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In the summer of 2018, Olya Misik became known in the protest circles of Moscow as a “girl with the Constitution” - cadres as a young courageous girl read articles of the Constitution of the Russian Federation to riot policemen in all mass media. Not only journalists and students, but also policemen began to recognize the participant of the "Unlimited" street traffic. In September, Olya entered Zhurfak Moscow State University, and now she can be called a prominent Moscow activist.
Why do grown men and women love pony cartoons? Learning to fight with Jedi and Sith lightsabers? Do they sew animal costumes and transform into the animals? Are they leaving for fictional worlds from the reality? The film tells about the Russian geek community, in which the most pressing needs and problems of our time are vividly, sometimes even exaggerated.
In Tsumikh, Makhacheva brings herself and her own biography to the centre-stage. She interrogates the fraught relationship between personal and public memory by revisiting, comparing and subverting how her late grandfather, Rasul Gamzatov (b.1923 - 2003), is remembered. In the work, Makhacheva’s childhood memories meet her adult remembrances and his public memorialisation, which the film subtly reveals are at odds with one another.
Masha leads a double life: in one she is a photographer, a mother and an unloved wife, in the other she is a medium who daily keeps in touch with the subtle world of spirits using the "phenomenon of electronic voice". One day Masha realizes that the spirit with whom she has been communicating for a year is actually a living person, and really falls in love.
Boarding school at St. Nicholas-Shartomsky monastery in the village of Kleshchevka, Ivanovo region. The boys live in the forest with teachers - monks who try to educate them from modern times and educate novices from them. Of course, they protest and want to have fun.
Furry is a subculture that unites people interested in anthropomorphic animals in the visual arts, animation, literature, and cinema. Participants strive to embody their chosen animal in creative or literal ways.
The idea to make a film about geek-culture took root when Alexandra Pustynnova attended Comic Con Russia. Filmed on the outskirts of Moscow, the role-playing game “Deadland” takes place in a Wild West-like world with elements of alternative history, steampunk, and horror.
