Oleg Tsiplakov

The film "Artyom Tomilov" tells the story of a modern-day Odysseus with an ironic and elegiac tone. Theater director Artyom Tomilov, who grew up in the marginalized outskirts of Omsk, returns to his hometown after 15 years to stage an autofictional play about himself. The events unfolding during the production become part of the play, alongside the myths, spirits, and memories of the hero's past and the people of Omsk.

The train is a small country. Pensioners and babies, hard shift workers and intelligent students live in it. Who is poorer - in a reserved seat dormitory, richer - in a closed compartment, away from the main mass of people. But they are all locked in the tight iron interior of the train, where all life is an endless wait. When will they finally arrive? Where? In March 2019, two NSU journalism students, Oleg Tsiplakov and Nikita Lopatin, went from Moscow to Vladivostok along the famous Trans-Siberian Railway. 6 days on the road, 9 thousand kilometers behind and more than 15 interviews with passengers of the E100 train - all in order to figure out who they live with in one country and what kind of country it is.