Russian Film Festival

2022 Russian Film Festival presents five incredible Russian films over three days

Friday, 9th of December

• 6:30pm The One

Saturday, 10th of December

• 3:30pm Detective Chirp and the Golden Beehive
• 6:30pm Land Of Legends

Sunday, 11th of December

• 3:30pm Fixies vs. Crabots
• 6:30pm A Young Man

Opening Night 9th December @6:30pm

THE ONE – [97 Minutes]

Drama

Starring by: Nadezhda Kaleganova, Maksim Ivanov, Viktor Dobronravov, Yan Tsapnik, Nikita Tarasov, Anna Dubrovskaya

On August 24, 1981, the newlyweds Larisa and Vladimir Savitsky stepped on board the plane following the flight Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Blagoveshchensk. 30 minutes before landing, the AN-24 civilian aircraft collided with another aircraft and broke into pieces at an altitude of more than 5 kilometers above the ground. No one was supposed to survive ... but a miracle happened. Larisa Savitskaya woke up in the middle of the wreckage of the plane in the impenetrable taiga. Now she herself had to create a real miracle, which only a strong-minded person is capable of.

DETECTIVE CHIRP AND THE GOLDEN BEEHIVE [85 Minutes] 10th December @3:30pm

Animation

Starring by: Ivan Chaban, Alexander Oleshko, Mikhail Krzysztowski, Miroslava Karpovich, Jan Tsapnik, Boris Smolkin, Evelina Bledans

The film tells the story of mysterious events, that affected all of the citizens of the fabulous Honey Hills. Their favorite holiday - City Day was overshadowed by the theft of a unique artifact - the Golden Beehive. According to an ancient legend, its loss threatens the city with many misfortunes. At the same time, all the circumstances of the disappearance of the Golden Beehive point to Chirk, an assistant to the famous owl detective Sophie. The detectives will have to unravel this major case and not only restore justice, but also save the city from an impending threat.

LAND OF LEGENDS [159 Minutes] 10th December @6:30pm

Fantasy, Drama

Starring by: Alexander Kuznetsov, Elena Yerbakova, Sergey Puskepalis, Evgeny Mironov, Vitaly Kischenko, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Vladimir Svirsky, Rosa Khairullina, Elena Panova, Alexander Gorbatov, Valentin Tsin, Mikhail Evlanov, Alexey Kravchenko, Ilya Malanin, Islam Zafesov, Vladimir Lyubimtsev

Prince Mikhan was born in the pagan lands of the taiga, where shamans make bloody sacrifices to cast evil spirits away and maintain balance. Here, he meets Parma, a woman who’s a combination of ultimate beauty with the powers of a lamia-witch. But the law prohibits him from marrying her. This love will forever change both Mikhan and his beloved Parma's fate. He will have to fight to protect his world from evil, fate and those who come in search of wealth and new lands.

FIXIES VS CRABOTS [85 Minutes] 11th December @3:30pm

Animation

Starring by: Dmitry Nazarov, Nonna Grishaeva, Larisa Brochman, Pyotr Ivashchenko

Fixies are kind little people who live inside machines and appliances and take care of equipment. The Fixies hide from people: there are only a few lucky people in the world who communicate with them. In the Professor Eugenius's laboratory there is the Fixies school, and only the boy called TomThomas and his friend Kate know about it. But one day, elusive creatures appear there. They spy on the Fixies and threaten their privacy. Who are these strange robots-crabots, what do they need and who is standing behind them? It turns out that Eugenius has an old enemy, and the Professor is challenged to a duel in order to settle old scores! New friends, Mega and Alt, will come to the aid of our Fixies, and everyone will get into an incredible whirlpool of adventures!

A YOUNG MAN [110 Minutes] 11th December @6:30pm

Comedy

Starring by: Pavel Tabakov, Ingrid Olerinskaya, Danila Kozlovsky,Danila Poperechny, Rakhim, Valentina Lyapina, Ksenia Kutepova, Elena Ksenofontova

The main character was a standout high school student and graduated university at the highest level. When he reached his 30-s he has found himself a failure: his wife left him for a successful boxer, he got fired from a misearable job, and a morgage that he had to keep up paying off for years ahead. At the most desperate moment the character finds out that that his cunning classmate has become a prosperous businessman and announced a competition for high school students with the prize fund of over a million or rubbles. The main character looks a lot younger than he is, he even gets asked if he is of age when buying alcholol. He gets rid of his beard, fakes his DOB in ID and decides to take a chance in the competition assured that expirience can take over youth.