“ARCTIC JAZZ”
Director: Svetlana Soldatova
Cinematographers: Sergey Pashkov, Evgeny Koshlakov
Composers: Natalia Tinkova, Andrey Bryazgin
2022*25 min.
English subtitles.
Victor Abramov, the head of the Murmansk jazz club, lost his wife. This happened almost simultaneously with the loss of the “Arctic Jazz” festival. Undeterred, he took on the job of a janitor at the age of 70. This brought rhythm back into his life. Abramov decides to revive the jazz festival in Murmansk. Will Victor Abramov succeed in bringing back the grand “Arctic Jazz” festival, or will his energy be enough only for a jazz concert in a small restaurant?
“ZAUR AND MUSIC”
Director: Alexey Kobylkov
Cinematographers: Sergey Kostromin, Alihan Tushiev
Composers: Anastasia Kvasova, Vadim Ozhgibesov
2022, 25 minutes
English subtitles
Zaur Demev graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Technology and never thought that he would connect his life with music. Moreover, he could not have imagined that he would be making musical instruments himself and teaching this art to children. “Zaur and Music” is a documentary film about the search for oneself – about how sincere desire and the pursuit of a goal truly allow changing the world and people around us.
“THE COLLECTOR”
Director: Ksenia Gasheva
Cinematographers: Sergey Klimov, Anton Fishtik, Ivan Uvarov
Composer: Gennady Shiroglazov
2022*25 min.
English subtitles.
The protagonist of the film, Anatoly Sivak, lives in a small town. He has a challenging job as a sorter at a waste processing plant. Additionally, Anatoly is a collector of toys from the Soviet era and dreams of creating his own museum.