Alexander Valeev

The leaders united people with a powerful idea, people blindly believed in this idea, not even suspecting that they had become members of a sect — pseudo-religious or openly sadistic. They completely obeyed the leaders and were subjected to psychological violence. In a series of documentaries, victims of deception will talk about how they got into sects.

They caused so much pain. Their perverted fantasies caused irreparable damage and distorted hundreds of destinies. They tortured, raped, poisoned, killed and cut out hearts. Their victims survived in dugouts, bunkers and simply inhumane conditions. Real stories of serial killers, told by victims of their hands and relatives of the maniacs themselves.

It is no secret to the creative environment that ballet dancers are more likely than others to face harassment and blackmail from teachers and theater managers. Despite this, all active dancers claim that theaters and ballet schools are "monasteries with their own rules", which the artist is obliged to accept, and for years they have tolerated the clause about sexual obedience to masters and mentors inscribed in this charter. For what reason are ballet dancers silent about the dark side of the profession and what is really hiding their silence?

In the spring of 2003, Moscow surgeons separated two Siamese twins, Zita and Gita Rezakhanov. Two girls from a tiny Kyrgyz village lived together from birth: they had a common bladder, fused intestines and three legs for two. Doctors helped the Siamese twins to find a new life, but the girl's happiness was never achieved. The separated sisters had to go through severe depressive episodes and accept that they would never be able to start a family and have children. Neither of them was ready to lose each other, but in 2015, Zita died at the age of 24.

A documentary about the Tulun maniac. From 2001 to 2012, he committed dozens of crimes: he officially confessed to 25 rapes, but investigators believe that there were at least 50 victims. He killed two girls. The victims of the Tulun maniac tell this story with open faces, not afraid of anything.

The base camp at the foot of Mount Everest is a place for strong men. They leave their family and business at home and focus on climbing. Each of them will have to prepare for two months to conquer the main peak of the world. Such men, usually wealthy, are hunted by women under the guise of climbing a peak. One of these girls will keep a diary of conquering, but not Everest, but men.

The documentary saga will open the doors of palaces and hovels of one of the most closed nationalities. What a modern gypsy camp looks like, what the mystery of early marriages is connected with, how much it costs to buy a bride and why funerals mean so much in Romale's life — the film will tell about this and not only.