Artek: Through the Centuries

Artek. Through the Centuries (2025) is a Russian family adventure-fantasy you can watch online on iFILM. Mitya Neverovsky is the descendant of a legendary general — a fact that bores him completely. He'd rather rap at Artek's outdoor concert stage than hear stories about some ancestor's battlefield glory. His parents respond the only way they know how: send him to the Artek summer camp in Crimea.

That's where things stop being boring. Mitya and his companion Ptichkin slip back to 1925, bungle their mission, and get kicked further back to 1812 — straight into the Patriotic War, where Mitya's great ancestor is fighting Napoleon's army. One wrong move and Artek might never be founded. Mitya might never be born. Directed by Armen Ananikiyan and Karen Zakharov, with Mikhail Galustyаn and Roman Postovalov leading the cast.

The film's best trick is putting a teenager who doesn't care about history directly inside it — and making that feel earned rather than didactic. Stream Artek. Through the Centuries (2025) online on iFILM.