Aleksandr Samusev

Shy and sometimes naive schoolboy Sashka lives with his grandmother and confides his secrets to a smart speaker because he has no friends. But Sashka has a special power - faith in miracles, thanks to which he gets into a whirlpool of extraordinary events. In the company of a witty genie from a jug and a smart speaker that has come to life, Alisa, Sashka sets off on a dangerous journey across half the world to find his parents, who after a sandstorm in Uzbekistan ended up in a magical city, captive to Shah Zaman. Sashka and company will face the machinations of the evil sorcerer Yusuf, battles on flying carpets, hot air balloon trips, chases across endless steppes, crossing the desert and meeting people who are ready to help the boy find his family again.

A girl wants only one thing for New Year's - for her military dad to come home for the holidays, but all she gets is a doll from a fake Santa Claus. Upset, she runs away from home and meets a janitor who might be able to help her.

Father Frost decides to send Yaga to be re-educated by Petya, a boy who has his own problems - he wants to reconcile his parents before the New Year. Petya's parents spend more time working than they do with their family, and Petya wants to fix this situation before the New Year.

Nine-year-old Vovka lives in the glorious city of Vladimir with his father and grandfather. Pavel, a widower, is raising his son alone. Yes, and it’s not he who raises him, to be honest, but his grandfather. Pavel himself plunged into work “without days off,” either in order to drown out loneliness, or so that his son would not need anything. Only for Vova, what is more important is not material well-being, but communication with her father. Running away from after school and wandering around the ancient, wonderful city, every time he sees other boys playing chess, football with their dads, someone discussing going to the theater... And our Vovka came up with the right way to make his dream come true - to his father became a friend to him and gave him the most precious thing - time!

After losing his father, Roma stopped believing in goodness and became cocky and disobedient. Together with a timid junior high school student, Vitya, they make their way to the house of a mysterious old man, where they find magical books with animated characters. Inadvertently, the boys release an evil sorcerer. To save his friend and put everything back in its place, Roma must do the impossible: believe in himself again.