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Visions du Réel 2011: Special Mention for Marczak

At the Edge of Russia (dir. Michal Marczak, Poland 2010)

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14.04.2011 author:
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Michal Marczak's feature documentary At the Edge of Russia received a Special Mention in the international competition of the 2011 Visions du réel (April 7 - 13). In 2006, the film attended the Ex Oriente Film workshop and the East European Forum, in 2010 it won the Silver Eye Award and is now part of the East Silver Caravan.

17th Visions du Réel - Festival International de Cinema
Doc Outlook - International Market
April 7 - 13, 2011
Nyon / Switzerland

At the Edge of Russia, a film that started its journey at the 2006 Ex Oriente Film and East European Forum, and went on to win the Silver Eye Award 2010 at the East Silver Market, received a Special Mention in Vision du réel's (April 7 - 13) International Competition for feature films. The film was submitted to the festival as part of the East Silver Caravan.

At the Edge of Russia

Director: Marczak Michał

Producer: Rowinska Marianna

Production company: Ozumi Films, Aperto Films, TVN SA

Koniec Rosji , Poland, 2010, 72 min, Digi Beta, Society

Alexei is a nineteen year old recruit being flown in to perform his military service on the frontier of northern Russia. The base is one of few such remaining outposts on the Arctic Ocean. There are five other seasoned and long serving soldiers stationed here, each with their own personal story or secret that has caused them to retreat from the real world. Their training and breaking in of the new arrival is sometimes humorous, at times harsh. Gradually, they each reveal something of themselves in their daily interactions and private moments as they continue their absurd duty in this snow covered no man's land, hundreds of miles from the nearest human settlement.

Ex Oriente Film 2006 / East European Forum 2006 / East Silver 2010 / Silver Eye Award 2010 / East Silver Caravan 2010 /

For more details on all awarded films, please visit www.visionsdureel.ch.

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