Maria Gavrilova

Artem & Eva (2023)

Artem loves Yulia, Yulia loves Artem. They recently graduated from school, moved to Moscow and began an independent life. In search of part-time jobs, Artem comes up with the idea of creating another image from Yulia - Eva Elfie - and making an amateur v ...

The Medal (2022)

On May 9, at the Immortal Regiment procession in the mountain village of Mizur in North Ossetia, local residents came out with portraits of their warring relatives. One of the posters featured a photograph of an officer who died in March in Ukraine. 33-yea ...

Sakharovo (2021)

In the winter of 2021 rallies were held in Russia in support of Alexei Navalny. People protested against the arrest of the politician. The number of those detained at the rallies exceeded 17,000 people, many of whom received administrative punishment in th ...

Teens & Cats (2021)

After three teenagers died of an overdose, artist and activist Katrin Nenasheva organized a self-help group called "Teens and Cats". In it, teenagers share their difficulties and support each other. Initially, at the meetings of the group, they talked abou ...

The Carriage is Served (2021)

The rally in support of Alexei Navalny was initially called for in the center of Moscow, on Lubyanskaya Square, but the authorities blocked all approaches to it. Then some of the demonstrators went to the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center, whe ...

They Will Figure It Out Themselves (2020)

Mother of a girl who committed suicide due to bullying at school; yesterday's teens who have experienced bullying; a girl who herself was involved in bullying. All the characters in this film have something in common: pain, complexes, self-doubt, indiffere ...

Stop! No Entry (2020)

Once this place was one country, the Soviet Union, but now it is the border between the Kaliningrad region and Lithuania, Russia and the European Union. The Russians, whose ancestors were brought here from the east, still live in German houses, among Germa ...

Tasya (2019)

A 12-year-old girl, Tasia, from the village of Tomsino in the Pskov Region wrote a letter to Vladimir Putin asking her to help her mother, a nurse in a local hospital. The villagers didn't like this, where Tasya and her mother had moved shortly before that ...

The Girl With The Constitution (2019)

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 ...

The Creep (2019)

The Great Cross procession is considered the largest and most difficult pilgrimage route in Russia. Many participants in the course believe that if you go this way with pure thoughts and a specific request to God, then it will be fulfilled. The main charac ...

Shaman for Putin (2019)

The Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev believes that Vladimir Putin is "a product of dark forces," so he went on foot to Moscow to "expel" him. The shaman began his journey alone, but soon his followers began to join him. In Chita, he gathered a large rally. ...

Alice in the Land of National Guard of Russia (2019)

A girl from St. Petersburg walks around protest-ridden Moscow, talking to riot police and believing that sooner or later they will go over to the side of the demonstrators. An 18-year-old student of a St. Petersburg college introduces herself as Alice and ...

Luhansk. The Election Day (2019)

On the 11th of November 2018 the elections were held in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. One of those who came to vote is a former locksmith Alexander Zaslavsky, a participant under the call sign "Old" in the battles in 2014 and 2015. ...

Childhood, Summer and War (2018)

This movie is about children who live every day with a reminder of war and enemies. This happens in today's Russia, in the city of Belaya Kalitva in the Rostov region. Teens take Cossack education. ...

Lusia in Wonderland (2018)

How Lyusia Stein - a graduate of VGIK and a municipal deputy of Moscow - went to work for Ksenia Sobchak's campaign headquarters. ...

Last Day! (2018)

On April 23, after 11 days of mass protests, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned. About how the opposition led by Nikol Pashinyan won - the film "Last Day". ...

How Big Is the Galaxy? (2018)

The Zharkov family-father, mother and two young sons-belong to the Dolgan community, one of the last indigenous peoples pursuing their traditional nomadic life in the extreme north of Siberia. The children used to be sent to boarding school, where they bec ...

She's The Champion (2018)

The story of the two wrestler girls in and out of the ring. Mephisto, the champion of the NFR and the champion of India, is a the sales manager in everyday life, while Casey, or the Queen of the Scream, is a recent graduate of the University. ...

Ganne Under New Cover (2018)

Anatoly Ganne is sixty two years old. For thirty three years he'd been in prison. During his life Ganne followed thieves' concepts: not to have any family and home - so that there was nothing to take away. Now he is settled in Moscow, got married and has a ...

Freedom For Unicorns (2018)

March of mothers on rainy Moscow in defense of girls from the "New Greatness" Anna Pavlikova and Maria Dubovik and their transfer from a pre-trial detention center under house arrest. ...

National-shkolota (2018)

Among those who took to the streets of Russian cities in recent months are people of various political views. This is the story of a young Russian nationalist. ...

I am Nobody (2017)

Alexey Navalny began his election campaign in the regions of Russia with a trip to Murmansk. Thousands of citizens came to his rally, and in the rain. This is the success of local activists who organized the rally and selflessly campaigned. Alexander Rasto ...

Plankton Salesmen (2017)

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in Russia in the early 2000s. The story of the company Cinema Without Borders and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov. ...

Misha Bo's Bew Winchester (2017)

A film about Misha Bo, a famous young blogger, poet and photographer in St. Petersburg. In 2017, Misha was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. In February 2020, Misha passed away. He did not lose his fortitude and fought to the end. ...

God Eats Love (2017)

When Maria Alekhina and other members of the Pussy Riot group were tried for an action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Orthodox activist Dmitry Enteo strongly advocated punishing the girls. Now Alekhina and Enteo spend a lot of time together. Last w ...

Here Is The Cross For You (2017)

A police sergeant of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" comes to Moscow to receive the Donbass Volunteer badge as a reward for participating in the hostilities in eastern Ukraine on the side of pro-Russian separatists. ...

Together in The Subway (2017)

"I am very scared that there was an explosion in the metro, people were killed. I will not forget this day," says a children's note at the St. Petersburg metro station, lying among the flowers on an impromptu memorial. ...

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (2017)

August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his eyes reveal that his nerves are about to snap. Today he will be handed down a sentence to which he must submit: 20 years' imprisonment in Siberia for terrorism. T ...

Actress from Serov (2017)

An accountant from the Ural city comes to St. Petersburg in search of acting happiness. ...

I Will Dance (2017)

A portrait of Richard Semashkov, a rapper famous for anti-liberal songs and friendship with Prilepin and other "patriotic" artists. ...

Гетто против Кадырова (2016)

My Friend Boris Nemtsov (2015)

An intimate portrait of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov — once Deputy Prime Minister and "an heir of President Yeltsin", later an uncompromising adversary of Putin — that was assassinated near the Kremlin in February 2015. Election campaigns an ...

The Term. Beginning of a Big Story (2014)

The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mapping the Russian sociopolitical landscape, Vladimir Putin had just settled into the Kremlin for his third term. The original experimental format of "documentar ...

I Don't Love You (2012)

A youth comedy about the tragedy of the first love. An experiment in the area of the film language. REC, accidentally pressed in the middle of a fight. Jealosies, breakups, reunions. A few bedroom scenes, shot with a home camera. Cries and whispers of the ...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada (Bolshoi Opera/Ballet) (1992)

Nina Ananiashvili dances the dual roles of Mlada and Cleopatra in this acclaimed production of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Mlada," directed by Boris Pokrovsky and choreographed by Andrei Petrov. Voislava, the daughter of a scheming prince, is force ...