Karaganda (2013)

Actors: Gleb Kaminer (actor), Konstantin Lavysh (actor), Michael Ark (actor), Gregory Flitsanov (actor), Max Weissberg (director), Max Weissberg (writer), Alek Friedman (actor), Anton Narinskiy (actor), Katie Scholz (miscellaneous crew), Nikita Bogolyubov (actor), Nick Tereschenko (actor), Beka Sikharulidze (actor), Edgar Pevsner (actor), Cami Starkman (editor), Shira Aharony (producer),

Plot: Vladimir has just begun a long sentence for smuggling electronics into the Soviet Union. Vladimir's only friend is Aleksei, a political prisoner, and together they work cutting down trees and constructing new buildings for the camp. Aside from having to deal with impossible quotas, an inadequate diet, and a general feeling of hopelessness, Vladimir is relentlessly beaten by fellow inmates who hate him for being Jewish. Both Vladimir and Aleksei are lucky to be friends, however, as they both end up saving each others' lives. To compound an already horrific situation, Vladimir cannot hope to escape, the one belief that gives gulag inmates any hope for the future: his wife, Elena, is also behind bars in the female part of the gulag. With everything stacked against him, Vladimir is reduced to the single option of transforming himself into something he never thought possible, a change that will heighten the chances of survival for him and his wife. He must find a way to join the Vory v Zakonye, or Thieves-in-Law, an elite Russian criminal organization going back to the time of the czars.

Keywords: afi, prison, russia
Genres: Action, Drama, History, Short, Thriller,

A Day with Sofia (2013)

Actors: Ken Dresen (actor), Ryan Bergmann (editor), Ava Vanderstarren (actress), Yuri Cabrera (producer), Yuri Cabrera (writer), Yuri Cabrera (director), Grant Fonda (composer), Keiko Boxall (actress), Amartei Armar (producer), Justin Kamal (producer),

Genres: Short,

Detsembrikuumus (2008)

Actors: Tõnu Kark (actor), Sven Grünberg (composer), Ilkka Koivula (actor), Tambet Tasuja (editor), Ain Lutsepp (actor), Mait Malmsten (actor), Juhan Ulfsak (actor), Artur Talvik (producer), Piret Kalda (actress), Evgeniy Knyazev (actor), Einar Kuusk (actor), Tiit Sukk (actor), Rain Simmul (actor), Taavi Teplenkov (actor), Rasmus Kaljujärv (actor),

Plot: The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War,

Cosmos (2007)

Actors: Julia Juaniz (editor), Ramón Barea (actor), Xabier Elorriaga (actor), Klara Badiola (actress), José María Lara (producer), Krystof Hádek (actor), Montse Mostaza (actress), Algis Arlauskas (actor), Diego Fandos (director), Diego Fandos (writer), Oihana Maritorena (actress), Saioa Lara (costume designer), Mikel Aramburu (actor), Kepa Cueto (actor), Javi Pez (composer),

Genres: Drama,

Lord of War (2005)

Actors: Michael J. Harker (miscellaneous crew), Laurie Gershon (miscellaneous crew), Michael Mendelsohn (producer), Gary Hamilton (producer), Jared Leto (actor), James D. Stern (producer), Mikhail Gorbachev (actor), Ian Holm (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Donald Sutherland (actor), Ethan Hawke (actor), Evgeniy Lazarev (actor), Nicolas Cage (producer), Michael Mendelsohn (miscellaneous crew), Julia Jones (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does.

Keywords: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, africa, airplane, ak-47, alternate-identity, american-flag, ammunition-belt, anti-hero
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: The first and most important rule of gun-running is: never get shot with your own merchandise. got guns? Where There's A Will, There's A Weapon. He Sells Guns... And He's Making A Killing.

Quotes:

Vitaly Orlov: You fuck! You fucking fuck! You fuck- you fucking fuck! What the fuck is the matter with you?

[first lines]::Yuri Orlov: There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?

Yuri Orlov: Without operations like mine it would be impossible for certain countries to conduct a respectable war. I was able to navigate around those inconvenient little arms embargoes. There are three basic types of arms deal: white, being legal, black, being illegal, and my personal favorite color, *gray*. Sometimes I made the deal so convoluted, it was hard for *me* to work out if they were on the level.

Yuri Orlov: The first and most important rule of gun-running is: Never get shot with your own merchandise.

Anatoly Orlov: Is this how you want to be remembered?::Yuri Orlov: [chuckles] I don't want to be remembered at all. If I'm being remembered, it means I'm dead.

