SYNOPSIS
This is a collection of portraits, something of a “film-calendar”: 23 short stories about the Marij women, a sort of Decameron suspended between magic and realism, in which the Autonomus Republic of the Marij El serves as a backdrop for the collective history of a people of ancient tradition. A journey into a misterious and unknown part of the world.
Awards
Grigori Gorin prize for best script, Cinematography award, Diploma of Guild of Film Critics of Russia | Kontavr IFF, Sochi, Russia, 2013
CAST & CREW

Alexey Fedorchenko
Director
Producer
Dmitry Vorobyov, Alexey Fedorchenko
Script
Denis Osokin
Director of Photography
Shandor Berkeshi
Production designer
Zorikato Dorzhiev, Artyom Khabibulin
Music by
Andrey Karasyov
Sound
Timofey Shestakov
Edit
Roman Vazhenin
Cast
Sergey Tregubov, Yulia Aug, Yana Yesipovich, Vasili Domrachov
Production company
February 29th
Alexey Fedorchenko
A Russian writer and director. He made his directorial debut in 2002 with the documentary David which received, among various accolades, the Grand Prix at the Stockholm Film Festival. After making his award-winning docu-fiction film First on the Moon (2005), which received a Venice Horizons Documentary Award, Fedorchenko founded production company February 29th Productions.
Filmography
David (2002, doc.), Children of White Grave (2003, doc.), The First on the Moon (2005), Shosho (2006), Railway (2008), Banya Day (2008), Shuvgey Wind (2009, doc.), Oatmeal (2010), Australia (2012, doc), Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2012).