Irina Mikhaylova

The Penthouse" is a psychological thriller that follows Saina and David, a young family who moves into a luxurious penthouse in Kuala Lumpur to start a new life.

Three years into a zombie epidemic, a group of survivors prepare to leave their wooded shelter and brave the flesh eaters in order to reach the city.

Based on the short story Hailak and other works by Wacław Sieroszewski, the plot follows Khabdzhiy and Keremes, a poor Yakut couple struggling to survive after the death of their second child. When a Russian political prisoner, Konstantin, is sent to their home by the local ruler, their worlds collide. Despite their differences, the household must unite against the relentless wild, and over time Konstantin asserts himself as the master of the house, altering their lives forever.

A married couple who have lived together for 10 years decide to divorce. They both understand that divorce is the only way out of a stretched failed marriage, where each of them believes that they have not fully realized their potential and that divorce will give impetus to a new life and forgotten dreams.

The story takes place in Tundra. The local camp is preparing for a wedding, if it can be called a wedding in Nenets traditions. There are no guests, no closest or distant relatives, no feast, no songs, no smiles. The bride arrives to the groom’s camp without any attributes of a celebration. Young Alyoshka marries because his mother insists – the chum should not go vacant, the family should not die out. His heart though longs for Ilne, the daughter of old Petko. Ten years ago Ilne left the camp for the mainland. Every day Alyoshka checks the road hopelessly waiting for his love to return.