Vgik Movies

A story about the residents of the village of Savino in the Ryazan region, their daily work and celebrations. Student assignment.

The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr...

Set in the early 1920s after the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Nikita returns to his hometown to see his partner Lyuba, both of whom...

A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a...

The film invites its viewers to reflect on where modern sports have come to. Does a young, honest and uncompromising athlete have a future in the...

Ahmed’s father has only a day with his wife and son before he must return to war. With haunting, innocent cruelty, the children play games that...

Two lovers cannot be together—the girl’s authoritarian father refuses to approve the marriage. When the young man kills him, a third...

Uldis Brauns' diploma film at VGIK

A surreal film done in the style of a silent farce.

Suliman Mohamed Ibrahim Elnour’s diploma film from VGIK in Moscow, dedicated to ideas of Africa in Soviet society based on archive material,...

A short movie and university exercise filmed in 1981.

The boy wants to have a pigeon, but he can't afford to buy a bird. On the market for a pigeon asking for 100 rubles! Then he decides to buy a bird,...

A man and a woman are trying to solve a problem that is crucial to their relationship, but their ideas and beliefs have a different vision.

A school boy finds a fallen pilot in the forest during the fire started by enemies.

Short adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine.

A short movie and university exercise about so-called "beat" — that is the name of nascent rock music in Soviet Union. It illustrates the...

This charming student film by Kobakhidze shows us the intrigues of love.