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Ethnographic Film Series
Hallout Follows a man waiting in his hut in the desolate expanse of the Russian Arctic. He is holding out in order to observe a natural event that occurs here, every year, but ocean warming is taking its toll.
Evgenia Arbugaeva was born in the town of Tiksi, located on the shore of the Laptev Sea in the Republic of Yakutia in Siberia. In her personal work she often looks into her homeland - the Arctic, discovering and documenting the remote worlds and people who inhabit them. Evgenia is a National Geographic Society Storytelling Fellow, and a recipient of the ICP Infinity Award, Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally and appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Time and The New Yorker magazines among others. In 2023 her short documentary film HAULOUT has been nominated for an Academy Award. She lives in London, UK.
Born in 1991 in Tiksi, on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean, Russian director and cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev grew up to be a professional ice hockey player. Discovering his passion for filmmaking in the solitude of the New Siberian Islands, he currently studies documentary filmmaking at The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His directorial debut The Hunters (2014) earned several awards.
Hidden(2017): On a remote Yemeni Island the local inhabitants debate the existence of a hidden population living in the landscape around them. Presenting a refreshing perspective on the Middle East, the film is a collage of story fragments and tall tales that inspire deeper meditation on man's relationship with nature (Director: Oliver Wilkins)
In Rabbit Hole (2015) artist and taxidermist Tia Reslure dissects the traumas of her private life, opening the door to a personal cabinet of curiosities. At times alarming and at times poignant, hers is a magical world where the boundaries blur between fairytales and dark childhood memories (Director: Oliver Wilkins)
Oliver Wilkins (discussant) is an independent Emmy award winning British filmmaker. He has produced an extensive portfolio of documentary films worldwide, focused on identity, human rights, marginalisation and inequality. He has designed and produced collaborative film projects with remote communities in such diverse locations as Yemen, Palestine, Colombia and Iceland.
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- Elphinstone Institute
- Venue
- MacRobert Building, MR051
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