Actor Vasili Lanovoy, talks about his early encounters with Tolstoy and Russian literature, landing the role of Anatole Kuragin in the film War and Peace, the reaction to the film on its release, and even recalls a couple of anecdotes about the filming.

A story about twin brothers who grew in an orphanage. They promised each other that they would always be together but Kolya betrayed Vasya and left for the USA under the guise of his brother. However, brothers will meet again.

The film is based on Sergei Narovchatov’s poem. Vassily Buslayev is an epic Russian hero who rose to defend the freedom and independence of his people. The strength and power of this son of a Novgorod governor, his friendship with simple folk enraged and scared the rich, fat merchants of the city. When they learned that the young man was setting out on a march to save his native land from the enemy, they couldn’t be more happy: how could he defeat a foe so mighty! But Vassily overcomes all intrigues and brings his expedition to a victorious end. He returns home a hero, and not alone but with a sweetheart. When a threat of enemy invasion again looms over Novgorod, people come and beg Vassily to defend their native land.

Based on the eponymous poem by A. Tvardovsky, directed by the State Academic Theatre of the Moscow Soviet.

Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they discuss the orders that were issued leading up to the attack, their expectations of what they would find there, and the subsequent massacre of the inhabitants and destruction of the village, as well as possible motivations for the killings and rapes which took place. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.

In a desperate bid to take the guesswork out of finding a girlfriend, a faceless, voiceless, but obviously intrepid interviewer decides to make a job of it.

Professional interviewers talk about the art of interviewing.

Iimura creates a short self-portrait as well as brief portraits of five of his peers: Brakhage, Vanderbeek, Smith, Mekas and Warhol. In each portrait, Iimura attempts to copy the styles and traits of each artist (Vanderbeek's constantly moving camera; Mekas' experiments with film speed; Warhol's use of flashes of white against a black background), while briefly commenting on the images being shown. The film serves effectively as an introduction to the film styles of these artists.

The young director Kolya is obsessed with the dream of making an author's film, but instead he is forced to do uninteresting work in the archives of the film studio. The Belarusfilm Short Film Festival is a real chance for Kolya, especially when such a master as Yuri Stoyanov is on the jury.

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