Russia, 2026 / 57 min Director: Natalia Gugueva 16+
A film about the life and career of film director Vitaly Melnikov. The son of an "enemy of the people," a student of Yutkevich and Eisenstein, a witness to Stalin's "cult of personality" and its debunking, Melnikov created such renowned films as Chief of Chukotka, Mother Got Married, The Elder Son, Vacation in September, Marry a Captain, and Poor, Poor Pavel. This documentary about Vitaly Melnikov is both a personal story of the director and a story of our country — two narratives that cannot be separated.