HABITABLE SPACES (35mm,10 min., in production) Produced by Saint-Petersburg Documentary Film Studio.

A documentary on quiet life in the insides of St. Petersburg.

Directed by Mikhail Zheleznikov, cinematographer - Anton Drozdov, sound by Alexander Dudarev, director - Victoria Ruban, producer - Alexei Telnov.

 

 

ADMIRALTEYSKIY STORIES (DV, 59 min., 2010)

A multimedia project by Evgenia Golant, Solmaz Guseynova and Mikhail Zheleznikov, comissioned by CEC ArtsLink.

Stories from the Admiralteiskiy District (Admiralteiskie Istorii) is a socially engaged art project about this St. Petersburg district and its inhabitants (read more).

 

 

FOR HOME VIEWING (HDV, 29 min., 2009)

Soviet school, Olympic Bear, death of Brejnev, Perestroika, the long awaited adult life. The trees under my window used to be so small, and now it's difficult to see anything behind them.

Directed by Mikhail Zheleznikov, music by Denis Sladkevich, sound by Alexander Dudarev. Project supported by Jan Vrijman Fund.

Premiered at IDFA. Festivals: ZagrebDox, Tampere FF, Documenta Madrid, Huesca FF, Curtas Vila De Conde (Prize Onda Curta), dokumentART, Uppsala IFF, Unlimited, ISFF Of Soria, Tempo, Rooftop Films. Also shown in Tribeca Cinemas (New York) and in the Library of Congress (Washington) as a part of CEC ArtsLink exchange program.

 

BUDKA (35 mm, 27 min., 2008) Produced by Saint-Petersburg Documentary Film Studio.

The hidden world of booths on the streets of a big city and portraits of the people who work inside those booths day after day.

Directed by Mikhail Zheleznikov, cinematographer - Solmaz Guseynova, sound director - Sergey Ekimov, artist - Jenia Golant, director - Alexey Nesterov, composer - Denis Sladkevich, producer - Viacheslav Telnov.

Festivals: Dakino, Plus Cameraimage, Bamberg FF, Clermont-Ferrand, Punto De Vista, ZagrebDox, Go Short, Huesca, Harkov Siren (Prize for originality and style), Cheboksary IFF, Kratkofil (Prize for best documentary), Zolotoy Buben (Diploma), Unlimited (Second prize), TIFF, IFVA 15 (the finalist of documentary competition).