A portrait of a season - a journey through North Russia and Siberia, through the feelings and thoughts of the people who have to cope with one of the world's harshest climates; a reality where the boundary between life and death is so thin that is sometimes almost nonexistent, where civilization constantly both fights and embraces nature and its timeless rules and rites.
In these remote places, people, animals and nature itself become elements of a millennial yet unpredictable script, in which physical and mental endurance play an important role as much as chance does, where life and death constantly embrace each other. A reflection on fate, adaptation and the immutable cycles of existence. Short film successfully travelled more than 250 film festivals all around the world.
AWARDS
Locarno short film nominee for the European Film Awards – Pianifica Prize, 66° Locarno Film Festival
Pardino d’Argento Swiss Life - Pardi di Domani International Competition, 66° Locarno Film Festival
Special Jury Mention Award - 36th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Emidio Greco Award - 15th European film Festival in Lecce
WWF award - 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Honourable Mention for Cinematography - DokuMa film festival in Croatia
Honorable Mention - 8th A Corto Di Donne Film Festival, Italy
Best International Short Film - 22nd Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy
Special Mention of the Jury- the 22nd Arcipelago Film Festival
Audience award - Shnit International Shortfilmfestival
Best International Short Film - 9th edition of Short Shorts Film Festival in Mexico
Best soundtrack - San Gio Verona Video Festival, Italy
Jury Award - 13th Concorto FilmFest in Italy
Honorable Mention - Oslo Screen Festival
NOMINATIONS
Best Short Film - European Film Awards 2013
Best Cinematography - Byron Bay International Film Festival in Australia
Golden Gate Nominee - San Francisco International Film Festival
Golden Firebird Nominee- Hong Kong International Film Festival
Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow in Locarno International film Festival
Best International Short Film- Regensburg Short Film Week
Director - Cristina Picchi Release date-10 August 2013 Duration - 13min.
