Alexandr Zolotukhin
2021Closeness
Kantemir Balagov
Darya Zhovner, Olga Dragunova
1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is forced not only to sell its small business, but also to seek help from its fellow tribesmen.
Closeness
Мальчик русский
Alexandr Zolotukhin
Vladimir Korolyov, Andrey Pavlyutin
A teenage soldier in World War I—a simple village boy with a naive youthful dream of fame and medals—throws himself into the unknown and goes blind in the first battle, thus taking on a new job: intercepting enemy planes by listening to the air through huge metal funnels.
A Russian Youth
Жизнь моего друга
Alexandr Zolotukhin
Sergey Vdovenko, Veronika Gromova
A young man was born in a small Russian city, but now lives in the Caucasus, in a foreign culture. He works as a mountain guide and enjoys life, but remains a stranger among the people he lives with. He will have to leave his carelessness behind and grow up.
The Life Of My Friend
Полёт
Alexandr Zolotukhin
Nikolay Zhuravlev, Sergey Zhuravlev
Our days. Two brothers training to be military pilots. They have a strong bond and are always together. The two of them have one dream - to conquer the sky. But their close relationship hampers their training, and the brothers begin to make mistakes in the air. They find themselves facing the choice of continuing to live one life for two or letting each other go. The choice is complicated by the fact that the brothers are twins and it is extremely painful to be apart.
Brother in Every Inch
Споткнуться
Alexandr Zolotukhin
Vadim Skvirskiy, Olga Onishchenko
The "To Stumble" comedy is based on "Death of an Official" story by Anton Chekhov. Trying to catch the ironic intonation of the writer, in whom the comedic side by side with the tragic, the director blurs the boundaries of time and talks about the present day.
To Stumble
Lin Li
Rima Das, Jenna Cato Bass
Léa Garcia, Vadim Skvirskiy
The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. In Brazil, Olga is a 90-year-old black woman who lost her husband one year ago; her neighbors, who come from different parts of the world, interrupt her grief. In Russia, an employee tries so hard to please his boss that he becomes inconvenient. An Indian woman, with the help of her male friend, decides to learn how to drive, an uncommon practice for women in the country. In China, an elderly, owner of an old and decadent barbershop, argues with his son, who wants to change the business. In South Africa, a group of homeless fights for the right to housing.
Neighbors
