Heidegger
Through 14 chapters inspired by Heidegger's concepts, Yuri Kuzin explores his past through his family photos in order to heal his inner child and better understand his own history.
Yuri Kuzin
Yuri Kuzin is a Russian filmmaker, philosopher and writer born in 1962. He joined the VGIK in 1994 and released his first short film Levsha in 1999. It won the Best Student Film award at the Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival. In 2006, he directed the NTV series Stolypin... Forgotten Lessons, based on the short story by Eduard Voldarsky. He then ceased his film activity for a few years, turning to other fields such as literature, philosophy and theology, before returning in 2024 with his film Heidegger.
Kotlovan
The story of an old Siberian quarry, the fate of the people living on its edge, and its possible future.
Nikolay Bem
Nicolay Bem was born in 1977 in Neryoungri, Yakutia. He began working as a director in the 2000s for Krasnoyarsk television. In 2007, he created SiberiaDOC, a Franco-Russian initiative to develop independent cinema in Siberia, which aims to create movies outside of the major cultural centers of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. As director of the Siberian Independent Film Studio, he went on to lead the Siberian School of New Cinema project in Krasnoyarsk, an educational project offering courses in fiction and documentary filmmaking. In 2021, he was awarded the Russian Knowledge Society Prize « For his contribution to education in the field of culture and the arts. » His latest documentary film, Kotlovan, received the award for Best Editing at the DOKer International Documentary Film Festival in Moscow in 2025.
