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IFF Message to Man > 2026 > IN SILICO Experimental Short Film Competition > Somnambula

Somnambula

Information about the film

Genres: Experimental, Short-length

Director: Maxim Eruzhenets, Marina Kirakosyan

Producer company : NOIR Films

Year: 2026

Country: Russia

Duration: 2 min.

Languages: no dialogue

Description

World premiere

From a dream a dancer is born — the living embodiment of thunder. His journey unfolds in the space between dream and reality, where movement releases a force of nature and the body becomes nature’s voice.

About the directors:

Somnambula

Maxim Eruzhenets, Marina Kirakosyan

NOIR Films is the directing duo of Maxim Eruzhenets and Marina Kirakosyan. They bring more than 15 years’ experience in contemporary dance, theatre, sculpture and music. Over the past 12 years they have made more than 30 documentary and short films, and have screened and won prizes at festivals in Russia, Paris, and Argentina. They work closely with contemporary composers and with Dom Radio. They have taken part in the Message to Man IFF twice: in 2020, Waltz was featured in the In Silico experimental film competition, and in 2025, Reversed Footsteps competed in the international live-action shorts section. Their favoured subjects are childhood, dreams, enchantment, the study of bodily movement and the transformation of a character.

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