20.10.2025 at 20:10. NC 5: The Instinct | Not Enough Space, Avrora, Small Hall

Time and place

Monday, 20 October 2025 at 20:10

Aurora Cinema Centre – Small Hall: Nevsky prospect, 60

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Description

THE INSTINCT

2025, Russia, 34 min., col., language – Russian, documentary, short-length
Director: Philip Ustinov

NOT ENOUGH SPACE

2025, Russia, 1 h. 7 min., col., language – Russian, documentary, full-length
Director: Artem Ignatiev, Anton Petrov

The Instinct

Genres: Documentary, Short-length

Director: Philip Ustinov

Operator: Andrey Antonov

Screenwriter: Philip Ustinov

Producer: Mikhail Nelzin, Dmitry Rezvykh

Producer company : Studio 98

Year: 2025

Country: Russia

Duration: 34 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Lyubov and Igor, the only veterinarians in Krasnoyarsk Krai specializing in the rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals, run the Instinct Centre, where injured and sick animals arrive daily for urgent care. Sometimes, a routine medical visit transforms into a full-scale rescue operation.

About the director:

Philip Ustinov
Director and sound engineer. Born in 1999 in Krasnoyarsk. Currently studying directing at the Moscow Film School under Alexey Popogrebsky and Pavel Bardin. Since 2021, he has worked as a director at Krasnoyarsk’s Shishka.Media production company. As a sound engineer, he collaborated with S98 studio. Instinct is his directorial debut.

Not Enough Space

Genres: Documentary, Full-length

Director: Artem Ignatiev, Anton Petrov

Operator: Anton Petrov

Screenwriter: Artem Ignatiev, Anton Petrov

Cast: Alexander Moskvitin, Alexey Medvedev

Producer: Ivan Yakovenko, Artem Ignatiev, Anton Petrov, Yulia Salimova

Producer company : Abroad Production

Year: 2025

Country: Russia

Duration: 1 h. 7 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Young astrophysicists carry out observations at a remote astronomical observatory, translating cosmic phenomena into music. They strive to capture something beautiful in every physical occurrence and in every moment of their lives.

About the director:

Artem Ignatiev
Director. Studied directing at Pavel Bardin’s laboratory at the Moscow School of New Cinema. Works in documentary film, music videos, and advertising.

Anton Petrov
Cinematographer, director, photographer. Graduated from GITR Film & Television School (2016) and from the Moscow School of New Cinema, Oleg Lukichev’s laboratory (2016).

Their film Industrial Community (2017), made while studying at the MSNC, received a Special Mention from the jury of the Doker International Documentary Film Festival. Not Enough Space is their second collaboration.