Yelena KOPTSEVA
Елена КОПЦЕВА
Elena KOPTSEVA
Russia, 2023, 63mn 
documentary
The Elk Calf
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Лосенок

 

 Le Bébé élan

 Locenok

 
Directed by : Yelena KOPTSEVA (Елена КОПЦЕВА)
 
Site : Kinopoisk

Awards :
Best film, Russian cinema, International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2024

Plot synopsis
Katya is an employee of the Sumarokovskaya Elk Farm; she has been delivering births to elk cows for 20 years and telling tourists about the benefits of elk milk. Katya’s duties sometimes include very cruel things, but she loves her job and her son, for whom she wants a better future like any mother.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "Zolotoy orel" Award Longlist, Moscow (Russia), 2024
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2024
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2024
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2024
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham (USA), 2024
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2023

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