Jun 5 - Beyond the White
Coming Soon • 2m 46s
Dir. Evgeny Kalachikhin - 2021 - Germany
Three villages are combined in one timeless space - somewhere beyond the Arctic Circle. On the Kola peninsula in the Russian North, a few dozen people still live in their traditional timber houses surrounded by water, forests, and sand. Nature provides for them, mainly the White Sea, but fish populations have dwindled over the years. Fewer and fewer people want to stay; many move to the city, leaving their homes behind. Over time, these houses have turned into spectres from the past, ownerless and lonely ruins. Only young children, visiting their grandparents in summer, breathe new life into this place.
Up Next in Coming Soon
-
Jun 9 - Leonie, Actress and Spy
Leonie Brandt (1901-1978) dreamed of becoming an actress. After realising her dream she took on the role of her life: she became a spy for the Dutch intelligence service in Nazi Germany. After the war a number of prominent Dutchmen also feared Leonie for what she knew about their actions during t...
-
Jun 16 - Notes from a Low Orbit
An affectionate portrait of the local communities, rituals and routines of Hawick in the Scottish Borders that is deeply invested in the sometimes absurd ways in which a town’s cultural identities are shaped, intuited and lived.
-
Jun 19: Village of Women
Armenia, a village called Lichk where only women, children and the elderly reside. Men leave 9 months of the year to work in Russia. How do these women endure waiting, loneliness, and the absence of their husbands? I film their life and intimacy, become a confidante, hear and share their frustrat...
