Promises
2025, France, United States
Directed by Mark Kvitko
A French film director in New York struggles to finish his work on the contract, relapsing into memory of his marriage in France.
The Luzhin Defence
2024, United States
Directed by Mark Kvitko
The film follows a mentally tormented chess master and his meeting fo a woman on a world-class tournmaent in Italy.
Milk Grass
2024, Russia
27 minutes
Directed by Mark Kvitko
A young Russian emigrant returns home after events and recurring dreams remind him of his father.
Whiskey
2021, Russia
10 minutes
Directed by Mark Kvitko
A man decides to jump off a building, diagnosed with a terminal illness. On the rooftop, he has a seizure and goes through immense suffering. A savior for him is a woman he meets, also in pain and on the verge. They spend a night together. In the morning, he leaves to avoid adding pain to her life.
Marie
Drama, English, 2024
Written by Mark Kvitko
Annoyed with his life and hating his environment, Leo lives in a pansion in Boston. One day his neighbor George tells him about his wife coming tomorrow. Lev gets George drunk, and prior to the arrival of his wife, Marie, sets George's alarm clock wrongly.
Sun In The Wall
Drama, English, 2024
Written by Mark Kvitko
A monk, struggling with shame, is more aware of the meaninglessness of his future existence and searches for God, which takes up forms of nature, angelic visions and light. After seeing a mosquito fly into a hole in the wall and a series of unsuccessful answers at confessions, he decides to brick himself into the wall, to learn sympathy and depth of human suffering and find God.
The Deserter
2023, Russian
Written by Mark Kvitko, Oleg Kavun
Two young men of different views are drafted into the Russian army. The liberal tries to avoid the draft and resists, while the second sticks with prejudices, which he is unaware of. In the combat zone, the liberal loses his minds and kills a man because he did not obey to his whim. The other, shocked, does not follow the order of the general the next day and tries to desert.
The Line Of Black And White
Drama, English, 2022
Written by: Polina Legostaeva, Mark Kvitko
A young man stands in a line for tickets in Auchwitz. In the midst of terror, he wants to run away, but the driver tells him he’s not going anywhere. The man stays in the exposition having to finish his work there.