Living Heroes

In Profile and Full Face

October 1977 •Russian

Exceptions Without Rules

May 1986 •Russian

An almanac of short feature films based on stories by Mikhail Mishin from the collection of short stories "Pause in a Major".

Collective: Unconscious

August 2016 •English

A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. The Grim Reaper hosts a TV show. The formerly incarcerated recount and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a volcano. What happens when five of independent film's most adventurous filmmakers join together to literally adapt each other’s dreams for the screen?

Гарача гыз

May 1967 •Azerbaijani

Spring On A Roadside

May 1975 •Georgian

Puple, Valerian and Asiko are elderly actors. People no longer pay attention to the famous actors of the past. The troupe went on tour without them. They gladly agree to introduce their art to the residents of the village of Fandauri, but as they arrive in the village they find out that they have been invited to the opening of the spring, and they are only asking them for a poem or just a word that touches their heart. The cheerful mood of the actors will be replaced by a sad one.

Adult Games

May 1968 •Lithuanian

Two episodes about the relationship between men and women in Lithuanians soviet era.

The Zavyalov Weirdos

September 1979 •Russian

One Fine Day

January 1977 •Azerbaijani

A film almanac consisting of two short stories, united by a common idea of the need to maintain harmony between private and public interests: “Suite” and “One Fine Day”. The hero of the story ”Suite" is a lifeguard on the shore. The events taking place at sea do not bother him at all. To the music of Bizet, he dreams of Carmen, her exploits, valor and strong love... The hero of the short story “One Fine Day”, a promising researcher, one morning saw a spaceship from his balcony. Do this a little restlessly to his mother-in-law, neighbors, acquaintances, boss and, finally, to a psychiatrist...

Ау-у! (Киноальманах)

July 1976 •Russian

Big "Wick"

April 1964 •Russian

A satirical express train sets off on its way. The driver S. Mikhalkov gives a farewell beep ... On the first carriage an inscription - "Summer cottage". The following are 8 short stories ...

People Of Our City

June 1966 •Armenian

Armenian film containing three short stories: the story about the first driver and coachman of old Yerevan, the complicated psychological relationship of a loving couple set in the backdrop of Garni Temple during reconstruction and a story about human life from the point of view of a poor and homeless dog.

Zille und ick

September 1983 •German

Mostly fictional episodes in the life of famous german social-critical painter Heinrich Zille.

Hälfte des Lebens

April 1985 •German

This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.

Kindheit

August 1987 •German

Alfons lives with his grandparents on a Silesian village farm at the end of WWII. He adores his grandmother, who runs everything after her husband dies. But everything changes after the appearance of a traveling showman in the xenophobic village.

Romeo Juliet

June 2015 •Tamil

Aishwarya, an air hostess, wants to marry a millionaire, but mistakes Karthik, a gym trainer, for a rich guy and woos him. She calls off the romance when she discovers that he isn't well off, but Karthik will not let her leave that easily.

Madras

September 2014 •Tamil

A portrayal of the lives of the people living in North Madras, focusing on the politics inside the slums and how their plight remains the same, despite the political class luring them constantly during elections.

Killadi

January 2015 •Tamil

An angry young man gives refuge to a rich girl, whose arrogant mother is forcing her to marry her rowdy uncle.

The Norrtull Gang

December 1923 •Swedish

A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.

Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal

December 2017 •Tamil

The unexpected meeting of two ex-lovers after a long time affect the equation of their respective families