TAGIKAKS - ONCE WERE HUNTERS
Documentary 55' 2012
A story of two brothers, Kolya and Sasha, who live in a small whale hunter community by the Bering Strait in Chukotka, Russia. While the boys' father reminisces the good old days, the two brothers try to find their own paths in a world where the traditional way of life is being challenged. There are only dreams of something better.
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Awards
Best middle length documentary, Barents Ecology Film Festival, Petrozavodsk, Russia, 2013
Special prize by the jury, SiciliAmbiente Documentary Film Festival, Italy, 2013
Special prize by the jury, International Film Festival Pecheurs du Monde, Lorient, France, 2013
Selected Screenings
Documentary special screenings, Camerimage International Film Festival of Cinematography, Wroclaw, Poland, 2012
National Competition, Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland, 2012
Main competition, Art Doc Fest, Moscow, Russia, 2012
Documentary special screenings, Maori Indigenous Film Festival,
New Zealand, 2013
YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company; TV-premiere 3.3.2014, reruns 8.3.2014, 20.2.2017, 22.2.2017
NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Company; Premiere 3.12.2014, rerun 4.12.2104
Photo by Timo Peltonen
Credits
Script & Direction - Kira Jääskeläinen
Cinematography - Timo Peltonen
Editing - Katja Pällijeff
Sound design - Janne Jankeri & Mika Niinimaa
Original Music - Uno Helmersson
Production - Katharsis Films / Jouni Hiltunen
Support
Finnish Film Foundation / Miia Haavisto, Elina Kivihalme
AVEK / Pia Andell, Timo Korhonen, Ulla Simonen
YLE Finnish Broadcasting company / Iikka Vehkalahti, Erkki Astala
NRK Norwegian Broadcasting company / Tore Tomter
Developped during Dragon Forum (2007) and Eurodoc (2008) workshops.
Selected reviews