Maria Evseeva

Set in the frozen Ural wilderness, this intimate drama follows a mother and father mourning their lost son. The mother seeks meaning in how he lived, while the father is consumed by the urge for revenge. Through silence, shadow, and the harsh landscape, the story explores the personal fractures grief can create and the moral choices that define us.

About the Russian scientist Grigory Perelman, who proved the Poincare hypothesis. Mathematicians around the world have not been able to prove it for about a century, at the moment it is the only solved mathematical problem out of the seven problems of the millennium.

Two orphans move from their native village to the house of their adoptive parents. But their hope for a happy life fades away, when they are challenged by an ancient otherworldly force.

Two weeks before the premiere, a different director is brought in for the production, and everything goes completely off track.