"Jeanne"
Jeanne is a fearless middle-aged woman.
Tests fell on her head since childhood, but having overcome them, she managed to become a successful and tough business woman.
She has everything in her life: her own company, luxurious apartments in Moscow City and a young lover.
One day he declares that he will have a child from another woman.
Jeanne cannot forgive the betrayal and uses all her influence to take revenge.
The central roles were played by Ksenia Rappoport, Taisiya Vilkova and Alexander Novin, concurrently the general producer of the tape.
The painting by Konstantin Statsky was first shown at the MIFF in August 2022.
It is based on the play of the same name staged at the Theater of Nations in 2014.
In it, Novin also played a central role.
More about the film - in the material RT.
"Emily" (Emily)
Directed and written by Frances O'Connor, the film tells the story of the life of the famous writer Emily Bronte - a rebel, an outcast and a genius.
The action takes place before the publication of her first and only novel, Wuthering Heights (1847).
The wayward Emily spends most of her time at the family estate in Yorkshire, where one day the attractive vicar William Waitman arrives.
Young and dreamy Emily falls in love with a guest.
Succumbing to passion, she incurs the wrath of the family, but in spite of everything she decides to live, ignoring the opinions of others and challenging both society and her lover.
Frances O'Connor in the film shows the pressure of society and family on the young Emily Bronte, who had to give up her childhood dream of becoming a writer and become a teacher along with her sister Charlotte.
The main role in the film was played by Emma McKay ("Eiffel", "Sexual Education").
Also starring in the film are Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones's Diary, The Devils), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Raven, The Haunting of Hill House), Finn Whitehead (The Wonderful Mrs. May, Dunkirk) and others. .
"Evil Eye" (Nocebo)
Kristin (Eva Green) and Felix (Mark Strong) are busy parents who barely have time to raise their daughter.
Felix works as a marketer and Kristin as a fashion designer, and is just getting ready to show a new collection of clothes for children.
A bright show on the podium is darkened after a frightening call received on the heroine's mobile phone.
Since then, Christine has been in a constant state of anxiety, with terrible visions, memory lapses and panic attacks.
One day, a Filipino sorceress Maria (Chai Fonacie) appears on the threshold of the family's house, who allegedly came at the request of Christine.
The heroine does not remember this, but she lets the girl into the house.
With a couple of touches, Maria saves Christine from mental and physical ailments.
But the effect of the treatment is short-lived, because Mary needs to be near the mistress of the house all the time.
At first, all these healing herbs and rituals seem harmless to both Felix and the rest of the family.
But soon Christine's husband realizes that this woman has arrived at their house with a grim purpose - to take revenge.
However, it is not easy to convince his wife and child of this, since Maria has already managed to win their favor.
In an interview with ScreenRant, director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium) noted that for the filming of the film, the team communicated with shamans, healers and tribal leaders on the island of Siquijor (Philippines).
The filmmaker also studied Shelley Adler's book Sleep Paralysis: Nightmares, Nocebos, and the Body-Mind Connection.
"Elephant"
The plot of the Russian dramatic thriller focuses on Sergei (Pavel Priluchny), who is in a hurry to see his sick son in the hospital.
Throughout the tape, the hero travels in a car from Voronezh to Moscow, carrying a large amount of money to doctors who are supposed to perform a heart operation on a child.
Every minute counts, so Sergei needs to overcome several hundred kilometers as quickly as possible.
For the sake of his son's life, he is ready to do anything.
The director and screenwriter of the film was the novice director Garik Petrosyan.
It is known that the idea of the film originated from a short film that Petrosyan presented to producers Sarik and Ghevond Andreasyan several years ago.
The Andreasyan brothers appreciated the idea and potential of the film and gave the director the opportunity to shoot a full meter.
“I could not even imagine that my short film, which was being prepared for the final exam, would turn into a full meter.
I thought the pleasant surprises were over!
But then Pavel Priluchny, after reading the script, said: “I want to play this role!”.
That's when I realized - there will be a cool movie with a cool actor!
It turns out that I made an Elephant out of a fly, ”Vokrug TV quoted Petrosyan as saying.
Most of the screen time in the frame is only Priluchny.
The artist himself noted that this role is a great responsibility and a professional challenge for him.
"I'm on a roll!"
The manager of a large insurance company, Maxim (Andrey Burkovsky), is mired in a work routine.
In an attempt to succeed in his career and not let his boss down, he forgets about the anniversary of his relationship with his girlfriend Sasha.
Fate teaches Max a lesson when he sets him up with the mysterious taxi driver Tamara Petrovna.
Now strange things begin to happen to the hero: he seems to be living his life on rewind.
Maxim's years turn into minutes: a wedding, the birth of a child, aging ... Maxim does not know how to return everything to a normal rhythm, and whether it is worth doing it at all.
The transience of life makes it possible for the hero to take a fresh look at his existence and rethink his priorities.
The film was directed by Nikita Vladimirov, who had previously directed such films as "Grandma" and "High Security Parents".
According to the cinematographer, the plot hooked him with its relevance.
“We often grab onto everything, strive to be in time everywhere, sometimes completely forgetting about really important things,” the Vokrug TV director quotes.