The Last Six Degrees of Celebration

Yolki Poslednie (2018) — the closing chapter of Russia's long-running New Year anthology series — is available to watch online on iFILM. Six directors, including Timur Bekmambetov who helped build the franchise from the start, delivered five interconnected vignettes for the send-off.

The stories: a millennial navigating his tough stepfather through a marriage proposal; best friends Borya and Zhenya on the edge of a permanent goodbye; two athletes tearing up the city for a girl's smile; a woman from Voronezh chasing a Moscow actor across the country; a Snow Maiden dispatched to a grumpy, lonely grandfather who wasn't expecting her. Ivan Urgant, Sergei Svetlakov, Dmitri Nagiev, Konstantin Khabensky, Vera Brezhneva, and Yelena Yakovleva all return for the final bow.

For audiences who treated Yolki as a New Year ritual since 2010, this one lands with a specific kind of weight. Warm, a little wistful, and properly final. Stream Yolki Poslednie online on iFILM.