Pavel Kostomarov

A creative portrait of celebrated Russian documentarian Alexander Rastorguev, reconstructed through home footage shot by his friends and colleagues, extracts from his films and unpublished materials.

The story about love and stolen childhood.

An intimate portrait of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, once "an heir of President Yeltsin", later Putin's uncompromising opponent, that was shot dead near the Kremlin in February 2015.

Maidan Nezalezhnosti is Kiev’s central square. It gave its name to the massive anti-government rallies that took place in the winter of 2013-2014 and eventually toppled the regime in Ukraine.

The stories of everyday life of Kyiv and Moscow citizens of the same professions and social backgrounds. Teachers, doctors, janitors, deputies, actors... Ordinary heroes on the background of last dramatic events.

The film is a view from the inside how to be an oppositionist in Putin’s Russia. Attempts, mistakes, political tricks, seen through the eyes of the opposition leaders: Sergei Udaltsov, a provocative left radical…

A girl had a videocamera. She was filming her life. That girl loved a guy. But she left him for another one. When everything seemed to be fine, she turned back to the first guy. Because what that girl is most…

Pavel Kostomarov and Alexander Rastorguev join forces in this modern experiment, in search of a new film language and new methods. There are three stories of three young male friends from Rostov-on-Don. The authors were…

A film about loving relationship between a married couple with artistic leanings. Lyudmila and Vladimir have lived and worked together for decades. Set apart from the surrounding world, their small house is filled with…