Across the Rails

Across the Rails 2022

1

2021 was a turning point for Belarus and 6 Belarusian students - as well as for the city of Łódź, Poland, in which they found themselves. Across the rails of change and transformation, documenting a time that has not been before and will not repeat again. Heroes of the film have very different fates and experiences, but they are all connected by the place they found themselves in - the post-industrial and post-apocalyptic city, which becomes a part of their story and a hero of its own. Students, transport, quaters, youth, revolution, local apocalypse, changes and turns - they all mix in a documentary kaleidoscope 'Across the Rails'.

2022

Red Dog

Red Dog 2016

3.50

On the Eastern front in 1941, German troops attack a Red Army's field hospital destroying it and causing a massive loss of life. The surviving soldiers try to fight back but have to retreat, among them a young pilot , Vyacheslav with his dog Red. Having survived the German onslaught they are sent to the front line where Red will prove his courage...

2016

Ivan Makarovich

Ivan Makarovich 1968

7.50

13-year-old boy Ivan loses all loved ones to World War II. His father was killed, and his mother died during the bombing. Ivan has to survive, relying only on his own strength. He is evacuated to the Urals, settles in a factory and even finds the opportunity to help strangers.

1968

The Inscription On The Log

The Inscription On The Log 1969

1

The old fisherman Vechora has lived all his life in his native village, everything here is familiar and dear to him. He invested his labor into this land and defended it from enemies in difficult times.

1969

Motherland

Motherland 2023

7.00

Svetlana has lost her son who was found dead while he was in the army. As she tries to shed light on the culture of violence and abuse in the Belarusian military, a group of young friends from the techno underground soon face being drafted themselves. They go to rave parties in undershirts and round sunglasses, but in a moment the party could be over – at least until huge protests break out in the streets following the recent ‘re-election’ of dictator-president and Putin sympathiser, Aleksandr Lukashenko. A glimmer of hope and a promise of change, which only causes the brutality of the authoritarian society to erupt in full force.

2023

Tale of the Woods

Tale of the Woods 1926

1

A young Belarussian man joins Soviet partisans in order to fight Polish occupational forces in Belarus.

1926

Lake of Happiness

Lake of Happiness 2019

7.00

In a small Belarusian village where time seems to stand still, Jasja must deal with her mother's death. She takes every duty upon herself to fill the void a mother has left behind. Someone must hold the pieces together. Still, her father decides to send her to an orphanage with the promise of returning. When he fails to show up, she decides to run away and go back home instead.

2019

Alpine Ballad

Alpine Ballad 1965

5.60

A romantic tale set during WW2 between a Soviet (Belarusian) soldier and Italian girl, who try to escape the horrors together.

1965

Who Goes There?

Who Goes There? 2020

5.50

Belarusian poet Yanka Kupala wrote his verse "And, say, who goes there?" more than 100 years ago. And now, when the call for change is heard, only the bravest dare to come out of the forest and at least look: "Who goes there?"

2020

Red Agate

Red Agate 1973

1

Young girl is looking for the rare red agate which she believes will cure her grandfather.

1973

Granny, Vanya and the Goat

Granny, Vanya and the Goat 2015

1

Set in a small, typical Belarusian village – granny Sima’s only concern is for the future of her alcoholic son, Vanya. Accompanied by her best friend, a white goat called Manya, she starts a war with her neighbor, Glasha, who happens to be the village Vodka maker…

2015

On Black Ice

On Black Ice 1995

1

A group of Belarusian anti-Soviet insurgents from the failed Slutsk Defence Action wanders through forests, fleeing the from the surrounding Bolshevik army. To escape captivity or death in battle with a subsequent identification of their bodies and retaliation against their families, the insurgents decide to commit group suicide in a place hidden from the Bolsheviks.

1995

Kupala

Kupala 2020

8.60

A story about the dramatic fate of the national poet of Belarus Yanka Kupala. The movie reveals the main milestones of the poet’s life and career, coinciding with the most tragic events of the 20th century.

2020

Infocused

Infocused 2020

1

A group of students finds themselves in an academic environment, which hides a terrifiying danger. Should they stay? Where to expect a menace from? What would happen if they try to leave? Students are forced to find it all out by themselves, without getting any hints.

2020

Sunny Bunnies

Sunny Bunnies 2015

2.70

Furry little bunnies hop through wild adventures as they find solutions, fun and sometimes mischief wherever there is light.

2015

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room 1998

7.00

A 'runaway' homeless man, once a renowned athlete, finds himself marooned in the small, snow-covered town of Zarechensk. Victor lands a job at an orphanage, where he soon meets a young teacher who becomes both a compassionate friend and the love of his life. However, fate doesn't play out simply as good or bad; it unfolds in a way that makes the hero realize one cannot run away from oneself. Consequently, it is in Zarechensk that a train carrying a film crew from the capital, on their way back to Moscow, is compelled to delay their journey for a few days. Remarkably, Zarechensk becomes the place where a director finally discovers the perfect actress for his leading role and encounters a man who has fled from her love. Meanwhile, a producer makes the ultimate decision to select this town as the filming location for her upcoming movie.

1998

Women in a Game Without Rules

Women in a Game Without Rules 2004

1

The story is about why people's destinies are intertwined, how they influence each other and how this changes the world around us.

2004

Team

Team 2004

1

The Torpedo provincial football team has been taking the last places in the standings for the past season. During the next match, the team members arrange a fight with the opponent right on the battlefield. This incident becomes the last straw in the coach's cup of patience, and he leaves Torpedo.

2004

Vocation

Vocation 2005

10.00

The story of the film is based on real historical events. The most famous crimes from the mid-eighties of the last century to the present day have been used as the basis for the detective plots of the picture. The main character, Oleg Krainov, after serving in the army, comes to Moscow to enroll in the acting department at VGIK.

2005

The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse 2003

1

There is a certain brigade calling itself the "Dark Horse", which specializes in eliminating people it dislikes, and in various ways. And everyone - from Interpol to the relatives of the victims - is looking for criminals, but they cannot find them...

2003

Your Honor

Your Honor 2007

1

The characters of the series are ordinary - in the broadest sense of the word - people... just like any of us. They face the same problems as we do, live in the same country with us and have rights common to all Russian citizens... The place of action is the court.

2007

Fortress of War

Fortress of War 2011

1

June 21, 1941, Brest fortress. Lieutenant Andrey Kizhevatov, Major Pyotr Gavrilov and Commissar Yefim Fomin were engaged in daily business. There was also a boy trumpeter Sasha Akimov from the regimental orchestra, who secretly smoked and selflessly loved the girl Vera. None of the servicemen knew that the next morning they would become the commanders of the last three hotbeds of resistance, and the boy was the only link between them in the stone cauldron of the first object of attack by Nazi troops in the USSR, the Brest Fortress.

2011