Maxim Arbugaev

Directing

Maxim Arbugaev

Born

1991-08-03 (35)

Place of birth

Tiksi, Russia

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

Born in Tiksi, Russia, on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean. Russian director and cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev wanted to grow up to be a professional ice hockey player. Discovering his passion for cinematography in the solitude of Russian Arctic, he studied documentary filmmaking at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. In his personal work he often discovering and capturing the remote worlds and people who inhabit them. He is a director and cinematographer known for The Hunters (2014), Genesis 2.0 (2018).

Known for

Behind the camera

This Summer Will End poster
7.4

A young man named Kesha returns to his village after a long absence. He has completed a prison term but now simply wants to live a quiet, normal life. His younger brother, only 17, has plans for college. However, the brothers’ perspectives on the future shift dramatically when Kesha joins a gold-mining crew.

This Summer Will End

2025

Haulout poster
7.6

On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.

Haulout

2024

Haulout poster
7.6

On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.

Haulout

2024

Genesis 2.0 poster
6.4

A well-preserved mammoth carcass is found in the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, opening up the possibility of a world-changing “Jurassic Park” moment in genetics.

Genesis 2.0

2018

Voy poster
NR

The film tells the story of the Russian Paralympic Blind Football team which is preparing for the most important event in their lives - the European Championship. The team has only one goal - to win the gold medal at any cost!

Voy

2019

Voy poster
NR

The film tells the story of the Russian Paralympic Blind Football team which is preparing for the most important event in their lives - the European Championship. The team has only one goal - to win the gold medal at any cost!

Voy

2019

Terra poster
NR

In 2012 the production at the Bovanenkovo gas field on the Yamal Peninsula, a remote section of Siberia , had begun. The industrial zone had been located right on the historical migration route of the indigenous reindeer herders- Nenets. This story is about people, whose fates are closely connected with the land, and now they are sandwiched between two epochs, between the future and the past.

Terra

2018