Pomors

Russia, 2012, 24’
Director and scriptwriter: Aleksandra Strelyanaya
Cinematographer: Aleksandra Strelyanaya
Producer: Alexey Telnov
Sound: Aleksandr Laneev
Editor: Aleksandra Strelyanaya
Production Company: Saint Petersburg Documentary Film Studio

Kola Peninsula. Varzuga village. The road to here was built not long ago. Priest Mitrofan used to command ships on the Northern Fleet, now he reconstructs the temples of the Kola Peninsula. He and other inhabitants of this distant Pomor village ponder how the outside world influences the originality of the village. How can they survive in the modern world without losing something that has been on these Northern lands for ages?

Aleksandra Strelyanaya

Born in Saint-Petersburg in 1978. In 2005, she graduated from the Saint Petersburg University of Cinema and Television Department of Photography (master D. Dolinin). In 2007, she graduated from the Directing Department of the same university (masters V. Semenyuk and V. Aksenov). Today Strelyanaya makes both documentaries and narrative films and is a member of the Russian Union of Filmmakers.

Filmography
Sparrow’s Dreams (2003),
Coinage: Georgian Portraits (2004),
Farewell (2005),
Sarafan (2006),
Bread for Bird (2010),
Dry Land (2011, feature),
Pomors (2012),
The Sea (2012, feature),
The Reddest Fox (2015),
The Seine (2017),
The Port (2018).