Film versions of performances - a chance to see theater up close: facial expressions, pauses, the breath of the hall. The program includes comedies, dramas, musicals, ballet, and opera filmed for the screen, plus a scattering of Soviet stars. Such viewing returns the feeling of "live" action and awakens nostalgia. One can trace how the stage, acting school, and language of production have changed. Sometimes you crave theater, but schedules, prices, and distances get in the way. Here the format of "theater on screen" helps: the camera captures the nuances of the performance, and the editing guides the gaze to where you don't always manage to look in the hall - to a gesture, a half-smile, an instant reaction of a partner. The festival program is assembled to showcase different facets of the domestic stage - from musical comedy and a television play based on classics to film versions of opera and ballet. On screen are those very faces that define the era: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Vitaly Solomin, Natalia Gundareva, Mikhail Ulyanov, Andrei Mironov, Nikolai Karachentsov, and others. Their roles resonate particularly closely here: intonations are audible, details of makeup and costume are visible, and the "little things" that make up character are read. Behind each screening is the work of archives and restorers: materials have been carefully preserved and prepared for viewing from digital media. The organizers are the State Film Fund of Russia and the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, with partners including the State Television and Radio Fund. Therefore, the festival is interesting not only to theater enthusiasts but also to those who love cultural history and want to understand how directing schools, acting styles, and stage styles were formed. This is a rare way to spend an evening with "big" performances without museum distance - lively, emotional, and very human. The selection includes the "popular hit" by Georgy Tovstonogov "Khanuma", and the delicate Chekhov story about the sold-out "Cherry Orchard", and the confessional monologue by Efros based on Hemingway "Islands in the Ocean". For lovers of light irony, "Dance Teacher" will be suitable, and for fans of poetic mysticism - "Feast During the Plague". A separate line - musical theater: ballet with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn and a film-opera by Fra.