Sakha Film
The Sakha Republic, in Russia’s Far East, is the home of one of the world’s most fascinating and fertile film industries. Growing out of networks of non-professional artists and local talent, and deeply rooted in the narrative traditions of the native population, Sakha film has left its mark on both the Russian national cinema, and on international indigenous filmmaking.
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Movie + 1 extraThe Bonfire
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Directed by Dmitry Davydov • 2016 • Russia/Sakha Republic
Set in the remote reaches of the Sakha Republic, The Bonfire is a modern-day parable of guilt and redemption. Dmitry Davydov’s breakthrough film centres on Ignat (Aleksei Ustinov), an elderly craftsman whose son causes the death of his co...
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Movie + 3 extrasThe Lord Eagle
Movie + 3 extras
Directed by Eduard Novikov • 2018 • Russia
Set in the 1930s, Eduard Novikov’s adaptation of Vasily Yakovlev’s short story follows an elderly couple deep in the Russian taiga. When they find themselves playing host to an unexpected guest one winter — a sacred eagle – they fear its arrival signals...
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Movie + 1 extraÁga
Movie + 1 extra
Directed by Milko Lazarov • 2018 • Bulgaria/Sakha Republic
A striking example of contemporary Sakha film – from a Bulgarian director. Milko Lazarov’s minimalist parable of generational conflict and the place of tradition in a shifting world stars Sakha screen and theatre veterans Mikhail Aprosim...