"The Return" (2003) a debut by Andrey Zvyagintsev, which is still considered to be the best of his filmography despite the world fame that other films brought to him;
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"Euphoria" (2006) by Ivan Vyrypaev is a very striking and strong artistic statement;
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"Test" (2014) by Alexander Kott, imho it's Kott's best film ever made, since it reflects his unique artistic style that was so remarkable in his very first short works;
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"A Russian Youth" (2019) antiwar manifesto debut by Alexander Zolotukhin, a graduate of Sokurov's filmmaking workshop.