Alive
Russia Dzigi Vertova award 2022 Best Non-Feature Film of the Year
Russia DOKER Moscow International Documentary Film Festival 2022 Special Mention
Russia Flahertiana (National Competition "Russian Flahertiana") 2022
The main character Dmitry Poshtarenko was born and grew up on land strewn with the remains of soldiers of the Second World War. Since childhood, his every step seemed to respond from the other side of the earth with a faint hum for help. Several years of excavations rallied friends around Dmitry, together they raised hundreds of soldiers from oblivion. Their passion turned into an unexpected form – they began to create images of forgotten soldiers in the form of sculptures. Names, faces, bodies returned to them, some even met with relatives...
I wanted the film “Alive” to sound like a silent prayer