IFFR 2005

Andrey Kagadeev

Nikolai Kopeikin

Fairy-tale thriller, from the 'parallel cinema'. Real characters from Russian folklore come to life in the half-fantastic, half-idiotic atmosphere of a provincial town.

Near Past and Near Present

Apiary

Kirill Serebrennikov

kirill serebrennikov

Seven intimate scenes from the bed. Stories about love and hate, funny and occasionally painful dialogues and much very familiar human behaviour.

Bed Stories

Dmitry Frolov

Saga about food illustrates the hypothesis that all people eat their friends.

The Daddy's Meat

Pavel Ruminov

A Russian scriptwriter is threatened by various powers when he doesn't finish his work in time. A parody on the situation in which many Russian film makers find themselves today.

Deadline

Svetlana Baskova

Banned Russian film about two soldiers who have to solve the world's problems in a jail cell.

Green Elephant

A socially critical story about a surrealist object: a head without body that fights with his master. A film with references to the Russian avant-garde in the 1920s and 1930s.

The Head

Aleksandr Doulerain

Sergey Koryagin

In his home village, Ivan meets a girl who seems to be the victim of a crazy scientist. Russian avant-garde comedy bursting with references to film classics from the West and Soviet history.

Ivan the Idiot

Viktor Alimpiev

Marian Zhunin

Choreography of apparently conformist, uniformed bodies. With a beautiful, classical art direction.

Alexander Doulerain

William J. Bradshaw

Jamie Bradshaw

An American woman travels to Russia to heal her avarice. She undergoes a miraculous metamorphosis.

The Offshore Reserves

Sergey Vishnevsky

Colourful music video that breathes the atmosphere of the 1960s. Made with today's technology.

The Rock Music

A web designer is threatened by unknown forces. He has to stop his work, otherwise something terrible will happen to him. Horror production with a surprising mood and unexpected twist.

Silent Man

Olga Stolpovskaya

Dmitry Troitsky

The only romantic comedy so far from Russian independent cinema about a three-cornered relationship. Clever newsreader becomes involved with a smooth advertising man. Together they crash into the wild Uloomji.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025