Eduard NOVIKOV
Эдуард НОВИКОВ
Edouard NOVIKOV
Russia (Yakutia), 2018, 80mn 
fiction
The Lord eagle
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Царь-Птица

 

 L'Oiseau-Roi

 Tsar-Ptitsa

Other titles : Toyon kyyl
 
Directed by : Eduard NOVIKOV (Эдуард НОВИКОВ)
Writing credits : Semyon ERMOLAYEV (Семён ЕРМОЛАЕВ)
Based on the novel by the yakut writer Vasily Yakovlev
Production : Sakhafilm
Release date in Russia : 04/2018
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
First prize Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2018
FIPRESCI Prize Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2018
First prize Baikal Festival : People and Environment, Irkutsk (Russia), 2018

Plot synopsis
Yakutia, the 1930s. Old Mikipper and his wife Oppuos live their days in thick taiga. Cows, hunting, fishing make up the simple everyday life of the old people. Once early in the winter an eagle flies into their garden. The old people dare no drive it away because eagles are sacred. All through the winter they feed the bird so that it does no attack their cattle. Gradually they grow accustomed to each other. On a cold Christmas day the eagle makes its way into the house and occupies the honorary place in the corner on the shelf next to the icons. From then on the people and the bird start their life together in one house.
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Commentaries and bibliography
Новое якутское кино в 12 фильмах [Le nouveau cinéma yakoute en 12 films], Anton DOLIN, Елена СЛАТИНА, Сергей АНАШКИН, Алиса ТАЁЖНАЯ, Анна ЗАКРЕВСКАЯ, Кюнней ФИЛИППОВА, Евгений МАЙЗЕЛЬ, Егор БЕЛИКОВ, Ева ИВАНИЛОВА, Егор КАРПОВ, kinoart.ru, 2022
Eduard Novikov: Lord Eagle (Toion kyyl, Yakutia, 2018) by Sergei Anashkin, Sergei ANASKIN, Kinokultura, 2019
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- The Cinema of Sakha (Yakutia), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2022
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2020
- Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2019
- World Film Festival, Montreal (Canada), 2018
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2018
- Baikal Festival : People and Environment, Irkutsk (Russia), 2018
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2018

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