Tyva, the poorest region of Russia, ranks first in the country in terms of the number of confirmed losses in the war in Ukraine per capita. Nadezhda Baykara, a resident of the small Tuvan village of Sush, is proud that the men from her family have always served. My uncle died on the territory of Ukraine in the Great Patriotic War, my son participated in the seizure of Crimea, was in Syria. In the spring, Nadezhda's beloved grandson, Aldyn-Herel, died in the war in Ukraine. Baykara is sure that her other grandson will also become a soldier. Meanwhile, local shamans perform rituals to protect soldiers sent to Ukraine from death. Only a few young Tuvans, despite the risks, dare to speak out against the war.

The presidential campaign in Belarus in 2020 did not bode well for surprises. The permanent (since 1994) head of state Alexander Lukashenko went to his sixth term. During this time, an authoritarian political regime was established in the country. None of the real applicants were registered as presidential candidates: some were arrested, others left the country. As a result, the only competitor of the incumbent president was the housewife, the wife of one of the political prisoners, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

The film tells about what happened during and after the presidential elections in Belarus in 2020. The film is based solely on footage filmed by participants or eyewitnesses of protests in Belarus. And it chronicles the first week after voting day.

Minsk Komarovsky market is the main food market in Belarus. People call it “Komarovka”. It organically coexists people of all ages, backgrounds and characters. While for some the market has become a second home, others continue to dream of more.

The story of the two wrestler girls in and out of the ring. Mephisto, the champion of the NFR and the champion of India, is a the sales manager in everyday life, while Casey, or the Queen of the Scream, is a recent graduate of the University.

Anatoly Ganne is sixty two years old. For thirty three years he’d been in prison. During his life Ganne followed thieves' concepts: not to have any family and home - so that there was nothing to take away. Now he is settled in Moscow, got married and has a son. But Moscow authorities are trying to take away his house.

In Belarus, the presidential elections of 2020 triggered massive protests and brutal repressions when «concerned» citizens began to report random strangers, their own coworkers, friends, and even relatives to the police—those who participated in protest actions or those who simply publicly voiced their opinion. What was the motivation behind such calls? Who are these people? How do they live today? This will be discussed in the documentary "Everything is fine. I'm sleeping."

DJ Tyomati's stepfather attends a shooting range, anticipating a swift victory for Russia in the "special military operation," but he is not eager to participate in it yet. The young man has different intentions – evading mobilization, he boards a plane for the first time in his life and ends up in Armenia, where everything seems new and strange. Despite emigration evolving into a survival journey for him, Tyomati remains resilient, while the video calls with his stepfather can turn into farewell conversations if he chooses to volunteer for the war.

Underground Belarusian poets read their own verses inspired by the experience of living in 2020s Belarus. Sometimes poetic fiction and harsh reality collide in the picturesque backgrounds.

Liza's desire to go insane and commit herself to a mental hospital seems logical in Putin's Russia. Love for a young man who is about to be taken to war and the conciliatory position of parents towards the war in Ukraine literally do not allow the young girl, who is on the verge of despair, to breathe.

A girl from St. Petersburg walks around protest-ridden Moscow, talking to riot police and believing that sooner or later they will go over to the side of the demonstrators. An 18-year-old student of a St. Petersburg college introduces herself as Alice and tells about herself that from the age of four she lived in an orphanage and in foster families. In Moscow, Alisa, for whom this is the first rally in her life, walks along the police cordons and looks under the OMON helmet. "Under the mask you can't see, are you even human?"

Belarus is the only country in Europe where there is still a compulsory assignment of students studying at the expense of the state budget. The best graduates of the country who have passed a large competition for admission and who have earned the right to study for free with their knowledge are sent to places where no one else agrees to work due to difficult working conditions and lack of infrastructure.

In the winter of 2021 rallies were held in Russia in support of Alexei Navalny. People protested against the arrest of the politician. The number of those detained at the rallies exceeded 17,000 people, many of whom received administrative punishment in the form of arrest. There were not enough places for detention in Moscow, and therefore the detainees were sent to the Center for the temporary detention of foreign citizens in Sakharovo near Moscow. As a result, an unusual group of people gathered in the special detention center - almost a thousand young men and women who were close in spirit. This film is their memories of their days behind bars.

Two young intellectuals, Katya and Vassya, come to a small industrial town to work as teachers. They want to change the system of scholastic education and the social situation in difficult regions. The school is a closed conservative world, where obedience and discipline are of the highest value. Young teachers discover that nationalism, sexism and homophobia are typical for their new environment. Children see the school as a prison and are completely indifferent to any new ideas. During one school year we observe attempts of our protagonists to bring new practices into the system. Young teachers try to speak with children about feminism, human rights and Russian politics, but the system pushes them out, and a comedy turns into a drama.

Fear and Loathing in Saratov. Russian elections through the eyes of direct participants in the process. The story of what measures are being taken in a quite ordinary Volga region in order to “elect” the governor. Juggling documents, deception, fights and hostage-taking - this is not a complete list of what observers had to face in the elections in Saratov in 2017. The film restores the history of the voting day, recorded in the general Telegram chat.

On the 11th of November 2018 the elections were held in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. One of those who came to vote is a former locksmith Alexander Zaslavsky, a participant under the call sign "Old" in the battles in 2014 and 2015.

The musical talent of the brothers manifested itself in Russia in an unusual way. Fedor serves in the army and plays in a military band, and Alexander also became a "musician" and serves in Prigozhin's PMC. And although the father of the brothers insists on the bombing of London, real rock music separates the brothers in different directions.

The film Broken Ties, by independent Russian filmmaker Andrei Loshak, is an unflinching portrayal of families divided by war. It features seven different pairings, whose members speak periodically with Loshak, one-to-one, to explain their points of view. Their conversations extend over the war's first three months, during which time their opinions evidence no change. The film makes no attempt at dialogue -- on the contrary, it is a testimony to the absence of dialogue amidst an unfolding war, and an unsentimental diagnosis of the sickness of a society in which official propaganda proves stronger than even the most intimate family ties.

"Mariupol. Reconstruction" is a film about a lost city. Director Svetlana Lischinskaya shares her memories and tells the story of her relationship with the city. She meets with refugees from Mariupol to remember with them what the city was like before it was destroyed by Russian troops

For five teenagers living in the conflict-ridden Donbas region of Ukraine, a Himalayan expedition provides a brief escape from reality. A portrait of a generation that, in spite of everything, is able to recognise and celebrate the fragile beauty of life. The film's working title was "Expedition 49".