Dopolnitelnoe Vremya

Documentary about the Soviet film director and his changing fortunes during the Stalin years.

In the world, there is a city-port Odessa, which was specially created as a refuge for people of different nationalities and religions. Humor is a special language that helps people from Odessa to communicate and get along with each other. Legends are spreading about Odessa's humor and accent. But - a paradox - people are constantly leaving it. It is loved, but it is left as a child leaves his mother. On the example of this city and its inhabitants, we wanted to understand - why people flee from their cities. We tried to find the answer taking pictures of Odessa citizens in Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, France and other places. Michael Zhvanetskij, Roman Kartsev, Leonid Barats and Rostislav Khait Victor Loshak,  Oksana Fandera, Valerij Todotovskij, Mikhail and Anatoly Kontush and many others are telling their stories and giving their opinions on what is the phenomenon of the city by the Black Sea.

A film about the famous jazzman Igor Butman, in the context of modern international life. Details of rehearsals and concerts, family traditions and friends of the musician, reveal an interesting picture of the being of a person striving for his dream. How did a boy from Soviet Leningrad manage to step into the big world of jazz music? Many legendary personalities take part in the film. Among them: multiple world champion Vyacheslav Fetisov, outstanding jazzmen - David Goloshchekin and Nikolai Levinovsky, singer Sergei Mazaev.