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What is faith and religion to Russians after the fall of communism? We get the insight into the Russian Orthodox church as well as different folk and shamanic beliefs.

Engineering Red is a Russian surrealist film released in 1993, directed by Andrei I and animator Armen Petrosyan. The script is based on Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain and idea of creating artificial people in the Soviet Union.

Academy Award-winning film-maker Oliver Stone interviews Russian president Vladimir Putin about divisive issues related to U.S.-Russia relations.

Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid risks of being branded "foreign agents" and the country's drift towards authoritarianism.

This documentary investigates allegations of how a palace, on the coast of the Black Sea, is allegedly controlled by Russian president Putin, and how its construction was financed through corruption and a network of close associates.

A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

This history of the Romanov dynasty, the family that ruled Russia from 1613 until the October Revolution of 1917.

A Russian-Canadian filmmaker gains unprecedented access to follow a Russian Army battalion in Ukraine.

A story about the work of the elite segment of the sex industry in modern Russia from the perspective of the representatives of the illegal business themselves.

The late 1980s. While parents fight for survival in a changing world, children fight for the territory. Two 14-year-old boys, Andrey and Marat, are seeking protection and support amid violence and poverty - and find it on the streets.

The brave little fox Wind travels through the amazing nature of the peninsula. Having lost his family after an encounter with a bear, he begins to look for a new home and a new meaning in life. And he succeeds - he meets love, the fox Lava. But the bear returns, and the little fox must find the strength to face his fear.

An oligarch who can do anything. An owner of an escort agency. A businessman convicted of sexualized violence. What do they have in common? That they are all clients of the intimate services market. It is the clients who create the demand for sex for money. But do they understand this?

Russian Hackers: the beginning" is the author's documentary mini series of acclaimed Russian journalist Andrei Loshak. The film investigates this worldwide phenomenon of Russian hackers, it's inception in early 90s and it's growth in 2010s. The film goes through the lives of most prominent hackers of the time, following their paths of free crime, punishment and then awareness. It's a cats mice game of hackers and authorities both in Russia and the USA at the era when nobody thought internet crime existed.

Director Nikita Mikhalkov documents the history of Russia from 1980 to 1991 by annually asking his daughter Anna questions.

A film about children that live in an orphanage in Russia. The leading characters, Sashka, Nastya and Lekha are destined to spend all of their childhood there. The orphanage is more like a juvenile prison, although the adults who work there are convinced that they are making the children happy.

Could an ordinary person be a hero? Absolutely. People who create essential daily goods and products from pottery and baking to a baby birth, do make our life possible.

Artist Sasha Skochilenko protests Ukraine war by altering price tags. Facing trial, her friends Sonia and Lesha witness legal process flaws while supporting her, awaiting sentencing.

Film delves into life in small town "Pentagon" dormitory, housing low-income residents living in extreme poverty. Shot amid the Russian-Ukrainian war, it portrays their daily struggles, work, politics, and wartime experiences.

A surreal observational view of daily of St Petersburg life. This is a fascinating look at the abstract quality of everyday events that often passing unnoticed in front of our eyes.

Director E. Herzyuk offers to get to know Sergey Pravdivcev better in a documentary about a man who combines study with creativity at the age of seventeen.

Most of the 10,000 inhabitants of Yelnya feel nostalgic about the former USSR and its army. They're raising the town's children to be military trained national patriots. Yelnya misses the days when things were different, when society was stable, even when that meant living under strict rules.

A documentary depicting the life and work of the trappers of Bakhtia, a village in the heart of the Siberian Taiga, where daily life has changed little in over a century.