- year : 2022
- country : Russia
- timing : 108:45'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Pavel Selin
- screenwriter and producer : Nikolay Nikitin,Pavel Selin,Ivan Yudin,Dimitr Todorov
- operator : Maxim Ignatenko
- sound engineer : Valentin Morozov
- mounting : Ivan Yudin
- cast : Yuri "Hoi" Klinskikh
- production : Greenwich Production
This film is about the unique phenomenon of the 1990s - the Voronezh group «Sector Gaza», the bright and tragic fate of its creator, leader and vocalist Yuri Hoi (Klinsky).
"Live fast die young!" Yuri Hoi is the "perfect" embodiment of this well-known rock and roll motto. A simple guy from the "left bank" - the most dangerous and criminal district of Voronezh, Hoi has achieved incredible popularity in Russia and neighboring countries. In the 1990s, pirated albums of Sector Gaza were sold in millions of copies, and their music sounded at every disco and from every tape recorder. But Yuri himself was rarely recognized on the streets.
- DOCKER International Documentary Film Festival (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Salt of the Earth" (2022, Russia, Samara)
- Unknown Russia Documentary Film Festival (2024, Russia, Moscow)
- Nika Award, Long list (2024, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
I made this film because I honestly consider Yuri (Khoy) Klinsky a genuine folk hero, an original and very rare talent who never betrayed himself and his work. Khoy is an example of an unexpected, bright rise and tragic fall. The fantastic story of the mega-popularity of the provincial Voronezh band "SG" (Sector Gaza) begins in the early 1990’s and ends in 2000, with the death of Khoy. Now such a phenomenon would be completely incomprehensive. With the help of Khoy's story and the story of the band Sector Gaza, I tried to paint the musical portrait of the dashing and happy 1990’s: a unique time, the likeness of which, I am sure, we will not see again for a long time.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Pavel Selin was born on 28.09.1974 in Zakamensk (Buryatiya region, Russia). In 1996 graduated from Voronezh State University as a journalist. At the moment works as a television host and director of documentary films.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "Hoi", documentary
2021 - "Agafya", documentary
2020 - "Burov & Burov", documentary
2019 - "Yura the Musician", documentary
2018 - "Love Syndrome", documentary
2015 - "The Long Echo of War in Vietnam", documentary
2014 - "Academy", documentary
2010 - "Stepanych", documentary
