Vasilina Yuskovets

Sometimes it seems to parents that their child has been replaced... and two Ivanov families from the south of Russia are simply sure of this: after 16 years, namesakes will find out that their children were confused in the maternity hospital. What if your beloved son is not really your own, but your blood is being raised by strangers? And in a luxury that you never even dreamed of. And how will he accept his new, but painfully poor relatives?

The story of an unusual businessman Alexander Schmidt, nicknamed Magic, who is ready to fulfill the most daring and explicit sex fantasies of his clients.

Vera's life was like a fairy tale with a loving husband, smart and beautiful daughter, caring father, and her favorite hobby, baking desserts. When her husband cheats on her with her young neighbor, she decides to leave him and turn her baking hobby into a business.

Zakhar is the head of a big family who spent all his life living in a village in a private house. He is also the only one who refused to sell the land for the construction of a new residential complex. After all, not only his right to private property but also his happy memories are under threat: the old forest he knew since he was little was cut down, and the pond where he used to fish with his father was drained. Moreover, his grandson fell in love with the developer's daughter! While life seems to fall completely apart, Zakhar, together with his family, decides to stand his ground to the very end against urban developers, dissatisfied tenants of the newly built high-rise, and total injustice.

Football is an international language that transcends generations, nationalities, class and religion. Former professional footballer, a current scout, loner and alcoholic Phil forms an unlikely friendship with Sasha, a young football fan. Their lives revolve around FC Lokomotiv Moscow, where they spot talented footballer Denis. Along with Olga, Denis’s mother, they’re determined to make him not just a good player, but a great player.

The story of Chelyabinsk shashlik maker Pasha, who, together with his father and son Kostya, went south to inherit half of a winery. The other half belongs to the aesthete winemaker, a fanatic of his craft, Sergey Gordeev, his daughter Oksana and granddaughter Mila. In order to save their common business from collapse, representatives of two different families will have to become partners. But how can they do this when for Sergey wine is art, and for Pasha it is "tasteless sourness"?

A small northern town with a secret military facility nearby. There is an ordinary school, hospital and shop here, but any visitor will feel something strange. A girl named Alice lives in this city. She has problems with her mother and at school, and she also has terrible dreams that predict the future. Alice dreams of running away from home with her only friend. But is it possible to get out of a city that has never let anyone go?

Several young people have been arrested in the city of N on charges of carrying out extremist activities. Contemporary artist, graduate of a Western university, social activist, daughter of the governor.

Stories about strange, annoying and even scary moments in our lives: domestic violence, the madness of tick-tockers and their audience, the demands of society on girls and much more.

Two investigators, a woman and a man, are looking for the missing 5-year-old grandson of the famous conductor. The whole family of the conductor is under suspicion. But the relationship between the investigators is becoming more and more strained.

Artem and Tanya are a young couple who separated a few weeks ago. Despite the breakup, they continue to live together in a rented apartment, unable to separate. Despite the chasm of disappointment and misunderstanding that has arisen, strong feelings remain between the couple. Another argument shatters the unbearable circumstances of their protracted separation. However, the question of "how to be together" hangs over the lovers like an unsettling shadow of indecipherability. Trying to answer it, they spend a long night in the confined space of their apartment. Recalling a past they can no longer return and imagining a future that frightens them with its uncertainty, Tanya and Artem wish to grasp the present, where they can live happily together.

A half-empty village far from the regional center has been inhabited by characters from Ostrovsky's "Snegurochka," only adjusted to our times. Bobyl and Bobylikha are stationmasters, Berendey is no longer a tsar but a watchman, Lel is a trendy DJ returning from Moscow for the holidays, and his classmate Mizgir is a successful businessman from the regional center. Only Snegurochka seems the same as before. Incapable of emotion, she is doomed to make those around her fall in love with her.

Music video from the Novosibirsk post-punk band "Buerak".