V–A–C Sreda online magazine presents a special issue timed to coincide with the Festival of Films Regained, which is taking place at GES-2 House of Culture from September 18 to October 2, 2025. This festival presents Russian premieres of major auteur films from the past year alongside a special programme of classics brought back from oblivion. In this issue, we feature a film by Vladimir Mitrofanov, film director and founder of the independent Cinema Rutin magazine.

The Subtlety of Our Walls is a black-and-white film about lost memories and the attempt to piece together a fragile past. It’s two protagonists, the young man Arseniy and young woman Sofia, find themselves on opposite sides of an old wall in a communal apartment. Each of them returns here in search of happiness and encounters the impossibility of restoring a connection with their childhood home— both physically and spiritually.