Mikhail BARYNIN
Михаил БАРЫНИН
Mikhaïl BARYNINE
Russia, 2015, 93mn 
documentary
24 Snow
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24 Снега

 

 24 Neiges

 24 Snega

 
Directed by : Mikhail BARYNIN (Михаил БАРЫНИН)
Writing credits : Mikhail BARYNIN (Михаил БАРЫНИН)
Cinematography : Semyon AMANATOV (Семён АМАНАТОВ), Yuri BEREZHNOV (Юрий БЕРЕЖНОВ), Mikhail KARDASHEVSKY (Михаил КАРДАШЕВСКИЙ)
Music : Moisey KOBYAKOV (Моисей КОБЯКОВ )
Produced by : Egor MAKAROV (Егор МАКАРОВ )
Production : КОМПАНИЯ МУУС ХАЙЯ / MUUS HAYA COMPANY
Film revenue in Russia : 0.00978 million dollars
Release date in Russia : 09/02/2017
 

Awards :
First prize Baikal Festival : People and Environment, Irkutsk (Russia), 2016

Plot synopsis
The Arctic part of Yakutia is characterized by an unbearable climate and permafrost. The ground is always cold, and the temperature keeps below zero for the greater part of the year. In winter, the temperature can reach –65 degrees Celsius. There is no mobile coverage or electricity here. There are no roads, which makes it hard to travel from one point to another. In such extreme conditions life becomes an everyday struggle against the elements – and yourself. Hundreds of miles away from the nearest settlement, a man can count on no one but himself. This severe land draws people who long for freedom and independence. The film’s main character is a horse breeder, who spends the most part of the year in tundra, looking after his herd. Sergey spends less and less time in the village every year, only seeing his family a couple of times a year as he comes for the horse breeders festival or brings home meat. He feels a stranger in his own house, all but losing the connection with his family. Exhausting life in the North makes a man face one of the hardest questions: who is he?
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Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Documentaries special, Honfleur (France), 2021
- Festival de cinéma russe à Montpellier, Montpellier (France), 2021
- International Film Festival of Russia and Near Abroad "Lendoc Film Festival", St Petersburg (Russia), 2020
- La Russie au mois du film documentaire de Paimpol, Paimpol (France), 2019
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2019
- Festival de cinéma dans le cadre des journées européennes du livre russe, Paris (France), 2019
- Festival international Jean Rouch, Paris (France), 2018
- Soirées du cinéma russe de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 2018
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2017
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2017
- Russian Film Week in London, London (United Kingdom), 2017
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2017
- Baikal Festival : People and Environment, Irkutsk (Russia), 2016
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2016
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2016