International Competition

Nothern Russia, Siberia 2013, winter. We can’t say they are alone, but we cannot say that they are part of society. We can’t say they are illegal, but we cannot say that they are legal. We can’t say they don’t like their life. Robin Dimet has always been fascinated by the resourcefulness the Russian people have developed to help them survive in a system of rampant liberalism. He wanted to give the people the chance to express themselves: those for whom life is a fight for survival, who don't fit into the system; he wanted to film them in their everyday life. By filming spontaneous slices of life that unfold endlessly, in the image of this sprawling country, he attempted to capture something of the Russian soul, in which fatalism and black humour exist side by side. Film is part of Cinetrain project.