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Folk hero
Народный герой
Year of production: 2024
Production country: Russia
Production company: Film-studio «IGRA»
Director: Vladimir Golovnev
Producer: Vladimir Golovnev
Screenwriter: Vladimir Golovnev
Composer: Alexandr Smirnov
DOP: Nikita Aniskin, Pavel Tikhonov, Vladimir Golovnev
Editor: Vladimir Golovnev, Danil Aristov
Sound director: Vlad Scharandanov
Film-category (genre): Documentary drama
Rating (age category): 16+
Length: 78 min
They are called ethnobloggers, and they are known to millions of people around the world. A Yakut wolf hunter, a Khanty reindeer herder, a Dagestani shepherd... Residents of the outskirts of the country representing indigenous peoples. They film their everyday life, and the Web turns them into «celebrities». A film about how new technologies are changing the lives of the country's indigenous peoples.
Selected festival history
2024
  • Film Festival «Window to Europe»
  • IFF «DOKER»
  • Film Festival «RUSSIA»
  • Vladimir Golovnev
    DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
    Born in Omsk in 1982. In 2004 graduated from the department of history of Omsk State University. In 2005 received the diploma of Independent School of cinema and TV INTERNEWS in Moscow (Faculty Directing Film and TV).

    DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
    2021 – Long shot
    2018 – Letsplay
    2016 – Two Childhoods
    2010 – The Game
    2008 – The Curtain
    2008 – Unworldly