IMMORTAL
Estonia, Latvia 2019 – Director: Ksenia Okhapkina – Original language: Russian – Subtitles: English – Length: 61 min.
Freight trains travel through the endless snow. Not far from the tracks children dressed in camouflage play war. In Murmansk on the border between Russia and Norway, boys and girls serving in the army cadets are trained to use weapons – in the soft crepuscular arctic light.
We present the German premiere of the film at DOK.fest München 2020 @home.
Biography
Ksenia Okhapkina studied at the St. Petersburg State University for Film and Television. Since 2014 she has been working for the Estonian film production company Vesilind. IMMORTAL was awarded Best Documentary Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2019.
Filmography
COME BACK FREE, EE 2016, 52 min.
English/Original Title: SUREMATU. German title: UNSTERBLICH. Writer: Ksenia Okhapkina. Camera: Aleksandr Demjanenko, Artem Ignatov. Sound: Aleksandr Dudarev. Editing: Ksenia Okhapkina, Stijn Deconinck. Music: Robert Jürjendal, Arian Levin. Production: Vesilind OU. Producer: Riho Västrik. International Sales: Vesilind OU Distribution: Vesilind OU