IVAN’S LADDER

DIRECTOR NIKOLAY BEM
Script NIKOLAY BEM

Camera ARTHUR SOKOLOV

Producers ULIANA BELETSKAYA, XAVIER ROCHER

Production SIBERIAN STUDIO OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA, LA FABRICA NOCTURNA CINÉMA

Sales contact: SIBERIAN STUDIO OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA

bem@ya.ru
Russia, France, 2022, 61’
5 October 18:30, Saturn IMAX #2
In a village untouched by the passage of time, isolated to the point of not being marked on the map of Russia, Sysoy passes on the tradition of Byzantine chant to his son Ivan. Their hermitic family life is filled with concern for food and a rigorous spiritual practice, which seems to be aimed at preparing the teenager for the only right path in life.

NIKOLAY BEM

Born in Neryungri, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Founder of the Siberian Studio of Independent Cinema and the project Siberia DOC. Member of the Russian Documentary Guild. Participant of many international education programs. Received the award of the Russian Society “Znanie” for his contribution to education in the field of culture and art (2021). Director of the short fiction film “Snowdrop” (2015).