PIBLOKTO

Documentary, Experimental, Essayistic, experimental, anthropological

United States

2023

Runtime, min

On the Arctic Ocean coast of Chukotka live a people cut off from the world. Their life revolves around hunting walruses and whales and protecting villages from bears coming from the tundra. This theme turns the film into a reflection on death. Marine animals become the primary source of food for the people, animal leftovers are used to feed arctic foxes on a fur farm, human cemeteries become targets for bears. It appears that all the inhabitants of this region are involved in the cycle of food and death. The film departs from the typical rhythmic structure of cinema and instead adopts the structure of a shamanic ritual, which is a meaning-forming event for the northern peoples.

Directors:

Anastasia Shubina

Directors:

Timofey Glinin

Selections and Awards:

Cinéma du Réel Paris March 25, 2023 World Premiere "Prix des détenues" AWARD France Sheffield DocFest Sheffield June 16, 2023 UK premiere Official selection United Kingdom Beat Film Festival Moscow June 13, 2023 Russian premiere V-A-C Foundation AWARD Russian Federation IFF "The World of Knowledge" Saint Petersburg October 7, 2023 National competition, GRAND PRIX Russian Federation Festival Cinemistica Granada November 20, 2023 Best Anthropological Film AWARD Spain Festival des Courts en hiver Porto-Vecchio January 25, 2024 Audience AWARD France DokuBaku IDFF Baku September 26, 2023 Best Short Documentary AWARD Azerbaijan AegeanDocs North Aegean Islands October 17, 2023 Short film competition Greece Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival Debet August 20, 2023 Short film competition Armenia Saratov Sufferings Documentary Drama Film Festival Saratov September 9, 2023 International competition Russian Federation CorsicaDoc IDFF Ajaccio October 13, 2023 New talents competition France DocuWest Documentary Film Festival Denver November 15, 2023 American Premiere Official selection United States Mostra Internacional de Cinema Documental ‘Mares da Fin do Mundo’ - Documentary Film Festival La Coruña November 1, 2023 International competition Spain Etnovideografica - International Ethnovideographic Festival Zamora November 9, 2023 International competition Spain FIFMA - Festival International du Film de Montagne d'Autrans Autrans November 30, 2023 International Competition France SiberiaDOC International Film Festival Krasnoyarsk December 5, 2023 International competition Russian Federation Tokyo Documentary Film Festival Tokyo December 14, 2023 Visual anthropology and Ethnographic film Competition Japan Ethnofest - Athens Ethnographic Film Festival Athens December 3, 2023 Official selection Greece 7th International Folklore Film Festival Kerala January 7, 2024 Official selection India Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival Chennai February 20, 2024 Official selection India Film and Folklore Festival Chaguanas March 1, 2024 Official selection Trinidad and Tobago Artdocfest Riga March 7, 2024 Open Competition Latvia International Film Festival "Fishermen of the world" Lorient March 20, 2024 International competition France Doc.London Documentary Film Festival London March 27, 2024 London premiere Official selection United Kingdom 71st Martovski Film Festival Belgrade March 29, 2024 Serbian premiere International competition Serbia Ethnografilm Paris Paris April 1, 2024 Official selection France Ecozine Film Festival Zagaragoza April 5, 2024 Official selection Spain Festival International des Films Identitaires et Solidaires Nikki April 27, 2024 Official selection Benin 72. Trento Film Festival 2024 Trento May 1, 2024 Italian premiere International competition Italy The Quebec International Ethnographic Film Festival Montreal May 10, 2024 Canadian premiere Official selection Canada IndieLisboa - International Film Festival Lisbon May 25, 2024 Portuguese premiere Competition Portugal Short documentary film festival "Bistre Reke" (Clear Rivers) Belgrade July 20, 2024 Official selection Serbia Images en Bibliothèques / Mois du doc Paris France

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