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WINNER - Best Narrative Film

Original Title: Silent Souls / Ovsyanki
Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko
Russia | Russian
2010 | 75min. | Colour
Subtitles: Arabic and English
Format: DCP
18+The rites and rituals of the Merja people, an ethnic minority once resident in the Volga region of Russia, form the backbone of this lyrical, dreamlike movie about love and loss. After his beloved wife Tanja dies, Miron calls on his best friend, Aist, to help him in his final farewell. As the ravishingly photographed story unfolds, it becomes apparent that Aist and Tanja were once more than friends. Along the way, the Merja myths and traditions transform the film into a haunting fairy tale. – Alissa Simon

Director, Aleksei Fedorchenko

Aleksei Fedorchenko was born on September 29, 1966 in Sol-Iletsk, in the Orenburg region of Siberia. After engineering studies, he worked on space defense projects in a factory in Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg). In 1990, he became official economist then deputy director of the Sverdlovsk Studio. Since 2000, he has managed the studio’s production department, and participated in the production of over 80 films. He has studied dramaturgy at the Russian National Film Institute, and written screenplays for documentaries that were awarded numerous prizes at festivals worldwide. Fedorchenko’s first feature “First on the Moon', a mockumentary about a 1930s Soviet landing on the Moon, was awarded, amongst other awards, the Venice Horizons Documentary Award. Aleksei Fedorchenko currently lives and works in Ekaterinburg. “Silent Souls' is his third feature film. - from EPK and OKd for FIF

Cast and Crew

Production Company: April Mig Pictures Films Company
Music: Andrei Karasyov
Producer: Igor Mishin & Mary Nazari
Screenwriter: Denis Osokin
Editor: Sergei Ivanov
Cinematographer: Mikhail Krichman
Sound: Kirill Vasilenko