Director: ANDREY BOGATYRYOV
RUSSIA
2020, 96'

The winter of 1941. Among the German troops, word is circulated about a Soviet soldier, a loner, who appears out of thin air and kills the soldiers of Wermacht. It is impossible to kill him. The Germans dub him Red Ghost. A special death squad is sent to eliminate him. At the same time, a small group of Russian warriors, trying to break through the encirclement, stop for a rest in an abandoned hamlet – this is exactly where the death-squad comes. But soon they are to deal with the Red Ghost.

Andrei Bogatyrev was born in 1985 in Moscow. Graduated from the department of directing at VGIK and the Nikita Mikhalkov Academy. Prizewinner of Russian and international film festivals. His film "BAgI" (2010) received a special mention from the jury of the MIFF. "Judas" (2013) won the award for the best actor and a special prize of the film clubs of Russia as the best film in the Russian program of the 35th MIFF. His filmography also includes "P.S. Rock" (2007), "White Nights" (2017), "Wild League" (2019), "Red Ghost", "Plague!" (2020), "Vampires of the Midland" (2021, series), "The House in My Head" (2022), "Mother Christmas and the Secret of the New Year", "For Palych!", "The Legend of Sambo" (2023), "And Now Va-Bank!", "The Gold of Umalta" (2024) and many others.

Director: ALEXANDR PROSHKIN
RUSSIA
2020, 98'

A mosaic of unusual destinies of our contemporaries. People shoot, speed forward in Jeeps, gallop on horseback… Strong men and beautiful women, enmity and quest for one’s roots… And all this amidst the beautiful and impressive nature: the steppes of Orenburg, the southern edge of Russian borderline between Europe and Asia, between settlements and nomads, between the familiar and the incredible.

Aleksandr Proshkin born in 1940 in Leningrad. In 1961, he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography, school of acting. In 1968, Proshkin received a diploma of Higher Courses for Directors run by USSR Gosteleradio. In 1961-1966 Proshkin worked as an actor in Leningrad Comedy Theatre, and in 1968-1978 he served as a director at the Chief Editorial Board of Drama at Central TV. Since 1978, Proshkin has become a director of the “Ekran” Creative Union. During his career, he directed more that 30 tv-performances and films. Since 1987, Proshkin worked as a director at Mosfilm. A People’s Artist of Russia, a Winner of State Awards of the USSR (for his feature “Cold Summer of 1953”) and of many more prestigious awards both in Russian and abroad.