OUT-OF-COMPETITION PROGRAM
In Search of Meaning of Life
В поисках смысла
Production country: Russia
Year of production: 2024
Length: 60 min.
Rating (age category): 18+
Film-category (genre): Documentary
Director: Rushanna Mansfeld
Producer: Alexey Telnov
Screenwriter: Rushanna Mansfeld
Composer: Alexander Malin
DOP: Mikhail Meshkov
Editor: Dmitry Glazovsky
Sound director: Bogdan Stakhanov, Alexandra Klimova, Victoria Rubleva, Stepan Orlov, Anna Krasnova
Production company: St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
A Muscovite sets off to the Arctic in search of meaning of life. She doesn't know yet that she'll be in mortal danger soon. She plans to find ot more anpout the locals. Four cities. Four lives. Four stories.
Selected festival history
2024
  • The XXXV Open Documentary Film Festival "Russia",
  • The XVI International Film Festival "Northern Character"
  • The XVIII Open Documentary Film Festival "Siberia"
  • Rushanna Mansfeld
    DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
    Born in the small town of Mozhaysk. After school, moved to Moscow and enrolled in a directing program. By the end of her studies, she became passionate about the idea of the film "Norilsk." During the filming, she was inspired by the people living beyond the Arctic Circle and the stunning nature of the north.

    DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
    2015 — Norilsk
    2013 — Seabiscue