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Russia as a dream

2017 · 70 min

A drifting, dreamlike patchwork of images and voices that asks you to surrender to mood rather than follow a story.

Directed by: Andrey Silvestrov, Daniil Zinchenko
Genres: Documentary

Overview: In the small town of Kansk, the Krasnoyarsk Territory many years in a row there is an international festival of short experimental films, which has a strong reputation throughout the world. "Russia as a dream" is an international project, shot by a team of authors and united directors, artists, poets. Each of the guests of the 14th International Kan Video Festival held in 2015 was invited to participate in the creation of a general film, the theme of which was the relationship of man and landscape, civilization and nature, reality and sleep.

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Directed by: Andrey Silvestrov, Daniil Zinchenko
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: nature
identity
isolation
art
memory
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
documentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Andrey Silvestrov, Daniil Zinchenko
Runtime: 70 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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