Russia, 2024 | 80 min Director: Tatyana Soboleva 12+ Competition Documentary Films
The Nogai people are descendants of the Golden Horde who are living in the Southern Caucasus of Russia. They experience issues of language loss, identity loss, and lately, there has also been an ecological disaster. Formerly lush and green, today the Nogai steppe is turning into a desert. In the fall, the team leading by simple woman Gulfira goes deep into the new desert for several months. Every day they walk for many kilometers under the icy sandy wind and planting branches of Juzgun - a shrub with long roots that can stop the sand. Will Gulfira survive in this battle for the homeland or will the Nogai land disappear along with its people?
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Tatiana Soboleva (Russia) Tatiana Soboleva, director and producer. She was born on 03/24/1975 in Moscow. In 2004, she graduated from the S.A. Gerasimov VGIK with a degree in non-fiction film directing. In the following years, she directed more than 20 documentaries, which successfully participated in international and Russian film festivals and were awarded awards. In 2012-2016, she participated in international seminars and workspaces such as Ex-Oriente (Czech Republic), Dragon Forum (Poland) and EDN professional events (Tromso, Thessaloniki, Baltic Forum). In 2017, she became a member of Berlinale Talents. He is the curator of the business program and a member of the selection committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs «Docker», the founder of the Dostoevsky Dock film studio and a member of the Russian Guild of Non-Fiction Films.
