Screenwriter, director - Aleksander Sveshnikov
Camera - Aleksander Sveshnikov, Andrey Fedchenkov
Sound director - Vyacheslav Privalov

The film is about the representatives of one of the most ancient northern peoples, the Sami, living in the north of the Kola Peninsula, their history and preservation of traditional values and modern life.

Screenwriters - Daria Agienko, Leonid Rybakov
Directors - Daria Razumnikova, Daria Agienko
Camera - Daria Razumnikova, Victor Kim, Daria Agienko
Sound director - Aleksandra Neustroeva
Starring - Zoya Slezhakova

Zoya is a journalist who lives on Sakhalin. She is a member of the Nivkh indigenous ethnic group. As a child, she was bullied by her classmates because of her ethnicity, so she left her hometown first chance she got. Due to her mother's disability, she is now forced to return to her home village of Nogliki. While spending winter evenings with her mother, Zoya writes down the stories and legends of her people. Writing her book helps her to accept herself for who she is.

Screenwriter, director, camera, sound director - Oleg Tomkov
Starring - Vyacheslav Bondarev, Aleksandr Bondarev, Igor Loginov, Oleg Timkov

In the Footsteps of Varlaam: Around the Kola Peninsula is more than just an expedition — it is a life once lived, happening right now, and even reaching into the future.
Our northern nature has given us a chance to show you the beauty of this northern land and to feel all the warmth of our North.

Screenwriters - Vladislav Kopytov-Shamray, Roman Kiskin, Vitaly Andreev
Director - Vitaly Andreev
Camera - Georgy Borshevsky
Sound director - Aleksey Akinchits
Starring - Egor Bashkeev, Lybov Konstantinova, Vitaly Andreev, Denis Nikiforov

As a result of a wound at the front, Lieutenant Andrei Samsonov suffers paralysis of his lower limbs. There is practically no hope for recovery, which causes the patient severe depression. Hoping to somehow dispel Andrei's heavy thoughts, Doctor Fedorov transfers him to a ward with a large group of former soldiers with similar injuries. Meanwhile, Elena appears at the hospital - Andrei's former fiancée, who was rejected by him after his injury. She proves persistent enough to overcome her fiancé's pessimism, and soon, together with the doctor, she manages to awaken in the young man a desire to live and start a family.

Screenwriters - Diana Roybu, Temirkhan Beloglazov
Director - Diana Roybu
Camera - Maksim Polunin
Sound director - Sofia Ostrovskaya
Starring - Sergey Nabirukhin, Karina Matveetva, Johny Breezy, Maksim Davtian

An elderly man, Makar, has overcome loneliness by joining a hip-hop dance group. With the support of Anna, the instructor, he becomes part of the team. Preparing for the competition, Makar faces prejudice from the younger generation. In the end, he not only overcomes dance barriers but also finds a new purpose in life.

Screenwriter, director - Victor Mans
Camera - Vadim Aleksandrov
Sound director - Vladimir Kilkeev
Starring - Evgenya Lykova, Dmitry Bauman, Nikolay Sonin, Stanislav Gorelov, Svetlana Stulikova

A shoemaker who came across two young people who were rushing to each other on a blind date made it so that, not yet being familiar, they had to expose to each other not the best sides of their characters. The date took place, but at the beginning, looking into the eyes opposite, they had to hide their own.

Screenwriter, director - Ksenia Zolland
Camera - Evgeny Stepanov
Sound director - Aleksey Galkin
Starring -Yuriy Kondratiev, Yaroslav Provotorov, Nikolay Isakov

A lonely old man Shurik is convinced he has wasted his life, until one day he decides to change everything. He makes a wish to find a true friend. And he does, just not in the way he expected. Only after his death.

Screenwriter, director - Galina Volynskaya
Camera - Vladislav Prokopenko
Sound director - Dmitry Uruypin
Starring - Kirill Goncharov, Irina Abrosimova, Sergey Shestakovsky, Ruslan Sadilov, Sergey Pavlov, Daria Lapshina, Julia Lebedeva, Tatiana Bekk

A reimagined narrative featuring a vibrant and independent voice-over that intervenes in the fates of each crew member, simultaneously blurring the boundaries between viewer and character. Is the "dance of death" inevitable for all saloon visitors, or can the director alter the course of events against all expectations? Everyone who delights in cinematic irony finds both answers and forgiveness.

Screenwriter -Denis Vilenkin
Director - Denis Vilenkin
Camera - Nikita Karmen
Sound director - Maksim Satrchenko, Juia Sorokina, Sergey Kurbatov
Starring - Evgenya, Petr Buslov, Sergey Gilev, Ekaterina Sokolova-Zhuber, Andrey Rodov, Vladimir Averyanov, Sofia Gershevich, Masha Ponmari, Zlata Zhelezkina, Marko Dinelli

Film critic Rita, in an attempt to meet “the one”, embarks on a journey through the labyrinth of her own memories, emotions, and feelings.

