THE RUSLAN AND LEV SAGA
THE RUSLAN AND LEV SAGA is a 13-episode underground Belarusian sitcom in which a pair of misguided cinephiles—the shy Ruslan Romanov and the brash Lev Zaretski—launch a film review outlet, a moviemaking company, and, finally, an AI startup with increasingly ludicrous results.
Kinomantra (2016)
01 April, 2016
A pair of misguided cinephiles—the shy Ruslan Romanov and the brash Lev Zaretski—launch a film review outlet.
Cinemagic (2017)
31 March, 2017
Aspiring directors Lev Zaretski (a sadist) and Ruslan Romanov (an anime MC) will show you how to properly write a screenplay; cast actors; do a film shoot; and answer questions from annoying film festival attendees.
Filmtelligence (2026)
03 July, 2026
The shy Ruslan Romanov and the brash Lev Zaretski, who previously launched a film review outlet in KINOMANTRA and a moviemaking company in CINEMAGIC, now reveal their AI startup FILMTELLIGENCE with ludicrous results. No generative AI was used in the making of this work.