Markus was sex­u­al­ly abused sev­er­al times during his child­hood. Today, the 55-year-old is con­stant­ly on the road with his camper van and his dog “Picas­so” and is long­ing for an … read more

All over Europe, refugees are being housed in almost aban­doned vil­lages; this is cheap and is intend­ed to coun­ter­act the rural exodus. But how to feel home in a place … read more

In 2016, Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin cre­at­ed the nation­al guards, whose legal task is to ensure public order, the fight against ter­ror­ism and extrem­ism. In fact, this organ­i­sa­tion is per­son­al­ly sub­or­di­nate to Putin and is engaged in the sup­pres­sion of those who dis­agree with his regime. The train­ing for this elite corps starts in the boys childhood.

The film­mak­ers end up in a closed school as pho­tog­ra­phers, where they tried to cap­ture not only the faces of the guys, but also what was hap­pen­ing in the back­ground. The film is cre­at­ed from frag­ments of phras­es, obser­va­tions, and faces.

This film is about boy­hood and man­hood, obe­di­ence and strength - and an exem­plary insti­tu­tion which does not like to be filmed. That is why it became a sneaky film in which the voices of the back­ground often tell us more than the pic­tures we see.

Direc­tor & Script: Alex Evstigneev
Pro­duc­tion: Alex Kozmenko
Cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Alex Evstigneev, Liza Popova
Edit­ing: Sasha Gusarova
Sound Edit­ing: Michael Tyukalin
Com­po­si­tion: Iliya Nasirov
Con­tact: ekaterina@eastwood.agency

 

Ivan Komen­dan­tov is only 16 years old, but he is a ded­i­cat­ed com­mu­nist and sec­re­tary of ide­ol­o­gy at the com­mu­nist youth organ­i­sa­tion Kom­so­mol in Moscow. He wants to become an … read more

Like many African metrop­o­lis­es, the Ethiopi­an cap­i­tal Addis Ababa is grow­ing rapid­ly. The Oromo farm­ers in the sur­round­ing area call it Fin­finnee, and a part of the Great Rift Valley … read more