The Tender Genre
Old Believer Polikarp Ermolaevich Sudmoykin lives in the Transbaikal village of Bichura. One day the retired carpenter is suddenly visited by the muses. And although the old man had never held a paint brush in his hand before, Sudmoykin becomes a painter.
Awards:
– Grand Prix “Saratov Harmony”, “Saratov Sufferings” IFF, Russia, 2009;
– Jury Prize, Agrosvit IFF, Ukraine, 2009;
– Winner, “Patriot of Russia” 8th Russian Mass Media Contest, 2010;
– Grand Prix for the Sincere depiction of rural life, “Northern Character” TV programs and films FF, Murmansk, 2010;
– Best Director prize, Russian Festival of Anthropological Films, Ekaterinburg, 2011.
Aleksey Pogrebnoy
Born in 1947, Aleksey Pogrebnoy is a Russian documentary filmmaker, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and a laureate of two State Awards (one in 2000 for Lyosha’s Meadow and the second for the film Sorry for Living in 2004). He is the artistic director of “Vyatka” Film Video Studio Ltd. Pogrebnoy is a member of the Russian Academy of Television, the Russian Academy of Film Arts “Nika” and the Eurasian Academy of TV and Radio.
Filmography
2015 – The Happy Village Fence
2012 – Lipovane. The Danube Venice
2012 – Art on the Finger Tips
2009 – The Tender Genre
2008 – The La Cucaracha of Vyatka
2007 – The Two Lives of Yasuboro Khachiya
2006 – Iron Henry
2006 – The Village Photographer (The House)
2003 – Lucky Man
2003 – The Outskirts
2002 – Sorry for Living
2001 – The Web
2000 – 2010 – The Alphabet of Love (trilogy)
1999 – The Remaining Life
1995 – In the Village of “Kukarekovka”
1993 – The Spartan
1992 – Before Winter
1992 – A Voice Came to Me
1992 – Fancy Kolya
1992 – The Atar Curve
1991 – 2010 – Lyosha’s Meadow (doc. series).
1991 – Letters from Russia
1988 – After the Celebration
1988 – On the Level of Grass
1986 – Once upon a time there lived… (trilogy)
1985 – A Right to a Diploma
1984 – Daddy Bought a Car
1982 – The Invitation
1982 – The Rural Life of Vladimir and Tatyana (trilogy)
1980 – For the Whole Village to See
1979 – The Address is the Same – Village
1977 – Village Brides
1977 – Vologda