Official Synopsis
Filmed in the Arctic tundra of the Yamal Peninsula, Russia (produced in 2024), this intimate documentary follows Nika, a young Nenets girl living with her nomadic reindeer herding family as she prepares to leave her tundra home for a remote boarding school.
Filmmaker Biography
Filmmaker(s): Ivan Vlasov & Nikita Stashkevich
Ivan Vlasov and Nikita Stashkevich are award-winning Russian documentary filmmakers who specialize in Arctic cinema, Indigenous Siberian cultures, and atmospheric observational ethnography.
Related Academic Publication
Liarskaya, E..
(2005).
Northern Residential Schools in Contemporary Yamal Nenets Culture.
Sibirica: Journal of Siberian Studies
, 4
(1)
, 66–84.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13617360500070889