Studio Ostrov Movies

The documentary series "Born in the USSR" is a unique chronology which began in 1989 and has continued for more than 30 years. The authors follow 20...

A young soldier returns from the front line with a serious wound. How will he build his new life?

The film tells about the inhabitants of a small mining town in the Chelyabinsk region. Having devoted their lives to work for the benefit of the...

Chelyabinsk is not only a rugged city with numerous factories; it is also the cultural capital of the Southern Urals. The city has many theaters,...

This documentary was created for the 130th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas II and the 80th anniversary of the execution of the royal family.

No matter how far the war retreats, its traces are imprinted on the torn earth and the memory of generations for tens, hundreds of years with bloody...

Endowed with outstanding cinematography, and in-depth interviews with competitors, this documentary underlines the gender parity being achieved at an...

This documentary follows the story of a mother's love: from an empty heart to a tragedy that has changed her, to creation and love, from rejecting...

Eight of the strongest athletes from different parts of the world are fighting for a chance to get to Sochi.

This film is about Oleg Karavaichuk, eccentric musical genius and famous St. Petersburg composer, who takes his final stroll through Komarovo, a...

A unique lengthy filmic record of the life of the employees, suspects and convicts in one of the ol­dest Russian prisons Butyrka Prison Castle,...

A portrait of a prison through whose walls a record number of politicians, revolutionaries, scientists, philosophers and soldiers passed. The heroes...

The main character of the film is Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. The film uses materials both previously known and unpublished so far, as well as...

The central episode of the third film is a meeting between G.S. Zhzhenov and the classic of Russian literature V. P. Astafyev (filming took place...

The film is about a new generation of Russian football players. For three years, the authors of the picture watched the heroes' paths to big...

"Buranovskiye Babushki", a group created in the mid-1980s, became famous for rehashing famous rock hits in their native Udmurt language, in a singing...

The film tells the story of the Russian Paralympic Blind Football team which is preparing for the most important event in their lives - the European...

The Leningrad period of V. Putin's life.

Kresty is one of the oldest and largest prisons in Russia, located in the center of Saint Petersburg. The history of Kresty reflects the history of...

The exhibition decides the fate of the dogs and their offspring. This is also an important moment in the life of dog owners. A kind of parable about...