Aleksandr Soldatov

Four novels of the film-almanac are united by a common theme - all the most important happens in reality, and not on the Internet. Politicians and housewives, students and stars, adults and adolescents all over the earth take millions of selfies every day. Perhaps these photos will remain a dead weight in the phone's memory, but sometimes they can change lives. However, the heroes of the tape do not suspect anything about it...

Based on Boris Akunin's novel 'Azazel' (English title 'The Winter Queen') set in Moscow in 1876. The novel started a long series quite popular in Russia. In 'Azazel' a young police officer - Erast Fandorin - investigates an odd suicide of some rich young man and finds a complex conspiracy, trying to take over most European countries - from Britain to Ottoman Empire - with the best intentions, of course.

A production by the Russian Academic Youth Theater based on Thornton Wilder's play of the same name. Life, love, and death are the three components of this performance. The action begins on May 7, 1901, in a small American town. Two families, the Gibbs and the Webb, live next door to each other. Their children attend school, and their entire lives are spent in full view of each other.

Seventh-grader Vitya Davydov is sent to a factory for practical training. His mentor, a worker nicknamed Goliath, gives him an assignment, unaware that their relationship is about to become a battle of wits.