Svetlana RODINA
Светлана РОДИНА
Svetlana RODINA
Switzerland, 2021, 93mn 
documentary
Ostrov – Lost Island
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

Остров

 

 Ostrov – Lost Island

 Ostrov

 
Directed by : Svetlana RODINA (Светлана РОДИНА )
Other persons :
Réalisateur / режиссёр : Laurent Stoop/Лоран Ступ
Production : Doklad
 

Awards :
First prize International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2022
Best Non-Fiction Film National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2021

Plot synopsis
For some a forgotten paradise, for others a prison without opportunities. The island of Ostrov in the Caspian Sea is home to a community of distinctive characters, whose everyday lives play out in a strangely limited world and often also on the edge of the law. The inhabitants of the island of Ostrov, forgotten by the Russian authorities, have grown accustomed to living without basic infrastructure or emergency medical care, though with an almost constant presence of security forces. The coastguard comes to inspect illegal fishing, which is a crucial source of livelihood for the locals. While young people dream of living overseas and working in the city, the older natives have accepted Ostrov and all it entails as their home. In their loneliness, they often turn to alcohol, but also to the hope of a better and brighter world that exists somewhere, fuelled by TV reports about the almighty President Putin.
https://www.oneworld.cz/
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Artdocfest, Different cities (World), 2023
- "Jeden Svët" International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World, Prague (Czech Republic), 2022
- Transilvania International Film Festival : TIFF, Cluj Napoca (Romania), 2022
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2022
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2021

Photos and videos
 
https://news.myseldon.com/ru/news/index/250406043