GATHERERS OF SEA GRASS

Every year teams of seasonal workers come to Solovki islands to harvest sea kale. They go out to sea and mow it from car-basses. As the last of the teams go back to Arkhangelsk in October, only a watchman and his dog are left to pass the winter.

MARIA MURASHOVA

 

Was born in Izhevsk. A graduate of the Saint-Petersburg Institute of cinema and TV, director's department. Her student films Pomeranye, Alphabet of Fears and Generation Games have been successful at a number of Russian and international festivals. Gatherers of Sea Grass is her first feature.

Main Competition 2016