Section: Feature Film Competition

MIN URDUBER KYUN KHAHAN DA KIIRBET

the SUN ABOVE ME NEVER SETS

Lyubov Borisova
Russia (Yakutia), 2019, 108 Min

Young Altan learns to forgive and old Baibal encounters the terms “channel” and “likes” in this quite wonderful Yakutian tale of friendship presented by Lyubov Borisova in the form of contemplation and retreat in the northern tundra, all the while accompanied by captivating ukulele melodies. The resulting work provides proof of the vitality of the Sakha Republic's largely autonomous film industry.

The painted images around the kitchen table are insipid: Altan doesn't want to travel to Yakutia's far north, and has equally little desire to sit innocently at the dinner table. He much prefers to surf the net and work on his burgeoning career as a YouTuber, lived out through his Absurdgram channel. Eventually his father can't take any more, at which point he sends the youngster out into the tundra to guard a fox farm. There he can still use his smartphone, internet is provided to the Laptev Sea, located in the Russian arctic, by satellite, and on top of that, he soon encounters the recluse Baibal, who lost his family to a boat accident several years ago. New media collide with ancient myths, networked existences with personal memories and the dream of a global following with the recognition of finitude. Old Baibal is convinced that he will soon die and yet Altan shows him that every day is there to be enjoyed, learning in turn from Baibal, widely considered to be out of his mind, that you shouldn't wait to achieve your goals. Thus, they learn from one another and laugh together. And we laugh with them in this remarkably heartening film made up of music, scenery to die for, dreams and selfie videos. BW

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Lyubov Borisova
Kamera
Semyon Amanatov
Ton
Innokentyi Sivtsev
Schnitt
Lyubov Borisova
Ausstattung
Anatolyi Kirillin
Musik
Moisey Kobyakov
Darsteller
Ivan Konstantinov, Stepan Petrov, Anatolyi Kirillin, Innokenty Lukovtsev,
Elena Markova
Produzent
Dmitry Shadrin, Sardana Savvina
Produktion
SAKHAFILM
Kontakt
SAKHAFILM
Sardana Savvina
Producer
ssardaana@gmail.com
+79248689923
Lyubov Borisova

Lyubov Borisova - – born in 1982 in Verkhnevilyuisk, Yakutia, Russia. She first studied economics before turning to film. Since 2011, she has worked in various roles: as a screenwriter, in editing, such as for THE LORD EAGLE, which the FFC showed last year, and as a producer, including for Sakhafilm. THE SUN ABOVE ME NEVER SETS is her feature film debut as a director.

Movies
THE WISE TIIN (2015, short)
CHOCHUK (2016, short)