Tsurtsula (6+)
Russia, 2014, colour, 52 min.
Director: Aleksey Nikolaev (Telnov)
Director: Aleksey Nikolaev (Telnov)
Film crew goes to a little town of Arvay at the edge of Gobi desert. In 1986, there was a Soviet military base. And on the mountain close to the base soldiers crafted a certain date made of slates. You can still see it on the map…
AWARDS
Best Feature Film, Open Documentary Film Festival “Russia”, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2015; First prize, International Charity Festival “Lustrous Angel”, Moscow, Russia, 2015; Best Feature Film, IX Open documentary film and television festival of Northern Caucasus “Kunaki”, 2015; “Laurel branch” Award, Best Debut in cinema and TV, Moscow, Russia, 2015; Special Jury Mention, VI International touristic cinema festival “Date with Russia”, Sevastopol, Crimea, 2015.
Aleksey Nikolaev (Telnov)

Aleksey Nikolaev (Telnov)
graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts (Library and Information Faculty) in 1996. The same year he started working on Lenfilm studio as production manager and administrator. Since 2004 – head of production-studio “KinoFabrika” from Documentary Film Studios. “KinoFabrika’ mainly works with advertisement clips, presentation and corporate films. In 2007 – technical director of St.Petersburg Documentary Film Studios. In September 2007 he became acting executive director of the same studio.
FILMOGRAPHY
Tsurtsula, 2014.
Russia, 2014, colour, 52 min.
Director: Aleksey Nikolaev (Telnov)
Director: Aleksey Nikolaev (Telnov)
Film crew goes to a little town of Arvay at the edge of Gobi desert. In 1986, there was a Soviet military base. And on the mountain close to the base soldiers crafted a certain date made of slates. You can still see it on the map…
AWARDS
Best Feature Film, Open Documentary Film Festival “Russia”, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 2015; First prize, International Charity Festival “Lustrous Angel”, Moscow, Russia, 2015; Best Feature Film, IX Open documentary film and television festival of Northern Caucasus “Kunaki”, 2015; “Laurel branch” Award, Best Debut in cinema and TV, Moscow, Russia, 2015; Special Jury Mention, VI International touristic cinema festival “Date with Russia”, Sevastopol, Crimea, 2015.