26.10.2024 в 21:00.Futurum, Rodina

Time and place

Saturday, 26 October 2024 at 21:00

Rodina Cinema Centre – Big Hall: Karavannaya Street, 12

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Description

SMIRNOV FEDOT
2023, Russia, 4 min., b/w, col

PLEMYA
2024, Russia, 16 min., b/w

AGAIN IN COPENHAGEN
2023, UK, 4 min., col

THE SPACE BETWEEN
2023, Russia, 13 min., col

LENINGRAD
1999–2024, Russia, 12 min., b/w, col

INTENTION
2024, Russia, 15 min., col

WHERE THE LIGHTS DON’T SHINE
2024, Russia, 9 min., col

JOURNEY TO A WONDERFUL WORLD
| 2023, Russia, 16 min., col

"plemya"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Саша Козьма

Year: 2024

Country: Russia

Duration: 16 min.

Languages: no dialogue

Description

50,000 years ago, people began creating the first “documents” by scratching the stone vaults of their caves, drawing the simplest images.

The scenes etched on the rough surface of the ancient rocks are still alive today. The lonely fishermen resemble elements of a primitive painting. Under their feet, in the murky soup of the dark northern waters, ancient sea creatures have swarmed for 300 million years.

Observations of the fragments of a primitive culture form the Myth of a “tribe”, disappearing in a snowstorm brought by northern winds.

About the director:
Sasha Kozma biography, in his own words: “2000: born in Chisinau, Moldova; 2005: lied to my mother; 2010: ate a dandelion; 2019: entered university; 2020: worked at a winery; 2021: fell in love. Graduate of Mikhail Zheleznikov’sworkshop. I love mulberries and shades of green.”

"Intention"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Valeria Podbeltseva

Year: 2024

Country: Russia

Duration: 15 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Valeria Podbeltseva: “The details of stories get mixed up; the narrative breaks down. The image does not help to build a clear plot. The film plays with words and associations, creating a sort of parody of what is commonly called ‘feminine’.”

About the director:
Valeria Podbeltseva is a filmmaker born in Saint Petersburg. From 2019 to 2024, she studied at Mikhail Zheleznikov’s documentary film workshop.

"Leningrad"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Ksenia Burdinova

Operator: Alexei Solodov

Editor: Sound Anton Semenov (1999), Dasha Solodova (2024)

Cast: Lena Leskina, Ljuda Smirnova

Country: Russia

Duration: 12 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Ksenia Burdinova: “Leningrad is an experimental project that began in 1998. Back then, we used ‘Mikrat’ film to make a story about found photographs. Until 2024, the material was stored as a film copy with an optical soundtrack. After 25 years, the film was finally edited and reimagined, with young sound director Dasha Solodova re-dubbing the image. She preserved the essence of the old soundtrack while creating a new one with present-day sounds.”

About the director:
Ksenia Burdinova was born in the USSR and graduated from the philological faculty of St. Petersburg State University and the workshop of Semyon Aranovich at St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television. She has been working as an editor for over 20 years and has scriptwriting and directing credits in documentary films.

"the space between"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Irina Kofova

Year: 2023

Country: Russia

Duration: 13 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

The space between is a place where time stands still. It carefully preserves the memories of the people who once inhabited it: notes, photographs, drawings—everything the fleeing residents, for whatever reason, didn’t take with them to their new home.

Mutilated and ailing, it stands at the center of every city, waiting for the moment when a ‘mechanical hand’ will tear it down and turn it into dust. A new house will then be built on the same land, and the cycle will repeat.

About the director:
Irina Kofova was born in 2001 in Moscow. As a child, she studied ballet and theatre arts. In 2022, she entered directing department at the Moscow School of New Cinema. She has worked in an antique store and as an assistant to interior stylist.

"Journey to a Wonderful World"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Lola Palmer

Year: 2023

Country: Russia

Duration: 16 min.

Languages: no dialogue

Description

Three countries, two weeks, one broken heart, and a very bad camera.

About the director:
Lola Palmer is a graduate of the Gorky Literary Institute, filmmaker, and curator of film screenings.

"Smirnov Fedot"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Misha Ketov

Year: 2023

Country: Russia

Duration: 4 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

The ordinary life of an ordinary person, summed up in seven days and two quatrains. What happens if you go with the flow until the very end? Obviously, nothing particularly interesting—but it could make for an fascinating obituary film.

About the director:
Misha Ketov is a documentary filmmaker and a fourth-year student of St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television, workshop of Alexander Markov and Maria Popritsak.

"Again in Copenhagen"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Veronika Peat

Year: 2023

Country: UK

Duration: 4 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

A memory of the author’s first trip abroad from the USSR.

About the director:
Veronika Peat is an interdisciplinary artist, who works with film and graphics, currently living in the UK. Graduated of the Royal Drawing School in London. Participant of Open.doc workshops with Elena Demidova at the Teatr.doc (2020), Dina Barinova’s Doc Shelter laboratories (2022–2023), a summer intensive course in documentary filmmaking with Antoine Cattin at the School of Arts and Creative Industries (2023), and ‘The Moment Is Gone’ archival film lab with Dina Karaman (2024).

"Where the Lights Don’t Shine"

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Elizaveta Zharikova

Operator: Andrey Lavrinenko, Elizaveta Zharikova

Year: 2024

Country: Russia

Duration: 9 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Rock paintings and photographs in our albums come from one source: death. But when does a memory become an image? How does memory work, and what is more real: a fact or our perception?

About the director:
Elizaveta Zharikova is a student of the workshop of Alexander Markov and Maria Popritsak at the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television. In her works, she often explores the theme of memory, combining archives, interpretations, and dreams in search of a single memory: forgotten or yet to occur.