Yakut Stepan Beresekov periodically falls into a lethargic sleep. Only a Russian, the son of a priest, Ivan Popov, can distinguish his condition from real death. But Popov is going on a long ethnographic expedition. Stepan decides to follow his savior so as not to be buried alive.

Director: Lyubov Borisova (Sakha Republic)
Producers: Lyubov Borisova, Ivan Bolotnikov, Dmitriy Shadrin, Sardana Savvin (Sakha Republic)
Writer: Yuliya Klimenko
Russia | 2022 | 122 mins |Russian | Yakut

PREVIEW SHORT FILM:

E Rangi Rā is a short film about a child's love for their parents after they are separated following the attack of Ngāpuhi on Te Whānau a Hinerupe during the 1800s.

The attack of Ngāpuhi on Te Whānau a Hinerupe came shortly after Europeans introduced muskets to Aotearoa, enabling significant bloodshed. Growing up in Te Araroa I was told this story from a young age. For my whānau, the impact of the attack remains fresh with sadness and pain to this day.

In E Rangi Rā, the title character - Rangi is a young girl with authority and power, she is smart and somewhat sassy. Rangi begins her adventure with her mother being captured by Ngāpuhi, during this journey she meets a young boy named Hiwa who has become lost, Rangi helps Hiwa and they fall in love.

NOTE: This film is available in the BIRRARANGGA Film Festival 3-pass and 5-pass ticket packages.