The National Competition shortlist features 15 documentary films from across Russia. Together, they offer a kaleidoscope of everyday lives shaped by choices, challenges, and the search for meaning.
► Motherless, dir. Valeria Popova
[Russia, 2026, 65 min.]► Vladimir Kalyaev’s Endless Day, dir. Sergey Petriga
[Russia, 2026, 44 min.]► Big Friend, dir. Olesya Epishina
[Russia, 2025, 38 min.]► Berke, dir. Nikita Aniskin
[Russia, 2025, 23 min.]► Georgy of Our Time, dir. Valery Timoshchenko
[Russia, 2025, 54 min.]► Case No. A42, dir. Daria Khrenova
[Russia, 2025, 34 min.]► My Pearl, dir. Sofia Gorlenko
[Russia, 2025, 16 min.]► The land by the Kalinov bridge, dir. Alexey Tikhomirov
[Russia, 2026, 44 min.]► Kolhandra, dir. Kirill Verkhozin
[Russia, 2025, 45 min.]► Maximum, dir. Anna Ganshina, Yulia Makarova
[Russia, 2025, 57 min.]► Cucumbers, Potatoes, Bread, dir. Ilya Vologurov
[Russia, 2026, 52 min.]► The Islanders, dir. Anna Evdokimova
[Russia, 2025, 30 min.]► As the Boys Were Building a Rocket, dir. Alexey Golovkov
[Russia, 2025, 22 min.]► The Table, dir. Ivan Vlasov
[Russia, 2025, 22 min.]► The Grain Farmer, dir. Alexey Lagerev, Daniil Balushkin
[Russia, 2025, 30 min.]
The shortlists for the International Competition and the Student Competition will be published on our website very soon.
Only two months remain until the festival begins. Flahertiana 2026 opens on September 25, 2026.
