- year : 2023
- country : Russia
- timing : 46:50'
- genre : documentary
written and directed by Lilia Dmitrik
produced by Daria Khrenova
DoP Igor Davydov
music by Alexander Aleynikov
sound by Victor Brus
editor Sofia Iosko
cast: Evgeny Bulgakov, Ruslan Ilemisov, Tatiana Andriyanets
Visual Streak is a documentary film about Przewalski’s wild horses, being preserved at the Russian National Nature Reserve. Scientists aim to recreate population of the endangered red book species. Film studies work of the scientists and the world of wild horses: their complicated family structure as hareems, their psychology and sight – how they see humans and each other.
- Form of Life International Film Festival, Special Jury Diploma (2023, Russia, Perm)
- Festival of Contemporary Scientific Cinema (FUNK), Audience Award (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- International Environmental Film Festival "Green Ribbon", Grand Prix (2023, Russia, Pushkin)
- International Festival of new popular Science Cinema "Reasonable Cinema", Special prize from partners (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- Open Documentary Film Festival "Russia" (2023, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- International Film Festival of Popular Science and Research Films "World of Knowledge" (2023, Russia, St. Petersburg)
- Baikal International Film Festival "Man and Nature" named after V. G. Rasputin (2023, Russia, Irkutsk)
- Documentary Film Festival "Siberia" (2023, Russia, Omsk)
- Golden Eagle Award, Long list (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- Laurel Branch Award, Long list (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- Russian Film Festival "A date with Russia. Siberian character", Best cinematography (2024, Russia, Omsk)
- Arctic International Film Festival "Golden raven" (2024, Russia, Anadyr)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2024, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
I have loved horses since childhood, and communicating with them is somehow necessary for me. I inherited this love from my great-grandmother. In her youth, she loved galloping through the fields bareback at full gallop.
I have always been concerned with how a horse perceives this world. I know so much about these animals. But what do they think about? What do they feel? How do they see our world? While I was looking for answers to these questions while filming one movie about horses, I unexpectedly filmed another - "Visual Streak". I accidentally learned about expeditions to a nature reserve where wild horses live. When I got there and met these amazing animals, I realized this is a separate film that I must shoot.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Liliia Dmitrik, author and director of documentary films, was born on 05.10.1992 in the Ukraine. In 2015 graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 2021 studied in the Moscow Film School.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 - "Visual Streak", documentary \ debut
2021 - "Eyes Wide Open", student documentary
2021 - "Power without Love", student documentary
