- year : 2023
- country : Russia
- timing : 60'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Irina Muromtseva
written by Irina Muromtseva
produced by Ivan Skoblilov
DoP Konstantin Serebryakov
music by Katya Dar
sound by Mikhail Eremin
editor Alexander Yanykin
production designer Olga Neverova
cast: Raisa Kuchuganova, Marina Tokhtonova, Natalia Shichkova, Svetlana Shilova
The Altai truly becomes a place of power when one manages to see it through the eyes of those who love and know these lands, who are unique conductors of local culture and traditions. The four female protagonists of the film are amazing women whose fates are inextricably bound with the strongest natural places in Altai. They will show the viewer the way to the places of power, which lie in this mystical and beautiful region.
- International New Popular Science Cinema "Reasonable Cinema" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Salt of the Earth" (2023, Russia, Samara)
- Russian Film Festival "A Man Knowing the World", Audience Award (2023, Russia, Simferopol)
- Russian Ethnographic Film Festival "Crimean Frame" (2023, Russia, Simferopol)
- Yalta International Film Festival “EURASIAN BRIDGE” (2023, Russia, Yalta)
- Nika Award, Long list (2024, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
The film’s protagonists are unique, strong women, thanks to whom many people, who visited Altai and met with them experienced life-changing transformations in their lives. Such people are the manifestation of the outgoing nature that the director wanted to capture, giving them the opportunity to broadcast their values to a wider audience.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Irina Muromtseva was born on 11.02.1978 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In 2002 graduated from the Voronezh State University as a Journalist. Currently, she works as a TV host on Channel One.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "Women of the Altai", documentary \ debut
