Aleksandra STRELYANAYA
Александра СТРЕЛЯНАЯ
Aleksandra STRELIANAIA
Russia, 2012, 24mn 
Colour, documentary
Pomory
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Поморы

 

 Pomors

 Les Pomores

 
Directed by : Aleksandra STRELYANAYA (Александра СТРЕЛЯНАЯ)
Writing credits : Aleksandra STRELYANAYA (Александра СТРЕЛЯНАЯ)
Cinematography : Aleksandra STRELYANAYA (Александра СТРЕЛЯНАЯ)
Companies : St Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
 

Awards :
Diploma of the Jury Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2012

Plot synopsis
“Communion with the sea, as with God”. Varzuga is a remote village on the Kola Peninsula, connected only recently by road. A 4th-generation Navy man, now Igumen Mitrofan (Badanin), historian of theology and the Far North, talks about the Pomors and the magical civilisation of the Lapps.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2012
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2012