GATHERERS OF SEA GRASS

RUSSIA 70 MIN

MOSCOW PREMIERE

ABOUT

Every year teams of seasonal workers come to Solovki islands to harvest sea kale. They go out to sea and mow it from car-basses. As the last of the teams go back to Arkhangelsk in October, only a watchman and his dog are left to pass the winter.

DIRECTOR

MARIA MURASHOVA

Was born in Izhevsk. A graduate of the Saint-Petersburg Institute of cinema and TV, director's department. Her student films Pomeranye, Alphabet of Fears and Generation Games have been successful at a number of Russian and international festivals. Gatherers of Sea Grass is her first feature.

SECTION

Main Competition 2016