Haulout (16+)
Special Jury Mention
Russia, 2021, colour, 25 min.
Directors: Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
Directors: Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.
Evgenia Arbugaeva
Evgenia Arbugaeva
is a documentary photographer. She is a National Geographic Society Storytelling Fellow and a recipient of the ICP Infinity Award, Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally and appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Time and National Geographic magazine, among others.
FILMOGRAPHY
Haulout, 2021.
Maxim Arbugaev
Maxim Arbugaev
had been a professional ice hockey player for 15 years before discovering his passion for filmmaking. In 2018, Maxim completed the documentary filmmaking at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.He is a winner of various international film festivals, including Sundance Film Festival 2018 where he received a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography for a film Genesis 2.0, which he co-directed with Christian Frei.
FILMOGRAPHY
Genesis 2.0, 2018; Voy, 2019; Haulout, 2021.
Special Jury Mention
Russia, 2021, colour, 25 min.
Directors: Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
Directors: Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.