From 27 to 29 November, the Echoes of the 36th Message to Man International Film Festival come to Pskov. Screenings will take place at the Mirage Cinema Akvapolis. Screening times will be announced later.
Friday, 27 November
Mirage Cinema Akvapolis
The Adventures of Mosaics on Ground and Under
Dir. Aleksey Fedorchenko, Russia, 2026, 75 min.
The story of mosaic art in Russia told through the Frolov dynasty of master craftsmen.
Saturday, 28 November
Mirage Cinema Akvapolis
In Search of the Higher Purpose
Dir. Irina Obidova, Russia, 2026, 27 min.
The artist Nika combines iconography, personal experience and urban space in search of a new way to speak to today’s viewer.
Once Upon a Summer
Dir. Anastasia Emelyanova, Russia, 2026, 25 min.
Three older men spend the summer by the sea waiting for the wind: windsurfing keeps them moving and helps them face the fear of ageing.
Cave of Dreams
Dir. Marina Levashova, Russia, 2025, 25 min.
The caver Pyotr has a family and a job, but his true refuge is a hard-to-reach cave in Bashkiria.
Mirage Cinema Akvapolis
Mother
Dir. Elizaveta Bobyleva, Russia, 2025, 40 min.
A single day split Svetlana’s life into “before” and “after”: her husband left, and for a year and a half her elder daughter filmed the family learning to live anew.
Before the Sun
Dir. Alisa Tamarova, Russia, 2026, 35 min.
A summer camp on the Black Sea becomes a place of growing up for teenagers from an orphanage.
Maternal Dreams
Dir. Anna Shveigolts, Russia, 2026, 5 min.
A film built from dreams about pregnancy and motherhood that different women sent to the director.
Sunday, 29 November
Mirage Cinema Akvapolis
International Competition Animation: a programme of 8 films
The programme brings together animated films from the International Competition and a film from the In Silico experimental competition.
- God Is Shy, dir. Jocelyn Charles, France, 2025, 15 min.
- Gherking, dir. Claudius Gentinetta, Switzerland, 2026, 7 min.
- Final Party, dir. Patrick Buhr, Germany, USA, 2026, 4 min.
- Ye, dir. Anet Akbirova, Russia, 2026, 2 min.
- Drained, dir. Teodora Mihăilă, Mikaëla Daoust, Sara Maria Inoa, Spain, 2026, 5 min.
- Vagabond, dir. Susa Monteiro, Portugal, 2026, 11 min.
- Corpus Christi, dir. Bea Lema, Spain, 2026, 13 min.
- The In-the-Head Film, dir. Konstantin von Sichart, Germany, 2025, 12 min.