The Polar Explorer (0+)
Russia, 2010, colour, 38 min.
Director: Nikolay Volkov
Director: Nikolay Volkov
The film is about Tomash Petrovsky, polar explorer, the head of floating station “North Pole” and his mother, Romualda Flerovna. The story has two scenes: arctic floating station SP-33 and village Petrovskie in Belorussia. Everlasting story of the son that leaves home for no reason for the unknown and dangerous coldness and mother that doesn’t understand him but loves him dearly and prays for him. His home with murmuring bees, flourishing garden, clean river and warm earth is always waiting for him to come back. The film is about stamina, the fight of a man against forces of nature and himself, striving to overcome ones fears and master ones destiny. It’s an attempt to answer the question - what pushes people for brave endeavours leaving flourishing lands for ever frost and stressful and dangerous work on the end of the earth.
AWARDS
Grand-prix of Festival “Arctic” in 2010, Grand-Prix in nomination "Ecology of a Soul" at the 14th International Green Film Festival "Green Vision", Saint-Petersburg, Award for the Best medium-length film at the 58th International Film Festival in Trento, Italy.
Nikolay Volkov
Nikolay Volkov
was born in 1952 in Chapligin, Lipetskaya region. In 1981 he graduated from the All-Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) as cameraman. Nikolay is an awardee of numerous Russian and international festivals. Together with leading documentary directors he shot more than 60 films. In 2008 he directs his first film “The Polar Explorer”.
Nikolay was a member of jury at the following festivals: “Window to Europe”, Viborg (2003), 3rd IF of Audio and Visual Art “Hope” (2006), Saint-Petersburg IFF “PETERKIT” (2006), “The Beginning” (2006), “Message to Man”; IFF “Literature and Film”, Gatchina (2010).
Nikolay was a member of jury at the following festivals: “Window to Europe”, Viborg (2003), 3rd IF of Audio and Visual Art “Hope” (2006), Saint-Petersburg IFF “PETERKIT” (2006), “The Beginning” (2006), “Message to Man”; IFF “Literature and Film”, Gatchina (2010).
FILMOGRAPHY
“The Polar Explorer”, 2010.
Russia, 2010, colour, 38 min.
Director: Nikolay Volkov
Director: Nikolay Volkov
The film is about Tomash Petrovsky, polar explorer, the head of floating station “North Pole” and his mother, Romualda Flerovna. The story has two scenes: arctic floating station SP-33 and village Petrovskie in Belorussia. Everlasting story of the son that leaves home for no reason for the unknown and dangerous coldness and mother that doesn’t understand him but loves him dearly and prays for him. His home with murmuring bees, flourishing garden, clean river and warm earth is always waiting for him to come back. The film is about stamina, the fight of a man against forces of nature and himself, striving to overcome ones fears and master ones destiny. It’s an attempt to answer the question - what pushes people for brave endeavours leaving flourishing lands for ever frost and stressful and dangerous work on the end of the earth.
AWARDS
Grand-prix of Festival “Arctic” in 2010, Grand-Prix in nomination "Ecology of a Soul" at the 14th International Green Film Festival "Green Vision", Saint-Petersburg, Award for the Best medium-length film at the 58th International Film Festival in Trento, Italy.