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  • Aliaksei Paluyan – Courage (2021)

    2021-2030Aliaksei PaluyanBelarusDocumentary
    Courage (2021)
    Courage (2021)

    During the presidential elections in Belarus, three actors from an underground theatre in Minsk are caught up in the wake of mass protests. It draws them onto the open streets of Minsk to protest for freedom of speech and the long-awaited change of power. But the people’s voice is brutally crushed by the regime’s security apparatus. Members of the theatre group are arrested. The country is on the brink of civil war. COURAGE accompanies the brave and peaceful resistance of Maryna, Pavel and Denis before and during the protests and offers a personal and deep insight into the Belarus of today.Read More »

  • Elfi Mikesch – Mon Paradis – Der Winterpalast (2001)

    Elfi Mikesch2001-2010DocumentaryGermany
    Mon Paradis Der Winterpalast (2001)
    Mon Paradis Der Winterpalast (2001)

    A portrait of five St. Petersburgians and their connection to The Hermitage.Read More »

  • Aleksandr Alov & Vladimir Naumov – Legenda o Tile AKA Legend About Thiel (1977)

    Aleksandr Alov1971-1980AdventureDramaUSSRVladimir Naumov
    Legenda o Tile (1977)
    Legenda o Tile (1977)

    This TV miniseries is based on the book “La légende et les aventures héroïques, joyeuses et glorieuses d’Ulenspiegel et de Lamme Goedzak au pays de Flandres et ailleurs”, by belgian XIX century author Charles de Coaster, which, in turn is based on the popular German renaissance text “Ein kurzweiliges Buch von Till Eulenspiegel aus dem Lande Braunschweig”, by Hermann Bote. The story is set at the time of religious wars and turmoils following the protestant reformation and the hero fights for the freedom of his country from Spanish occupation and from the holy inquisition. The fist parts of the film are devoted to showing the atmosphere of oppression in the Netherlands at the time, with people being reported to the inquisition by envious neighbors and burned at the stake on flimsy excuses, when the real goal is for the king to get hold of their riches.Read More »

  • Ali Khamraev – Sad zhelaniy AKA Garden of Desires (1987)

    Ali Khamraev1981-1990DramaRomanceRussia
    Sad zhelaniy (1987)
    Sad zhelaniy (1987)

    Lyrical drama about the last pre-war summer of three sisters who came to her grandmother in the village. The world appears to them is a huge and beautiful “garden of desires”, all eagerly awaiting the birth of Asi, which does not leave a premonition of impending disaster.Read More »

  • Renato Borrayo Serrano – Zhizn Ivanny AKA Life of Ivanna (2021)

    2021-2030DocumentaryRenato Borrayo SerranoRussia
    Zhizn Ivanny (2021)
    Zhizn Ivanny (2021)

    Synopsis
    Ivanna, a 26-year-young Nenets mother of five children, is living in the Arctic region in the northwest Siberia. She lives a traditional nomadic life, driving her herd of reindeer at the tundra like her family did for centuries. But due to the environmental side effects of the climate change most of her reindeers are dying and she know that she will soon be ruined and forced to make a dramatic decision. Her husband, Gena, has already left the family. He moved to the city, hoping to find a job as an oilworker in the Russian oil fields but didn’t succeed and spend his time drinking and fighting. Ivanna is willing to give her marriage a last chance. She will give up her traditional life, leave the tundra, move to the city and get a job at Gazprom. But time has changed, Gena became violent and alcoholic and Ivanna realizes that the civilized city life is not what she expected. But there are no way back, Ivanna will have to take life in her own hands and secure a future for her and her five children. The film follows Ivanna and her family closely for four years through her dramatic lifechanges, from the harsh life at the tundra to the modern life in the Siberian city of Norilsk.Read More »

  • Aleksei Balabanov – Reka AKA River (2002)

    Aleksei Balabanov2001-2010ArthouseDramaRussia
    Reka AKA River (2002)
    Reka AKA River (2002)

    A story of jealous love and betrayal that end up decimating a small group of outcaste lepers who have been banished from participation in Yakut community life.Read More »

  • Andrei Tarkovsky – Solaris [Potemkine Version] (1972) (HD)

    Andrei Tarkovsky1971-1980DramaSci-FiUSSR
    Solaris [Potemkine Version] (1972)
    Solaris [Potemkine Version] (1972)

    Ground control has been receiving mysterious transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is dispatched to investigate, he experiences the same strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his consciousness. With Solaris, the legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky created a brilliantly original science-fiction epic, adapted from the famous novel by Stanislas Lem. Much more than a sci-fi film, Solaris is a meditation that challenges our conceptions about love, truth, and humanity itself.Read More »

  • Larisa Shepitko – Krylya (Крылья) AKA Wings (1966)

    Larisa Shepitko1961-1970DramaThe Female GazeUSSR
    Krylya (1966)
    Krylya (1966)

    A fascinating and human portrayal of a once-famous fighter pilot and loyal Stalinist named Nadezhda Petrovna. Now a 41-year-old provincial schoolmistress, she has so internalized the military ideas of service and obedience that she cannot adjust to life in peacetime.Read More »

  • Marika Beiku & Aleksandr Gordon & Andrei Tarkovsky – Ubiytsy AKA The Killers (1956) (HD)

    Andrei Tarkovsky1951-1960Aleksandr GordonDramaMarika BeikuShort FilmUSSR
    Ubiytsy (1956) (HD)
    Ubiytsy (1956) (HD)

    Quote:
    The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. The film is based on the short story “The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky’s first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography.Read More »

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