Alexander Kuznetsov
Directing
Biography
Alexander Kuznetsov work's as a photographer was published in many magazines and exhibited in Russia (Russian Museum Of Saint Petersburg), Norway, France, the USA and Germany. He began his cinematographic career in 2009 by participating in a writing residence in Krasnoyarsk. His first documentary, TERRITORY OF LOVE (2010), screened in France, at the Etats Généraux du Documentaire in Lussas and at the Honfleur Russian Cinema Festival, as well as in Russia (Artdocfest Festival, Moscow). In 2014, he finished his second movie, TERRITORY OF FREEDOM which premiered in the official competition of Visions du Réel (Switzerland), was theatrically released in February 2015 and won the award Documentaire sur Grand Écran at the Amiens Festival.
Known For
For several years, Arina, her father Valeri, Nicolai, Roman have been coming to the natural reserve of Stolby, situated a few kilometers away from the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, fleeing the rough day-to-day life of their hometown and come here to rest, dance, climb and talk for hours.
Territory Of Liberty
The film tells about the tour of the vocal and instrumental ensemble "Others" of the Tinsky psycho-neurological boarding school (Krasnoyarsk Territory) in their native land. The closed world of the boarding school, it turns out, is full of joy, creativity and love.
Territory of Love
After leaving the psychiatric facility where they had been wrongfully confined, Katya and Yulia, two young Russian women whom I have been filming for many years, finally achieve independent lives. This newfound freedom, which they have fought so hard to attain, promises to make their dreams of a new future come true. But how can one be free and pursue their aspirations in today’s Russia?
An Ordinary Life
A story of the Siberian province. Girls passed directly on from orphanage to neuropsychiatric institutions are deprived of their rights as citizens: no freedom, no work, and no family. The path to reconquer these rights, in the face of fearsome Russian institutional bureaucracy, is long and difficult. At times, someone succeeds, but the new freedom is then a leap into the unknown.