Alexey German Jr.
Dovlatov charts six days in the life of brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky while watching his artist friends get crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.
The documentary project "Workshop" consists of two films. The first tells of the creation by Alexey Guerman of the studio of the first experimental film (PiEF) at the end of the 80s of the last century. It tells what was happening then in the country and to "Lenfilm", how was gathered around this brilliant personality a production team, how they were looking for talent. Beginners of the studio, directors now known, deliver their memories to the master who helped them at all stages of work. The PiEF studio not only made films but was also a film school. The second film is devoted to the process of selection, teaching students and their relationship with the teacher and teachers, their first steps in the profession. The story of the former student of this studio Sergei Krandashov, the author of the project "The Workshop", is at the center of the film. The release of the film is scheduled for the 80th birthday of Alexey German.
An elderly literature teacher lives a solitary life in his apartment. He reads books, listens to the news about culture. Every day he calls a friend in a distant city and remembers his youth. He is not particularly interested in the modern world — until one day that modern world breaks into his house, completely overturning his life.
Russia 2017. The world could be on the verge of a great war. People are anxious that things could fall apart. Evolving around an unfinished building, a diverse group of outsiders struggle to find their place in this rapidly changing society, making up the mosaic of existence that is life itself…
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
This film is a very short story about a former rescue worker returning from Tokyo – a man who is quite successful in his everyday life, and who, after hearing about another earthquake in Japan, dropped everything and went there to help. He is flying back home in an almost empty plane. Indeed, many regular flights have been canceled, and the ones that are still operated do not sell out. He is flying back with a very elderly Japanese man he had just saved – the man is now all alone in the world, his family had died. And the two men somehow clicked. Perhaps because our main character is also lonely. Also flying with them on the plane are those who are no longer here.Those who did not survive the disaster. Together with the characters, their past moves through space – their memories, their world. The world that is no less, but perhaps even more important for them than the reality.
Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them have the important qualities of being openhearted and not afraid of loving.
In 1961, a Soviet medical officer is conflicted about his position overseeing the health of future cosmonauts.
Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate about the matches they play on the streets. They hatch a scheme to buy a playing field. But World War I has already begun and soon their lives and dreams will be shattered.
A fat middle-aged man in German officer's uniform gets off a train somewhere in Russia in winter. He is a doctor who has just been called up we learn eventually. This is the end of the line- the Germans are about to retreat. He goes to a hospital which is being evacuated and is thrown out. Kicked out he wanders with another conscript- a failed actor turned postman. The postman is deafened by a shell explosion. They meet their Russian equivalents, others as bad at killing as they are, while other Russians and Germans kill one another around them.
A university teacher in a small town is fighting for justice. He enters into a struggle for his ideals, his name, and sometimes for existence.
Follows a Russian professor who takes to social media to criticize his city's administration. He soon finds himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest.
