Oleg FESENKO Олег ФЕСЕНКО Oleg FESSENKO   Russia, 2009, 90 mn  Colour, fiction

The Ugra Khanty Saga ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Красный лёд. Сага о хантах Югры    Saga des Khantys  Saga o khantakh

Plot synopsis

Historical drama based on the novel «Godmother in Bloody Snows» by Khanty writer Eremey Aipin. A Khanty western about a Kazym rebellion of ostyak peoples, which began in 1933 and was stifled by the Red Army and Secret Police NKVD in 1934-35. Ostyaks rose a riot to throw the Reds away from their land in order to lead a free life under their own traditions. After the first Red detachment was defeated troops from Yekaterinburg arrived to neutralize the revolted. The survived went to the East to hide in tundra up the river Ob. The Red troops followed them, covering white snows of the North with blood.

Selected in the following festivals :

- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2011

- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2011

- Festival "Etonnants voyageurs" à Saint Malo, Saint Malo (France), 2010

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2010

- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010

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