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Maxim Arbugaev
Born in Tiksi, Russia, on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean. Russian director and cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev wanted to grow up to be a professional ice hockey player. Discovering his passion for cinematography in the solitude of Russian Arctic, he studied documentary filmmaking at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. In his personal work he often discovering and capturing the r…
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Chuuraa · 2026Chuuraa
2026
MovieDocumentary
In the remote Siberian Arctic, an Indigenous Sakha scientist descends into the depths of the melting permafrost. Searching for an ancient creature, he makes his way through the dangerous, claustrophobic caves to the mythical realm of the Underworld.
Haulout · 2024Haulout
★ 8.02024
MovieDocumentary
On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.
This Summer Will End · 2025This Summer Will End
★ 7.42025
MovieDramaThriller
A young man named Kesha returns to his village after a long absence. He has completed a prison term but now simply wants to live a quiet, normal life. His younger brother, only 17, has plans for college. However, the brothers’ perspectives on the future shift dramatically when Kesha joins a gold-mining crew.
City of the Sun. Leonidov · 2025City of the Sun. Leonidov
2025
MovieDocumentary
A film about the life and work of the "paper architect" Ivan Leonidov.
Genesis 2.0 · 2018Genesis 2.0
★ 6.42018
MovieDocumentary
A well-preserved mammoth carcass is found in the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, opening up the possibility of a world-changing “Jurassic Park” moment in genetics.
Terra · 2018Terra
2018
MovieDocumentary
In 2012 the production at the Bovanenkovo gas field on the Yamal Peninsula, a remote section of Siberia , had begun. The industrial zone had been located right on the historical migration route of the indigenous reindeer herders- Nenets. This story is about people, whose fates are closely connected with the land, and now they are sandwiched between two epochs, between the future and the past.
Voy · 2019Voy
2019
MovieDocumentary
The film tells the story of the Russian Paralympic Blind Football team which is preparing for the most important event in their lives - the European Championship. The team has only one goal - to win the gold medal at any cost!
The Great Northern Way · 2019The Great Northern Way
★ 6.02019
MovieDocumentary
With the participation of Fyodor Konyukhov. An extreme and beautiful route in the Russian Arctic. A path of ten thousand kilometers through the harsh lands of the North. For the first time in modern history, the legendary route of Semyon Dezhnev, the great Russian Explorer of Northern and Eastern Siberia of the 17th century, was explored and filmed in a unique visual diary of hard-to-reach places that nobody had seen before. The most picturesque and inaccessible places in Russia, from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka, are now closer thanks to the film.
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