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IFF Message to Man > 2026 > National Competition > Outpost

Outpost

Information about the film

Genres: Documentary, Short-length

Director: Artem Danilov

Operator: Vladimir Chernov

Screenwriter: Artem Danilov

Producer: Eva Shimova

Producer company : SPUFT

Year: 2025

Country: Russia

Duration: 28 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Russian premiere

In the third year of the special military operation, St. Petersburg seemed, at first glance, a peaceful city untouched by the conflict. But what was in fact happening to people at the time? How did they respond and what did they do? What was the atmosphere inside this outpost of calm?

 

About the director:

Outpost

Artem Danilov

Director and editor. Member of the Russian Guild of Non-Fiction Film. In 2025 he graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT), non-fiction directing workshop of Pavel Medvedev and Roman Pomerantsev. He also studied at the St. Petersburg School of New Cinema in Sergei Ivanov’s editing workshop, and is now studying directing and editing with Ivanov at ‘Art Residence’. Outpost is his graduation film at SPUFT.

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