27.10.2024 at 12:30. NC – Winners, Dom Kino

Time and place

Sunday, 27 October 2024 at 12:30

Dom Kino Cinema Center – Big Hall: Karavannaya Street, 12

Description

UN BONHEUR HYDROÉLECTRIQUE / HYDROELECTRIC JOY
2024, France, 61 min., col., language — Russian, Arabic
Director and Scriptwriter Alexander Markov

THE WIND HAS NO TAIL
2024, Russia, 60 min., col.
Directors Ivan Vlasov, Nikita Stashkevich

Un bonheur hydroélectrique / Hydroelectric Joy

Genres: Documentary, Full-length

Director: Alexander Markov

Screenwriter: Alexander Markov

Producer: Rebecca Houzel

Producer company : Petit à petit production

Year: 2024

Country: France

Duration: 1 h. 1 min.

Languages: Russian, Arabic

Description

Leningrad, the 1960s. During a winter sojourn at a holiday camp, hydraulic engineer Vadim falls in love with a biologist named Vera. Their budding romance is interrupted by an imminent work trip to Egypt – Vadim is to take part in the construction of the Aswan hydropower plant on the Nile. He promises to return from the construction site as a hero. The Nile – now that’s a challenge! But not for Vadim. The Volga and the Don, the Yenisei and the Dnieper, the Angara and the Lena – not a single river has yet withstood his onslaught. And nor will Vera.

The Wind Has No Tail

Genres: Documentary, Full-length

Director: Ivan Vlasov, Nikita Stashkevich

Operator: Elizaveta Popova

Screenwriter: Ivan Vlasov, Nikita Stashkevich, Arseniy Polushkin

Producer company : Zarevo with support of the Ministry of Culture of the RF

Year: 2024

Country: Russia

Duration: 1 h. 0 min.

Languages: Nenets

Description

Young Nika, a daughter in a Yamal nomadic family, is about to start school for the first time. She’ll soon be taken to a boarding school, separating her from her family and homeland for an extended period. In preparation, a nomadic teacher guides her through the transition.

About the directors:

Ivan Vlasov
Director, cinematographer. Born and raised in Tula. He studied at VGIK under Sergey Miroshnichenko. His film Edge(2022) won Best Cinematography at Flahertiana, and Wonderful World (2023) earned the Laurel Branch award and the Salt of the Earth documentary film festival prize.

Nikita Stashkevich
Film director. Born in 2000 in St. Petersburg. From 2017 he studied at the Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television and later at VGIK under Sergey Miroshnichenko from 2017 to 2023. His film Ski Track (2021) won the Laurel Branch award, and his Quartet (2023) earned the Grand Prix and a special jury prize at the Sol Zemli festival, as well as the Best Debut prize at the Russia documentary festival.