Archive of films Immortal / Surematu
Estonia / Latvia
2019, 60 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2019
How do the mechanisms of political power directly influence the lives of a country’s inhabitants? In seeking an answer to this difficult question, this cinematic essay looks at everyday life in a small Russian industrial city, uncovering along the way how dangerous and furtive an all-permeating ideology can be.
Synopsis
Russian documentary filmmaker Ksenia Okhapkina’s essay portrait looks at the strict order that governs life in a small industrial city in Russia. With her talent for visual composition and perceptiveness regarding local events, she puts together an audiovisual collage of seemingly minor details that enable us to observe a society bound by the regime and political power. Scenes of young girls learning about discipline at ballet school or adolescent boys training for the army are eloquent examples of citizen indoctrination, but the filmmaker avoids psychologizing the participants. Instead she portrays the dangerous ideology without excessive words or narration, thus perfectly capturing its furtive omnipresence and inconspicuousness.
Sandra Hezinová
About the director

Ksenia Okhapkina (b. 1989). Filmography: The Smoke (2009, short), Snowstorm (2010, short), Liudians (2010, short), The Night Performance (2012, short), In the Beginning Was… The Cube (2013, medium-length), Red (2015, short), Come Back Free (2016, medium-length), Immortal (Surematu, 2019)
Contacts
OU Vesilind
Ida poik 3, 75304, Järveküla
Estonia
Tel: + 372 507 806 7
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Ksenia Okhapkina |
Screenplay: | Ksenia Okhapkina |
Dir. of Photography: | Aleksandr Demyanenko, Artem Ignatov |
Music: | Robert Jurjendal, Arian Levin |
Editor: | Stijn Deconinck, Ksenia Okhapkina |
Producer: | Riho Västrik |
Production: | OU Vesilind |
Coproduction: | VFS Films |
Contact: | OU Vesilind |
Guests

Riho Västrik
Producer

Uldis Cekulis
Producer

Ksenia Okhapkina
Film Director

Kadriann Kibus
Production Manager

Alexander Dudarev
Sound Designer