Stanislav Fomichev

Lurch

Filipino-born Ella works as a nanny in a prosperous Moscow family. Day by day, she carries out the same routine actions: washing, cooking, cleaning, babysitting. But once she accidentally hurts her arm, her smooth repetitive life gradually gives a lurch…

Pale Wind

Ten short stories about winter Petersburg – the city of dreams, birds, faults and colds. Ten experiments in visualizing the genius of a place where time has frozen. Ten views of Petersburg, trying to reveal the “spirit of the city” with the help of modern cameras and classic editing. Not a textbook, not a postcard, but seen “here and now”, directly, as it is. What is the current value of the myth of the Northern capital, has it finally turned into an empty tourist brand, has it dissipated among new buildings and glowing gadgets?