Dinara Drukarova

A bittersweet tale of deception and affection about three Georgian women -- strong-willed matriarch Eka, her long-suffering daughter Marina and rebellious granddaughter Ada -- all live together in their stately-yet-crumbling apartment in contemporary Tbilisi, the capital of the former Soviet republic. (Zeitgeist Films)

Jean-Pierre (Lucas) is a troubled hit man starting to realize he has too much conscience to kill. Having recently rekindled his relationship with his childhood soul mate Michelle (Jacob), he sees their love as a way out. But when he learns that she has stolen a mysterious briefcase, Jean-Pierre is forced to walk a fine line between protecting the woman he loves and falling back into the world of crime he just left -- a task that soon unravels in ways that he can neither imagine nor control. (Truly Indie)

Alexei Balabanov (Brother) directed this period film, set in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg, where a middle-class family and an upper-class family both become intertwined with pornographic photographer Johann (Sergei Makovetsky). Dr. Stasov (Alexandr Mezentsev) treats railroad engineer Radlov (Igor Shibanov). (Dreaming Ant)

Two children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947, survive poverty and hardship through the warmth of their friendship and a shared sense of humour. (imdb)

A boy hears that his father may still be alive and sets out to find him, meeting many of his father's acquaintances and friends along the way and making some of his own. (imdb)

Valerka, the hero of "Bouge pas, Meurs, Ressucite", has grown up. Expelled from a vocational-training school and knowing he has partially ruined his mother's life he leaves in a voyage of initiation that takes him to Nilolayevsk where he is hoping to find an aunt he has never seen. He discovers a world of grown-ups and daily concerns. He goes back over his life and reviews the lies and treachery that have hallmarked it. He puts his childhood and adolescence behind him as he grows into adulthood. (unifrance.org)

A young Estonian hunter's life is changed after meeting a mysterious bear.

Sonia, a girl from St Petersburg, decides to seek a better life in western Europe. She first gets a job at a car dealer in Germany. But she is suddenly kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. She will be dragged from country to country and resistance will only bring her misery and humiliation.

Kamal, 20 years old, can't have sexual intercourse with women although he is married. He goes to the big city and notices beautiful Vera, whom he follows round town. Will his partnership with her husband, a mafia thug, help him become a man ? (imdb)

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested. (imdb)

Lucia, a Russian mother, and her 6 year-old daughter, Marussia, find themselves living on the streets of Paris. Not having a stable house, they sleep wherever they can. The Russian community decides to buy them a ticket back to Russia. Marussia revolts against her mother and runs away. She doesn't want to go back. And at the same time she wants to have a real childhood. What kind of decision is her mother ready to make?

When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. (imdb)

August, 1914. While Jean Mordant is away winning the title of Wrestling Champion of the World in Buenos Aires, his daughter Mimi is raped by German soldiers in Ostend. Determined to avenge this crime Jean, along with his coach and young nephew, enrolls in the prestigious ACM (Armoured Car Division). War is ruthless, however, and he and his friends embark on a dramatic journey that will ultimately drag them around the world. (flandersimage.com)

One night, on a bridge... a stabbing. There's Julien, a professional footballer whose life is played out between his girlfriend and his father, a firefighter-paramedic, with whom he lives. And there's Pouga, a young rebel who dreams of a "grand life". The film shows the parallel destiny of these two young men who resemble each other but who have never met. They share the same values and a thirst for the absolute. They could be friends. And yet... (cinando.com)

In this documentary Russian director Vitali Kanevski takes to the streets of St. Petersburg and Moscow to interview street kids.

Serge and his four colleagues work in a small company that has just been brought out by a large corporation. As a welcoming gift, they are invited by their new employer to spend a day of relaxation at a spa. (Clermont-Ferrand)

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment no. 6 to face the truth about their own yearning for human connection. (imdb)

Near the Bois de Boulogne, Daniel meets Charell by accident. The two men haven’t seen each other in twenty years.

Lili has left everything behind to go to the ends of the earth to fulfill her dream of fishing the northern seas. She persuaded Ian, a trawler captain, to give her a chance. Lonely and elusive, the "sparrow" becomes the only woman on board...