Vladimir Golovnev

National Hero

Ethnobloggers from the peoples of Russia - a Yakut hunter, a Khanty reindeer herder and a Dagestan shepherd - share their daily lives on camera. Their stories become known around the world, showing how new technologies are changing traditional ways of life.

Long Shot

Since 2015, modern 3D cinemas have been opened in small towns and villages of Russia. These are several stories from different regions of the country about how the cinema has come to save the inhabitants of the hinterland from loneliness, abandonment, alcoholism, isolation... Live observation of how cinema changes life, and life turns into a movie.

Glad to See You

Two village peasants compete for a girl who is no longer alive... According to their beliefs, the soul of the deceased is nearby for several days and sometimes returns.

Letsplay

In 2016, eSports games were declared the official sport in Russia. Letsplay is a multi-month observation of the life of world champions of eSports. This is a backstage of large-scale computer battles, victories and defeats of the heroes of the virtual world.

Two childhoods

In 1943, a village in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia was one of the centers of formation of the Ural volunteer tank corps. The school № 30 was named after this corps. In 2014, schoolchildren prepare for the anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Following today’s youngsters in the village, the camera speaks volumes about the mentality that has been passing down from generation to generation for the last 70 years and about the dark side of patriotism.