News Archive
Language: Russian
September 17, 2026
Fatherland
It's summer 1949, and after fleeing Europe for America 13 years prior, writer Thomas Mann is returning to the Allied-occupied city of Frankfurt to accept a prestigious award, with his actress, writer, and rally driver daughter Erika by his side. But their travels become fraught as Mann intends to...
September 17, 2026
Minotaur
Gleb, a middle-aged businessman, lives comfortably in modern-day Russia with his wife and teenage son. On the surface, the blissful family personifies success: he has a prestigious and powerful job, they own a luxurious home in the woods and enough money to indulge a penchant for fine dining. The...
September 17, 2026
Mariinka
Spanning a decade, this sprawling yet profoundly intimate war-time epic set in the embattled Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine follows several young lives as they adapt to their crushing reality. Natasha, a promising boxing talent, becomes a military paramedic. Angela, who lost her parents at a yo...
September 17, 2026
City & State Shorts: Journey Within
Vespers follows an apprehensive church member as she manages a punk gig taking place in their basement. Back Scratch explores the tension between friends who cross boundaries and are forced to relearn their relationship in the aftermath. In Skin of Olives, we follow the tricky unveiling of an anc...
September 17, 2026
Skin of Olives
Using an at-home DNA test, an adoptee seeks to make sense of his ancestral past. After reconnecting with long-lost relatives online, a trip to his home country shows him welcomed by extended family but raises darker questions about his immediate origins and reunification with his birth mother. ...
