor family chance upon an abandoned donkey, but their luck does not last.
Mother Got Married
Boris’ relationship with his mother changes when she announces her plans to marry.
My Friend Ivan Lapshin
A man recalls his childhood in a pre-war communal apartment.
My Grandmother
Hapless Georgiy fights bureaucracy in this explosive masterpiece.
The Needle
Enigmatic drifter Moro attempts to get his ex-girlfriend off heroin.
Outskirts
This lyrical war drama is a gem of early Russian sound cinema.
The Plea
A Christian soldier is shunned by villagers when he refuses to cut off his enemy’s hand.
Repentance
A dead Mayor keeps being dug up, until a woman confesses.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
A tale of lost love told through Hutsul culture.
The Thief
Young Sanya struggles to adapt to his mother’s new lover in this award-winning drama.
Three Poplars in Plyushchikha
A farmhand and a taxidriver strike up an unlikely relationship.
Tough Kids
In Asanova's improvised classic, at summer camp, a former athlete help troubled kids.
Triptych
Three womens’ lives intersect in an Uzbek village after the war.
Twenty Days Without War
A war correspondent visits a film based on his work.
Twilight Portrait
Marina redefines herself while trying to come to terms with an assault.
We’ll Live Till Monday
In a high school, a former pupil falls in love with her teacher.
Winter Cherry
A research scientist raises her son alone until Prince Charming arrives.
The Wishing Tree
A tragic and richly woven love story set in pre-revolutionary Georgia.
Woodpeckers Don’t Get Headaches
A boy falls in love to music.
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