Who needs the Marvel Cinematic Universe when you’ve got the Russian Cinematic Universe? COMA is the heavy artillery of Slavic science fiction, creating a visually stunning world that’ll blow your mind and not only yours, those of coma patients as well… Victor (Rinal Mukhametov, an actor you’ll also see in INVASION and ABIGAIL, both part… Continue reading Coma
Country: Russia
Invasion
INVASION is the bigger, better, badder sequel to ATTRACTION, which we presented at the BIFFF 2017. Three years after an alien spaceship crash-landed in Moscow, Julia, who was saved from death with the help of extraterrestrial technology, has started to develop unusual abilities. She has become an object of research conducted in secret laboratories of… Continue reading Invasion
Abigail
Abigail has been living a reclusive life in a town under quarantine, believing that her father passed away due to the mysterious epidemic (nothing to do with Covid-19, we promise). But the older we get, the less naïve we become and young Abigail starts to figure out things. Not only does she seemingly possesses similar… Continue reading Abigail
2050
The future has come and it seems cold-callers are not just a thing of the past and they are just as unwelcome.
Alexandra Bortich
Alexandra Bortich was born in 1994 in Svetlogorsk, Belarus and grew up in Moscow. During her childhood, she studied at a music school and played different instruments, including the saxophone. She also acted in a theater studio. She got her first and breakout leading role in Nigina Saifullaeva’s debut NAME ME (2014). The film was… Continue reading Alexandra Bortich
Olga Gorodetskaya
Olga Gorodetskaya (Moscow, 1983°) graduated with a major in Directing, Cinema and TV. In 2005 she started working as first assistant director for the Russian adaptation of the TV show UGLY BETTY. That same year she also directed a number of music videos. In 2006, one of her screenplays got selected to the finale of… Continue reading Olga Gorodetskaya
THE SOUL CONDUCTOR
Katya is a moody young woman with a special gift: she can communicate with the spirits of the dearly departed. The problem is they’re quite a nuisance! All the time, they’re asking her assistance in dealing with unfinished business from their time among the living. To be able to cope with these demanding spirits, she… Continue reading THE SOUL CONDUCTOR
QUIET COMES THE DAWN
For her twentieth birthday, Svetlana receives an unforgettable present: her beloved but depressed brother throws himself out of a window. Since then, she’s haunted by eerily realistic nightmares. Svetlana starts to wonder if depression runs in the family, as her mother also met a tragic end. When she goes through her late brother’s belongings, she… Continue reading QUIET COMES THE DAWN