Movies: Nikita Lychev

Dina is a young Russian filmmaker working on a film about Stalinist repressions and the massive intergenerational trauma they caused that continues to resonate in modern-day Russia. Together with her friend Johan, a German sound designer whose grandf...

According to UN data in the workforce, in terms of numbers and sex, in Russia there are 794,000 people...

The story of a son who is secretly in love and a lonely, hard-working father. Each leads his own life – until one sultry summer day, their courses collide with a shock....

The group studies and performs karachay-balkarian folklore. Gollu is a traditional dance for vernal equinox. The band's name is a metaphor because just like spring is the time for revival, Gollu revive, reinterpret and develop traditional culture of ...

After getting into a hidden from tourists village Kyus Lera will be charmed by the powerful stream of the river Katun', endless green mountains and of course fascinating types of throat signing, which is practised by Kezer Danzheev and Ezendey Balbin...

This is meeting with vainakh underground from probably one of the most conservative region of North Caucasus. This is a story about young people for whom it's important not to loose connection with their culture and nation. This is a story about desi...

The host of the episode Serafima together with the Y EN will visit the repetition of their band in the studio located in Yoshkar-Ola then drive on a Zhiguli to the village Oshlamuchash, meditate during the boat trip and improvise on a birch bark with...

kuturar will guide the host of the episode Serafima through the overgrown after the fire forest and tell her about art inspiration and shamanism energy that invisibly appear in their music. Serafima will hang out at the kuturar concert on the rock fe...

Meeting with the buryat rapper Bair Tarbaev and his project LUTAAR. Bair takes the host of the episode to his native ulus Sanaga, tells her all about nearby mountains' names and shows a religious service in datsan.We will see not only beautiful burya...

Thanks to the leader of qaynar Radif Kashapov the host of the film Lera will open Kazan from a new side. They will take a walk along the embankment of river Kazanka, visit the national library of the republic of Tatarstan, go deep into the history of...

Meeting ethno-electropunk band HAGRIN from Kalmykia and going on a journey in Dark Steppe. But also it's a rave at the dawn, singing sands, burning water, kamlanie, mantras and beats. Journey begins with Kalmyk tale about wise Kooky, who wished to re...

Lena and Rita are friends but they act like it’s something more. What do they want from each other and what do they really feel? The lack of clarity between them will have its consequences....

Ethnofuturist Artists from finno-ugric shaman orchestra UMPU make absolutely unique instruments by themselves. Their concerts are more than performance. It's ritual. Finno-ugric shaman orchestra UMPU work with mythology and symbols of their native cu...

Ragon bal remake traditional ossetian music, they structure national identity in a new way. The band has no need in national clothes for their performances, because traditions already live inside the musicians. Ragon bal present the subculture of cau...

The majority of women are unhappy in life because they haven’t sought revenge right away for the pain associated with the loss of virginity. This is the opinion of Lisa, who will sacrifice her first love....

The film-portrait will show the daily life of Lida Moniava, Development Director of the House with a Lighthouse Charitable Foundation. Every year, its activities change the lives of thousands of people. It was she who made the phrase “palliative care...

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