
Alena Polunina
Directing
Biography
Alena Polunina is a Russian filmmaker.
Known For

This film features two Russian communist politicians. Being committed Leninists; both of them have served several terms as city council members. Their horizons are broad, but what concerns them the most is the future of global communism. At one point, by decree of fate, their booming activities begin to expand far beyond the boundaries of their native St. Petersburg and the Russian Federation. However, the future of global communism remains unclear. What remains clear is the fact that in the modern world the tail still wags the dog. A documentary comedy.
Nepal Forever

With capitalism and corruption becoming more entrenched in Russia, a father and his teenage son gear up for a yearlong political campaign to unseat President Putin in the 2008 elections and shift the country back toward socialism. Aliona Polunina's thoughtful documentary follows Anatoly and Andrei in their struggle to recreate a revolutionary fervor in a society that seems to be embracing the materialist values of the West.
The Revolution That Wasn't

Short movie shows us a life in the Moscow Headquarter of the National Bolshevik Party and contains several interviews with a party members.
Yes, Death

Donbass. The fourth year of the civil war. One of the military units of the legendary battalion "Vostok". Seven days of existence between war and peace, between hope and longing, between the summer haze and autumn thaw.
Their Own Republic

Provincial students of theater schools come to Moscow for a progressive art festival. This is the story of a clash between the capital and the province, young talents and stars, the "old" school and the "new"; a story that is looped - because it is repeated with each generation.
Festival

This is a leap back in time, into a sharply polarized world of two states that, due to political disputes, have become far from friendly towards each other.
Varya
One night experiment.
Bird Flu's Case

Not far from the Great Patriotic War burial site, a spontaneous cemetery in the Lugansk region is gradually turning into a new memorial. The characters in the film have been searching for the bodies of the dead and missing since 2014, returning their names to the dead.
Among The Dead, Among The Living

The world-renowned Marina Abramović has argued that artists should not fall in love with each other. The film VovaNina decisively overturns this categorical statement by showing us the life story of two outstanding Moscow artists, Vladimir Salnikov and Nina Kotel.