Year of Production 2023
- Àma Gloria, France, 2023
- Amazing Maurice, The, Germany, Great Britain, 2023
- And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine , Sweden, Denmark, 2023
- Big Dreams, Czech Republic, 2023
- Big Kids, France, 2023
- Birk & Magna - The Dark Secret of the Mine, Norway, 2023
- Boyz, Germany, 2023
- Bullets, Sweden, 2023
- Cat's Life, A, France, 2023
- Chicken for Linda!, France, Italy, 2023
- Dancing Queen, Norway, 2023
- Delegation, Poland, Israel, Germany, 2023
- Diary of Paulina P., The, Croatia, 2023
- Elaha, Germany, 2023
- Exodus, Sweden, 2023
- Fantastic Three, The, France, 2023
- Fearless, Italy, Brazil, 2023
- Fireworks, Italy, 2023
- Forever, Sweden, 2023
- Four Souls of Coyote, Hungary, 2023
- Girl, Great Britain, 2023
- Greyhound of a Girl, A, Luxembourg, Italy, Great Britain, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, 2023
- Il più bel secolo della mia vita, Italy, 2023
- Inseparables, The, Belgium, Spain, France, 2023
- It's Always Been Me, Denmark, 2023
- Jonja, Germany, 2023
- Kensuke's Kingdom, Great Britain, Luxembourg, France, 2023
- Kiddo, Netherlands, 2023
- Kung Fu Lion, Netherlands, China, 2023
- Lassie Come Home, Germany, 2023
- Lioness, Netherlands, 2023
- Longing for the World, Switzerland, 2023
- Mars Express, France, 2023
- Mascot, Netherlands, 2023
- Mavka: The Forest Song, Ukraine, 2023
- Mountains, The, Denmark, 2023
- Mummies, Spain, 2023
- Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express, A, Norway, 2023
- Nelly Rapp – The Secret of the Black Forest, Sweden, 2023
- New Tales of Franz, Germany, Austria, 2023
- Normal, France, Belgium, 2023
- Okthanksbye, Netherlands, 2023
- Properties of Metals, The, Italy, 2023
- Rangers of the Lost Ring, Finland, Greece, 2023
- Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel, Norway, Germany, Belgium, 2023
- Robot Dreams, Spain, France, 2023
- Romaissa, Netherlands, 2023
- Rosa and The Stone Troll, Denmark, 2023
- Scrapper, Great Britain, 2023
- Sea Sparkle, Belgium, Netherlands, 2023
- She – Hero (Mimi), Slovak Republic, 2023
- Sica, Spain, 2023
- Siren, The, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 2023
- Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams, Belgium, France, 2023
- Sun and Concrete, Germany, 2023
- Supernova, Italy, 2023
- Synthetic Flowers, Sweden, 2023
- There and Back, Russia, 2023
- Three Investigators, The, Germany, 2023
- Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, 2023
- ultima volta che siamo stati bambini, L' *, Italy, 2023
- We Will Not Fade Away, Ukraine, France, Poland, 2023
- What the Finn?! - A Summer of Surprises, Germany, 2023
- When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before, Germany, 2023
- Who Am I Smiling For?, Estonia, 2023
Award WinnerHow Big Is the Galaxy?
English title: How Big Is the Galaxy?
Original title: How Big Is the Galaxy?
German title: How Big Is the Galaxy?
Russia, Estonia, 2018
Director: Elyan, Ksenia
Production company: Black and White Cinema, Marx Film
Co-producers: Current Time TV
Age recommendation: 8 years and up
Length: 73 min.
Film genre: Documentary
Synopsis:
Seven-year-old Zakhar lives in the remote north of Siberia. This year, a teacher is moving in with his family to homeschool him. An observational film against a backdrop of the vast, snow covered tundra.
The Zharkov family—father, mother and two young sons—belong to the Dolgan community, one of the last indigenous peoples pursuing their traditional nomadic life in the extreme north of Siberia. The children used to be sent to boarding school, where they became estranged from their family and culture, but nowadays they can get homeschooling from teachers assigned to them by the Russian authorities. Seven-year-old Zakhar and his older brother Prokopy are the protagonists in this calm, observational film. Zakhar’s first year of schooling is with Nelly, a young but serious teacher. She tells him about President Putin and the importance of mathematics, and he learns classical poems by heart. Zakhar is an inquisitive and intelligent boy. Each day, he has a hundred new questions about the world, and he’s surprised to discover that his teacher doesn’t have all the answers. These scenes take place against the backdrop of the vast, snow-covered tundra and observations of the Dolgans’ everyday activities—herding reindeer and fishing are their principal livelihoods.
Festivals:
IDFA Amsterdam 2018, DocPoint Tallinn 2019, Dok.fest Munich 2019, Zlin CFF 2019 (ECFA Doc Award), Pärnu IFF 2019 (awarded), ECFA AWARD 2020
World sales address/es:
New Docs (DE)