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Women’s Territory (16+)

Russia, 2021, colour, 57 min.
Director: Elena Zhigaeva
The town of Soligalich built in Medieval seems to be frozen in space and time…
It reminds of an open air museum with majestic temple architecture fading into oblivion. There is still no central heating in the city, and the smell of pure snow and stove smoke hovers in the streets. In the boot-rolling workshop standing on the site of an old destroyed church, women roll valenki, Russian traditional winter footwear, by hand. They work hard, give birth and raise children. And each of them has her own destiny. The heroines of the film are bright, vital women full of energy and natural charisma. Unique Russian women deserving the brushes of the best painters, the keepers of the ancient craft and the ancient tradition. The backbone of our country, its essence and salt.

AWARDS

Artdocfest (Latvia, 2022) – Best Director.

Elena Zhigaeva

Elena Zhigaeva

was born in Dresden (GDR). She graduated from the Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages in 1986, from the advertising art workshop of Y. Grymov in 1998, from the Higher Courses of Scriptwriters and Directors in 2000 (workshop of V.I. Khotinenko, V.A. Fenchenko, P.K. Finn). Elena is a multiple winner of Russian and international film festivals.

FILMOGRAPHY

Game, 1999; Fidelity, 2000; And There was Night…, 2001; To Kill an Evening, 2003; Big Evil and Small Mischief, 2005; The Other Chekhov, 2006; Avos, 2012; The Lost Reflection, 2017; Women’s Territory, 2021.
Russia, 2021, colour, 57 min.
Director: Elena Zhigaeva
The town of Soligalich built in Medieval seems to be frozen in space and time…
It reminds of an open air museum with majestic temple architecture fading into oblivion. There is still no central heating in the city, and the smell of pure snow and stove smoke hovers in the streets. In the boot-rolling workshop standing on the site of an old destroyed church, women roll valenki, Russian traditional winter footwear, by hand. They work hard, give birth and raise children. And each of them has her own destiny. The heroines of the film are bright, vital women full of energy and natural charisma. Unique Russian women deserving the brushes of the best painters, the keepers of the ancient craft and the ancient tradition. The backbone of our country, its essence and salt.

AWARDS

Artdocfest (Latvia, 2022) – Best Director.