When a hunter kills a sacred animal, nature turns against him. His shot at the holy deer seals his fate. Nature strikes back ruthlessly: rockslides, pain, terror. Wounded and cornered, he locks eyes with a wolf—his reflection in this deadly game of survival. A wordless fable about spiritual death and rebirth through renouncing violence.
Zaur Tsogoev (Russia) Zaur Tsogoev was born on June 29, 1986 In 2019, he graduated from the Arkа Film School (directing workshop of Nikolai Lebedev). He currently collaborates with the film company Soskey Bros. He directed the short story "The Theft," which was presented in Cannes as part of an almanac of minute-long Instagram short films on the theme "Mercy – the Capital of the Future," supported by Roskino. He is a recipient of the TEFI award for the film "Hip Hop Ossetia."