Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer,
Producer
Born 1991, USSR
 
 
Maksim ARBUGAEV
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Максим АРБУГАЕВ
Maksim ARBOUGAEV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2024 - Summer Will End (Кончится лето) [fiction, 118 mn]
2022 - Haulout (Выход) [documentary, 25 mn]
2022 - A Hawk as Big as a Horse (Ястреб размером с лошадь) [documentary, 74 mn]
2019 - The fight (Бой) [documentary, 78 mn]
2018 - Genesis 2.0 (Генезис 2.0) [documentary, 112 mn]
2016 - The Mushers (Каюры) [documentary, 22 mn]
2014 - The Hunters (Охотники) [documentary, 30 mn]
 
Writer
2019 - The fight (Бой) from Maksim ARBUGAEV [documentary, 78 mn]
 
Cinematographer
2026 - The Museum (Музей) from Mariya MELNIK [documentary, 85 mn]
2025 - City of the Sun. Leonidov (Город солнца. Леонидов) from Mariya MELNIK [documentary, 63 mn]
2024 - Summer Will End (Кончится лето) from Maksim ARBUGAEV , Vladimir MUNKUYEV [fiction, 118 mn]
2023 - Melnikov (Мельников) from Mariya MELNIK [documentary, 99 mn]
2022 - Haulout (Выход) from Maksim ARBUGAEV , Yevgeniya ARBUGAEVA [documentary, 25 mn]
2022 - The Ural Derby (Уральское дерби) from Arseni KAYDATSKY , Yulia SERGINA [documentary, TV, 88 mn]
2019 - The fight (Бой) from Maksim ARBUGAEV [documentary, 78 mn]
2019 - The Great Northern Road (Великий северный путь) from Leonid KRUGLOV [documentary, 75 mn]
2018 - Genesis 2.0 (Генезис 2.0) from Maksim ARBUGAEV , Christian FREI [documentary, 112 mn]
2014 - The Hunters (Охотники) from Maksim ARBUGAEV [documentary, 30 mn]
 
Producer
2022 - Haulout (Выход) from Maksim ARBUGAEV , Yevgeniya ARBUGAEVA [documentary, 25 mn]
2022 - A Hawk as Big as a Horse (Ястреб размером с лошадь) from Maksim ARBUGAEV , Yevgeniya ARBUGAEVA , Aleksandra KULAK [documentary, 74 mn]
2018 - Terra (Земля) from Yulia KUSHNARENKO [documentary, 29 mn]
 
Sites : Kino-teatr, IMDb

Author :

Awards :
Summer Will End :
First prize, Festival of Contemporary Russian Cinema "Mayak", Gelendzhik (Russia), 2024
A Hawk as Big as a Horse :
Best directing, Artdocfest / Asia, Artdocfest / International, Different cities (World), 2023
Haulout :
First prize, Brussels Short Film Festival. BSFF, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
, Brussels Short Film Festival. BSFF, Brussels (Belgium), 2023
Special Jury prize, Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2022
Best Cinematography, Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2022
Best author documentary, National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2022

Biography
was born in the village Tiksi (Yakutia) located on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. In 2010, he completed his professional career as an ice hockey player after which he studied in the USA (New York) and China (Hong Kong). Since 2013, he has been a student at the directing department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK, non-fiction film workshop S. Miroshnichenko, S. Muzychenko).
http://eng.flahertiana.ru
 

Commentaries
- Maksim Arbugaev and Vladimir Munkuev: This Summer Will End (Konchitsia leto, 2024) Dušan RADUNOVIĆ, Daniel O'BRIEN, 2026, theconversation.com
- Лучшие российские фильмы 2024 года: опрос «Искусства кино» [Les meilleurs films russes de 2024. Enquête de "Iskusstvo kino"] 2025, kinoart.ru
- Побег от реальности. Антон Долин о новом российском кино [Échapper à la réalité. Anton Doline sur le nouveau cinéma russe] , Anton DOLIN, 2025, YouTube
- Скованные одной цепью [A propos du film L'Eté va se terminer] , Leonid PAVLYUCHIK, 2025, trud.ru
- 11 якутских фильмов, которые мы ждем [11 films yakoutes qu'on attend] , Vladimir KOCHARYAN, 2024, kinoart.ru
- Максим Арбугаев и Владимир Мункуев : "Мы такие разные, но все-таки мы вместе" : [Maksim ARBOUGAEV, Vladimir MOUNKOUEV : « Nous sommes si différents, mais nous sommes toujours ensemble »] , Maksim ARBUGAEV, , Larisa MALUKOVA, , Vladimir MUNKUYEV, 2024, kinoart.ru
- С надеждой о любви среди зимы и беды Десять лучших российских фильмов 2024 года. Выбор Ларисы Малюковой [Les dix meilleurs films russes de 2024. Le choix de Larissa Malioukova] 2024, novayagazeta.ru
- Субъективный список фильмов 2024 года от редакции «Синема Рутин» [Liste subjective des films de 2024 par les éditeurs de « Cinema Routine »] 2024, Cinema Routine
- Айсен Николаев: Номинация на 'Оскар' - большое достижение для якутского кинематографа [le documentaire yakoute Haulout (Выход), 2022, de Maksim ARBOUGAEV et Evguenia ARBOUGAEVA, est le premier film yakoute nominé aux 'Oscars'] 2023, rg.ru
- Quatre films de Iakoutie à regarder au plus vite en ligne Nikolaï KORNATSKI, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND