Film

Behind Our House Is a Garden

20251h 40mDrama

Director: Anton Nefedov
Year: 2025

An autobiographical story, set in the city of Grozny in 1994 — its last peaceful year before the outbreak of the First Chechen War, Russia. It follows the life of one family and the tight-knit community of a single courtyard — a place full of warmth, quiet beauty, and the haunting presence of what was to come.

Top cast

Nadezhda Mikhalkova

mother

Saveliy Kudryashov

Dima

Marina Ignatova

grandmother

Vladimir Shulga

grandfather

Guram Bablishvili

Alu

Arsen Khetagurov

Aslan

Ananke Areyru

Kristina

Ivan Timchenko

Egorov

Sergey Pogosyan

Sakalyan

Platon Savvin

Kolka

Joseph Sharuif

Armenchik

Directed by

Anton Nefedov

Written by

Alexander Rodionov, Anton Nefedov

Produced by

Liza Antonova