Screenwriter -Zhenya Bykova
Director - Zhenya Bykova
Camera - Ruslan Bykov
Sound director - Vsevolov Bedyakin
Starring - Nikita Nikitin, Vladimir Vinogradov, Aleksander Babaev

Former weightlifter Gerasim, who lost his arm and with it the meaning of life, goes through a difficult journey and gives away the last valuable thing he has left to cure a hangover. However, Gerasim's efforts unexpectedly lead him to realize his strength and to decide to change his life.

Screenwriter, director, camera -Ksenia Krinitsina-Sazhina
Sound director - Dmitry Zimin
Starring - Nailya Ablyazova, Alfiya Ablyazova, Marat Ablyazov, Klim Krinitsyn-Sazhin, Farida Apa, Elena Mamleeva, Svetlana Mamleeva, Eduard Sazhin, Roman Tsiporkin, Valery Nesterenko, Vasil Aby

On the banks of the Volga River, in the very center of Tatarstan, lives the Happy People Community. Three generations of local residents spent over 60 years transforming this place into their paradise. Suddenly, they discover that the land no longer belongs to them; it has been seized by a local businessman to build his own mansion.

Screenwriter, director - Valeria Isaykina
Camera - Diana Izmaylova
Sound director - Gregory Raikon
Starring - Ruslan Sunaev, Aleksander Nuriev, Fatima Khynchatova, Vadim Kaitukov

High in the mountains of North Ossetia lies Sadon, a mining ghost-town. Once the glory of this settlement was shining throughout the Soviet Union, but after the disaster of 2002, only a few persons there remember the former greatness of Sadon.

Screenwriter, director - Ariana Nekrusheva
Camera - Vladislav Kovalev
Sound director - Igor Kashirin

The story follows a young city professional whose dreams of moving abroad are derailed by the pandemic. Instead, he finds himself in the countryside, where he discovers an unexpected passion for traditional crafts—mastering stove building, woodworking, and beekeeping. His journey began with a simple "what if?" and transformed into a life he never imagined possible.

Screenwriter, director - Olga Lapteva
Camera - Evgeny Trush

Moseyev Island is the place where Russia got its flag. The Russian tricolor was first raised on the Saint Peter ship, from which the creation of the Russian fleet began. Russia's desire to become a great maritime power manifested itself in Arkhangelsk - at the first state and the largest in the North, shipyard. And to this day, huge dry cargo ships are built on Moseyev Island and wooden replicas of Pomor kochs are restored. In the North the memory of ancestors is honored by preservation of their cultural code. Here open the gates to the Arctic. Here begins the greatness of Russia.

Screenwriter, director - Valentina Knyazkova
Camera - Sergey Rasheev-Orel
Sound director - Daniil Sokolov
Starring - Andrey Gladchenko, Mikhail Smolsky, Maksim Pavlenko, Vladislav Shilin, Alexey Volkov

Cadets of the Naval School have an internship on the training ship Nadezhda. As young men, they adapt to the harsh realities of the sea, strengthening their will and developing a true masculine character.

Screenwriter, director - Lyubov Maretskaya
Main character - Vladimir Maretskiy - the army chaplain
Starring (in reconstructions): Vladimir Maretsky and Inga Maretskaya (as themselves), Maksim Belikov (commander of the national battalion), Nikolai Lyakhovets (Ukranian intelligence investigator), Vitaly Lyasnikov (Ukranian army officer), Sergey Lyapin, Alexey Bertynev, Dmitry Dumchiy (militiamen), and others.

This film, essentially a conversation between a daughter and a father, became a deeply personal statement, in which we seek answers to pressing questions: "Why do fathers go to the front?", "What is patriotism?", "What do we fight for in the special military operation?", "What does fortitude and willpower mean today?" - Lyubov Maretskaya, director

Screenwriter, director - Tamara SushkoTamara Sushko, a renowned documentary filmmaker in Russia and Sweden, will present a trailer for her film Master of the Smooth Line as a work in progress as part of the festival's film program.

Screenwriter, director – Gunilla Breski

We Are Still Here is a film about the Sami identity and culture.
Far to the north, in the small village Máze, there is an old house with a special history. Seven young Sami artists came here in 1978. They had all grown up in a society that tried to take family, language and culture away from them. It was time to rewrite history and get revenge. They moved to Máze and started making pictures and organizing exhibitions: “We don't know if people came to look at pictures or to look at us.”When the Norwegian state decided to dam the Alta River that runs through Máze, the artists became part of the resistance.

Director - Vladimir Solovyev

There is only snow, wind, cold, and danger around. What does man seek in such a place? What attracts scientists, explorers, and travellers to the Far North? In 1933, the first drifting polar station in history was established here, led by Otto Schmidt and Ivan Papanin. The heroic drift of the Papanin team marked the beginning of the systematic exploration of the entire Arctic basin. 75 years after Ivan Papanin's legendary expedition to the North Pole, a television crew is heading to the Barneo drifting station. The film will explain what a modern drifting station is, how people survive, and how they work on the ice floes.