Yuri Orlov: I sell to leftists, and rightists. I sell to pacifists, but they're not the most regular customers. Of course, you're not a *true* internationalist until you've supplied weapons to kill your *own* countrymen.

Andre Baptiste Jr.: Can you bring me the gun of Rambo?::Yuri Orlov: Part One, Two, or Three?::Andre Baptiste Jr.: I've only seen Part One.

Yuri Orlov: There are two types of tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want, the other is getting it.

Yuri Orlov: [to a pilot, who doubts that he can ditch the plane] You underestimate yourself Aleksei. You're the best. You're the shit Aleksei, you're the shit! You're the shit! You're the shit!

Jack Valentine: Do you know why I do what I do? I mean, there are more prestigeous assignments. Keeping track of nuclear arsenels - you'd think that be more critical to world security. But it's not. No, nine out of ten war victims today are killed with assault rifles and small arms - like yours. Those nuclear weapons sit in their silos. Your AK-47, that's the real weapon of mass destruction.::Yuri Orlov: I don't want people dead, Agent Valentine. I don't put a gun to anybody's head and make them shoot. But shooting is better for business. But, I prefer people to fire my guns and miss. Just as long as they are firing. Can I go now?

Dnevnik ubiytsy (2003)

Actors: Valeriy Todorovskiy (producer), Aleksey Guskov (actor), Dmitriy Maryanov (actor), Dmitriy Maryanov (actor), Darin Sysoyev (composer), Alla Strelnikova (editor), Kirill Pirogov (actor), Baranova Tatyana (costume designer), Aleksandra Kulikova (actress), Aleksandr Rodionov (writer), Kirill Serebrennikov (director), Kirill Serebrennikov (writer), Ilya Malkin (producer), Galina Kashkovskaya (actress), Mikhail Ugarov (writer),

Genres: Crime, History, Thriller,

Tsirk sgorel, i klouny razbezhalis (1998)

Actors: Vladimir Dashkevich (composer), Igor Tolstunov (producer), Yuriy Kuznetsov (actor), Nina Ruslanova (actress), Tatyana Vasileva (actress), Nikolai Karachentsov (actor), Leda Semyonova (editor), Aleksandr Lykov (actor), Pyotr Zaychenko (actor), Zinaida Sharko (actress), Roman Gromadsky (actor), Sergey Dreyden (actor), Vladimir Bortko (director), Vladimir Bortko (writer), Aleksandr Golutva (producer),

Plot: A film director Nikolai Khudokormov is on the brink of his 50th anniversary. He has the whole life rich in events under his belt: creative quests, several marriages and children. Now he has to live with an old insane Mother and seems to be indifferent to what is going on around. But at the same time he is obsessed by the idea to make a film which will be his best one. Nikolai makes every effort to raise the money for this project. And all the time he is followed by a mysterious stranger. She is a beautiful young creature who speaks to him about the vanity of the world and the meaningless of a human life. Finally, Nikolai realizes that he is speaking to the Death herself.

Genres: Drama,

Sezon chudes (1985)

Actors: Igor Dmitriev (actor), Mikhail Boyarskiy (actor), Yuriy Dubrovin (actor), Oleg Belov (actor), Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich (director), Alla Pugacheva (actress), Larisa Shakhvorostova (actress), Boris Moiseev (actor), Boris Moiseev (miscellaneous crew), Yuri Rudchenko (actor), Ivan Agapov (actor), Boris Shuvalov (actor), Valentina Ivashova (actress), Natalya Martinson (actress), Arunas Storpirstis (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Musical,

Tikhaya Odessa (1967)

Actors: Nikolay Grinko (actor), Georgiy Yumatov (actor), Vladimir Valutskiy (writer), Valentina Telegina (actress), Stepan Krylov (actor), Pantelejmon Krymov (actor), Viktor Kolpakov (actor), Ivan Dmitriyev (actor), Nikolai Fyodortsov (actor), Vladislav Kladnitsky (composer), Aleksandr Lipov (actor), Zinaida Dekhtyaryova (actress), Valeri Isakov (director), Evgeniy Kuznetsov (actor), Vadim Ganshin (actor),

Genres: Crime,

V dobryy chas! (1956)

Actors: Oleg Anofriev (actor), Oleg Golubitsky (actor), Viktor Khokhryakov (actor), Leonid Kharitonov (actor), Mark Fradkin (composer), Viktor Rozov (writer), Viktor Rozov (writer), Viktor Eisymont (director), Natalya Malyavina (actress), Galina Samokhina (actress), Lidiya Chernyshyova (actress), L. Naryshkina (actress), Leonid Davydov-Suboch (actor), S. Vitomskov (actor),

Genres: Drama, Romance,