The festival features about 100 films: 45 of them are part of the various competitions, while the rest make up a variety of out-of-competition programs, which are particularly rich this year.

The article presents a unique dataset on film distribution in Russia in 2025: the number of films released in cinemas, categorised by country of origin; cinema attendance, broken down by age group; and pirated films. It also includes a previously unpublished classification of films by genre. The article further examines the impact of government measures on censorship and the promotion of certain types of cinema.

The sections on our page are organised in alphabetical order by poet. Each section brings together films in which their work, their life or their artistic legacy feature prominently.

This year, there are three films by Russian directors in the competition: one in the Main Competition, one in Critics’ Week and one in the Directors’ Fortnight, as well as five Soviet documentary short films by Artavazd PELECHIAN