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Documentary titled Arctic Expedition featuring polar landscapes and wildlife.

Arctic Expedition

An expedition to the high Arctic, to Svalbard, the archipelago north of Norway, to say goodbye to polar bears. This short, entertaining film captures stunning images of polar bears and Arctic wildlife for a campaign to stop global warming. 

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Film poster for 'Pegtymel,' about Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North, Grand Prix winner.

Pegtymel

The film depicts Chukchi reindeer herders everyday life on the Pegtymel River, on the coast of the Chukchi Sea in the northeast part of Russia. Daily life and the autumn ritual are intersected with fly agaric mushroom stories told by old man Natalko and rock art images painted a thousand years ago on the Pegtymel cliffs. 

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Winter landscape with a snowy village under a clear blue sky, titled POST-HORSE.

Post-Horse

Seven-year old Lekha lives in a remote Russian Pomor village on the Onega Coast of White Sea. He learns a thing or two, accompanies his parents in driving a post-horse and rhymes songs about his tough life.

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Film poster for 'Way to the Sacred Place' about Indigenous Peoples of Russian North.

Way to the Sacred Place

The filmmaker traces events of his own travel in 1996 to the famous Yamal sanctuary, The Seven Tents, at the northern tip of the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia. The film depicts Nenets nomadic reindeer herders' lives, myths, and rituals. 

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