Dmitry Kabakov

Directing

Biography

Director, screenplay writer, cameraman; member of Russian Union of Cinematographers, Principal lecture in Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), was born October 1961. In 1985 he graduate the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. He has been a Principal Lecturer of lighting technique at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) since 1987. In 1991, he entered the documentary division of the VGIK under professor Victor Lisakovich and in 1999 completed Alone his graduating and debut film. Now works as an independent documentary filmmaker and docent in VGIK. Besides worked as a cameraman in above 10 cinema and video films.

Filmography Movies

Acting

MOVIE

The Legend of Siegfried

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The film is about the long-term relationship between the director and the character of her first film, the French indie artist, musician and director Siegfried, known as Sig. The story is dedicated to the experience of growing up, emancipation and finding their own identity in life and in art. The film raises questions about the nature of the student-teacher relationship, which inevitably involves submission and conflict, and the nature of the director and hero relationship, which is based on love and a little manipulation.

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The Legend of Siegfried

Self (archive footage)

Production

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Alone

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Every day, an old woman goes by train alone to the woods to collect wood. A minimal gesture, seemingly insignificant, becomes an extraordinary admission of Russian society in which archival images erupt telling a universal story.

Circumstances of Place and Time

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What binds a person to a certain place on Earth? What lets him say, “I'm from here, and this is my land?” What’s setting the boundaries of our existence? The film immerses us in the daily life of a village near Moscow, where local old-timers live side by side with immigrants from Tajikistan. How do the fences arise, then are destroyed and arise once again between cultures and people?

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Circumstances of Place and Time

Director

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War doesn’t start and end in battlefields; it originates and is buried in peaceful cities. This film delves into the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine, not by focusing on violence, shelling, or the victims, but by reflecting on the military vehicles that either enter or have long been embedded in the lives and minds of people across various countries.

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Iron

Director of Photography