Yana Esipovich

Drage, Rope and Acorn (2020)

A young documentary filmmaker is shooting a film about a girl who got lost in the forest and stayed there. In order to find out how this happened, he interviews her neighbors: Leshy, Water and his mermaids and Sinister. ...

It's Not Forever (2019)

Most of us say the word "Mama" without thinking. But there are children who have never uttered this word in their lives. The film is about these children, orphans. In these children, no less love than in each of us. And they are waiting. Sometimes too long ...

Vanya (2019)

After her release from prison, Katerina tries to start a new life. After some unsuccessful attempts to find a job, she manages to find work washing dishes in a children's home. The youngest and most problematic child, Vanya, decides that Katerina is his re ...

Summer Of Sea Buckthorn (2018)

The film is about the life and death of the outstanding playwright Alexander Vampilov. Life and death, which reflected the era. The two most important meanings are connected in this story. The fate of a simple provincial man who chooses the path of the art ...

Married Again (2016)

Anna is the daughter of a banker and grew up in a wealthy family with loving parents who have been waiting for grandchildren for a long time. Anna has never considered herself a beauty, but now she believes that luck has finally smiled on her. She marries ...

Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2013)

This is a collection of portraits: 23 short stories about the Mari women, a sort of Decameron suspended between magic and realism, in which the Autonomous Republic of the Marij El serves as a backdrop for the collective history of a people of ancient tradi ...

The Dry Valley (2012)

This story unites the destinies of the landowners and their servants, and is considered to be one of the most complete portraits of the Russian life in the late XIX century. It takes place in Dry Valley, a village owned by the noble family of Khrushevs. Th ...

Fortress of War (2010)

The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The story describes the events of the first days of the defence, including the three main resistance zones, headed by t ...

The Quiet Family Life (2008)

Practical Joke (2008)

Remake film. Russian drama school domination. In the last quarter of graduating class comes a new student, violating all classifications, and an affront to the leader. That, in turn, is ready to do anything not to give up this title until the end of school ...

The Best of Times (2007)

Two women are in love with the same man. After his death, some kind of friendship comes into being. ...

Keep Forever (2007)

Diplomat Volodin is going to work in the States for a responsible job. But, having crossed the ocean, he immediately went over to the Americans. And not empty-handed: he calls the American embassy from a pay phone and gives the appearance of a Soviet intel ...

The Island (2006)

Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future. ...

Luck (2005)

Petr, a recently discharged officer, arrives in a tiny mining town in the remote Siberian taiga to hunt for gold. When he finds it, the other prospectors cannot forgive his luck. ...