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Mikhail Borodin

Born March 14, 1987 · Tashkent, USSR (Uzbekistan) (age 39)

Born near Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1987, he began making films when he was 18. In 2020, he moved to Moscow where, living as a migrant worker, he found work as a delivery guy and an odd-job man before finally having the chance to enrol in a film school there. After graduating, he went on to produce and direct commercials and music videos and founded his own production company, Sneg. His short film N…

Known For

Bull's Heart

Bull's Heart · 2023

The story of a son who is secretly in love and a lonely, hard-working father. Each leads his own life – until one sultry summer day, their courses collide with a shock.

Cotton 100%

Cotton 100% · 2022

MovieDocumentary

Yelena is an activist fighting for the rights of cotton pickers. Mukhabbat is a farmer struggling with the hardships of rural life... COTTON 100% is a story of two strong women facing the challenges of a society where forced labor is a norm.

Registration

Registration · 2020

The heroine of the film is a young woman from Uzbekistan, fleeing from store slavery and dreaming of returning her son.

Normal

Sasha is a school leaver from a small town. He pretends to be an ordinary bully in the company of his classmates not to be bullied himself and to have the opportunity to see Lisa. At home Sasha is a greedy for knowledge guy. He dreams of leaving his small town but several barriers stand in his way.

Convenience Store

Convenience Store · 2022

Convenience Store

Mukhabbat, an Uzbek immigrant, works at a convenience store on the outskirts of Moscow. Just like the rest of the immigrants at the store, she is forced to work without getting paid and endure mental and physical abuse, until she overcomes her fear one day and takes her fate into her own hands.

Crimea Is Ours

Crimea Is Ours · 2017

A black comedy rhyming harsh allusions to the "Russian spring" with a private wedding story.

Mirtemir Is Alright

Mirtemir Is Alright · 2024

Mirtemir Is Alright

MovieDocumentary

Mirtemir is growing up in Nukus, a dusty city caught between the desert and the dead Aral Sea. His mother has moved away to earn money in a neighboring country Kazakhstan, and Tima lives with his blind grandmother. He waits tables at a fast-food joint during the day and entertains people at a mobile karaoke by night. Days full of hard work and responsibility, too demanding even for an adult, are nonetheless full of joy and adolescent bliss.

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Bull's Heart

Bull's Heart · 2023

The story of a son who is secretly in love and a lonely, hard-working father. Each leads his own life – until one sultry summer day, their courses collide with a shock.

Screenplay

Cotton 100%

Cotton 100% · 2022

MovieDocumentary

Yelena is an activist fighting for the rights of cotton pickers. Mukhabbat is a farmer struggling with the hardships of rural life... COTTON 100% is a story of two strong women facing the challenges of a society where forced labor is a norm.

Editor

Registration

Registration · 2020

The heroine of the film is a young woman from Uzbekistan, fleeing from store slavery and dreaming of returning her son.

Screenplay

Normal

Sasha is a school leaver from a small town. He pretends to be an ordinary bully in the company of his classmates not to be bullied himself and to have the opportunity to see Lisa. At home Sasha is a greedy for knowledge guy. He dreams of leaving his small town but several barriers stand in his way.

Director

Convenience Store

Convenience Store · 2022

Convenience Store

Mukhabbat, an Uzbek immigrant, works at a convenience store on the outskirts of Moscow. Just like the rest of the immigrants at the store, she is forced to work without getting paid and endure mental and physical abuse, until she overcomes her fear one day and takes her fate into her own hands.

Writer

Crimea Is Ours

Crimea Is Ours · 2017

A black comedy rhyming harsh allusions to the "Russian spring" with a private wedding story.

Director

Mirtemir Is Alright

Mirtemir Is Alright · 2024

Mirtemir Is Alright

MovieDocumentary

Mirtemir is growing up in Nukus, a dusty city caught between the desert and the dead Aral Sea. His mother has moved away to earn money in a neighboring country Kazakhstan, and Tima lives with his blind grandmother. He waits tables at a fast-food joint during the day and entertains people at a mobile karaoke by night. Days full of hard work and responsibility, too demanding even for an adult, are nonetheless full of joy and adolescent bliss.

Director