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- DirectorTristan DawsDieter DeswarteBenny JabergIn January 2013 a group of 21 filmmakers from 14 countries met for the first time in Moscow. On the next day they were sent on a trip to make films that would explore widespread stereotypes about Russia. Over the following month, they shot and edited this movie. They traveled 10 000 km by train to engage in a dialog with the Russian people and to understand the ideas the Russians have about themselves. 80 years after Aleksandr Medvedkin's train, the Cinetrain is back on track.
- DirectorMikhail KalatozovStory of distant mountainous region in Georgia that depicts folklore, lifestyle and daily routines of Svani people, focuses on the scarcity of salt in Svaneti region. Rich with documentary value, the movie also served for Soviet propaganda.
- DirectorFrançois JacobStarsAnna BaranovaAleksandr KharitonovLev NettoAn intimate portrayal of the closed-off Russian city of Norilsk through the eyes of its youth, mine workers and truth seekers.
- DirectorSid FederStarsCarey WilsonDocumentary footage of late 1950s Russia covers such cities and towns as Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, the Black Sea, Kharkov, Sochi, Sukumi, Gori, Bukhara, Samarkand, Frunzo and Siberia. In Tbilisi, Georgia, cameras capture what the narrator describes as a fight between police and students. Daily Soviet life is represented, from women performing heavy labor to a state-sponsored fashion show. The film also makes note of the Sputnik spaceship launches, depicting Russian university students as future scientists. Scenes include children playing in a park, sailboats cruising the Ukraine, crude shanty towns, a trip through a government-owned grocery store and the cathedrals of pre-Soviet Russia.
- StarsFrankie BoyleValery RodinSergei KalenikComedian Frankie Boyle visits Russia ahead of the 2018 World Cup. He explores Russian football and culture, and examines the current relationship between Russia and the West following recent controversial geo-political events.
- DirectorPeter JarvisStarsFrank BourgholtzerLucy JarvisEdwin NewmanOnce the heart of Soviet Russia and the center of the communist world, The Kremlin embodies the rich and fascinating cultural heritage of Moscow. This was the first time ever that an American film crew was granted permission to enter and discover the rich treasures and history of the government and system whose ideology swept through half the modern world during the 20th century. From its early beginnings to its present base of power, this fascinating look at the Kremlin comes to us from award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis and is told through actual Kremlin officials.
- DirectorSergey DebizhevThe film tells about Marina Albi, a famous American woman who has been living for twenty years in Russia. She undertakes a spiritual trip to the Russian province to find 'the Heart of Russia'. It is with her eyes that we see the beauties and the joys of small Russian towns and villages, as well as their sufferings and problems. The goal of her trip is to find explanations: "What is one's own life?" "How to live one's own life?" In the end of the film, she meets someone and this great meeting reveals to her simple and great truths.