Immortal
Surematu
Ksenia Okhapkina
Estonia, Latvia
2019
61min
Russian
English & Hungarian Subtitles
International Competition
In Murmansk, Russia, boys are trained to use weapons while girls practice ballet. Told in a minimalistic aesthetic, defined by the dim lights of the Arctic Circle, this film observes social norms frozen in time in this cold, northern town.
Producer:
Riho Västrik
Co-producer:
Uldis Cekulis
Editor:
Stijn Deconinck
Ksenia Okhapkina
Camera:
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Artem Ignatov
Ksenia Okhapkina
Sound:
Aleksandr Dudarev
Music:
Robert Jürjendal
Arian Levin
Production info:
Vesilind, VFS Films
Distribution info:
Vesilind Riho Västrik riho.vastrik@vesilind.ee http://vesilind.ee
Awards:
Estonian candidate for the Academy Award
Docudays UA 2020 Teenage Jury Award
Karlovy Vary 2020 Grand Prix for Best Documentary
Astra FF 2019 Best Film in the International Competition
Director(s):
Ksenia Okhapkina is a Russian documentary film director. She graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Film and TV in 2012, and has been working with the Estonian company, Vesilind since 2014. She has shown her commitment to the composition and meaningfulness of a single frame, and her ability to capture “the poetic in profane”.
Selected filmography:
2016 - Come Back Free