SECTION: Russkiy Den

06 Russkiy Den

Traditionally the festival Wednesday is owned by the section RUSSKIY DEN. Here the FilmFestival Cottbus presents a selection of film year's highlights from Russia.

CH/B

Evgeni Sheliakin
Russia / 2014 / 93 min

Nurik is released from prison with only one thought in mind; to take revenge on mafia boss Alkhan, whose deception ended him up behind bars. Yaroslav, a member of a right-wing extremist group, also has a score to settle with Alkhan in this action ...

The Man from the Future

Chelovek iz budushego

Roman Artemyev
Russia / 2016 / 75 min

“Only fifty minutes to go until the end of the world, please head to the check-out!”, thus goes the instruction that rings out from the loudspeakers of a Moscow supermarket. When cashier Gulya shuts up the shop and resolves to prepare for the ...

St. Petersburg. A selfie

Peterburg. Tolko po lyubvi

Avdotia Smirnova, Renata Litvinova, Anna Parmas, Oksana Bychkova, Aksinia Gog, Natalia Nazarova, Natalia Kudryashova
Russia / 2016 / 112 min

These highly personalised narratives were implemented by a collective of seven directors. Taken as a whole they convey the unique atmosphere of the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, renowned the world over for its white nights.

Little Bird

Ptichka

Vladimir Beck
Russia / 2015 / 90 min

Dima and Lenta spend their summers at a holiday camp. Whilst swimming, playing football, and sitting around the campfire the youngsters are supposed to be recharging their batteries. Dima however quickly develops an obsession with new counselor Rita, ...

Finnish Knife, Persian Lilac

Finskiy nozh, persidskaya siren

Raul Geidarov
Russia / 2015 / 13 min

Young offender Roma has already done time in prison for robbery. In an underground pedestrian crossing he assaults a student and steals his money, soon after which he encounters Olya on a sanatorium beach. His attempts to steal her iPad have an ...

Alone

Odni

Vladimir Zakharenko
Russia / 2016 / 36 min

A couple shares a modest house in a small village. Though physically they share the evenings together, they are in reality divided, with each in his/her own world. The room is in fact already divided, and a domestic feud is in the making.

The War and Peace of Private Litvin

Vojna i mir ryadovogo Litvina

Evgeny Kalinin
Russia / 2016 / 30 min

Nikolai Litvin is the leader of the Litvin Clan, as the ninety-year-old likes to call his family. Shaped by his experiences in the Red Army during the Second World War, questions of war and peace play a major role in the family. Litvin however also ...

Family Offline

Semya Offline

Georgiy Porotov
Russia / 2015 / 20 min

A couple, together with six-year-old son Kyrill, travels to the Baltic Sea coast to meet friends for a picnic. During the journey the youngster is engrossed in the computer games on his tablet. Having arrived a seemingly idyllic atmosphere reigns, ...