2025 Boulder International Film Festival

Short Films 1

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In 1934, Professor Vangengheim is condemned to a gulag on a Russian archipelago. To protect his daughter Elya from the reality of his situation, he decides to let her believe, through his imaginative letters, that he has gone on an amazing expedition.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Language
    Russian
  • Country
    France, Russian Federation
  • Premiere
    Boulder
  • Director
    Alexey Evstigneev
  • Producer
    Yanna Buryak
  • Executive Producer
    Clemence Crepin Neel, Igor Courtecuisse
  • Cast
    Dmitry Nazarov
  • Editor
    Catherine Aladenise
  • Animator
    Daria Dorofeeva, Iuliia Voitova, Salomé Chatelain, Dmitry Cherednichenko
  • Sound Design
    Vivien Roche, Régis Diebold