Directing
Sergey Karandashov
Known for
Directing
Credits
14 titles
Sergei graduated from the Faculty of Art History at the Russian Christian Institute of Humanities (St Petersburg). In 1991, he enrolled in Alexei German’s directing workshop (the First and Experimental Film Studio, ‘Lenfilm’), from which he graduated in 1997. From 1994 to 1997, he worked as an assistant director on the set of Alexei German’s film “Khrustalev, My Car!” He has won awards at Russian and international film festivals. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Cinematic Arts at the St Petersburg State Institute of Cinematography.
Known for
NRThe main character of our film is Ilyas Sharbuzov, an intensivist from Dagestan, and his family. Ilyas is a perfectionist, and if an emergency occurs, he always tries to be at the epicenter to help. Ilyas's wife, Aminat, worked in the intensive care unit, so she tries to be understanding of her husband's work. His young daughters have also become accustomed to their father's work schedule. But everything changes for Ilyas and his family when he is sent on a mission to a military hospital in a war zone.
On The Edge
2026
NRWhen you are eleven years old, it seems that anything can happen to you. Especially when your grandmother comes to visit you, who knows how to do magic. You can even learn magic yourself, and then your life will become like a dream: sometimes scary, sometimes intoxicating, then completely unlike anything else. But in order to find a talent in yourself, or save a friend, or just make sure that at least someone really loves you, then you have to try yourself. And no magic will help here.
Gift
2013
NRAt the turn of 80-90, film director Alexei Yurievich German created a film workshop for the first film, which became famous for the paintings of young debutant directors, who later became famous masters. The film tells about how the Master selected talented directors, helped them take the first step and find themselves in the cinema. The TV version of the film.
Workshop
2018
In the early 1990s, in Siberia, in the taiga in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, several dozen people separated from the world and, having organized a community, tried to build their ideal society. It's been almost 30 years. What came of it?
Commune
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Земля людей
2010
Several people decided to go by boat along the waterways for almost 3000 km, as their ancestors, merchants and entrepreneurs, walked along these paths a thousand years ago in the times of Ancient Russia. We have been watching them for a month and a half and what happened to them during this journey.
The Portage. Dreams About the Road
2023
Behind the camera
NRThe main character of our film is Ilyas Sharbuzov, an intensivist from Dagestan, and his family. Ilyas is a perfectionist, and if an emergency occurs, he always tries to be at the epicenter to help. Ilyas's wife, Aminat, worked in the intensive care unit, so she tries to be understanding of her husband's work. His young daughters have also become accustomed to their father's work schedule. But everything changes for Ilyas and his family when he is sent on a mission to a military hospital in a war zone.
On The Edge
2026
NRThe main character of our film is Ilyas Sharbuzov, an intensivist from Dagestan, and his family. Ilyas is a perfectionist, and if an emergency occurs, he always tries to be at the epicenter to help. Ilyas's wife, Aminat, worked in the intensive care unit, so she tries to be understanding of her husband's work. His young daughters have also become accustomed to their father's work schedule. But everything changes for Ilyas and his family when he is sent on a mission to a military hospital in a war zone.
On The Edge
2026
NRWhen you are eleven years old, it seems that anything can happen to you. Especially when your grandmother comes to visit you, who knows how to do magic. You can even learn magic yourself, and then your life will become like a dream: sometimes scary, sometimes intoxicating, then completely unlike anything else. But in order to find a talent in yourself, or save a friend, or just make sure that at least someone really loves you, then you have to try yourself. And no magic will help here.
Gift
2013
NRWhen you are eleven years old, it seems that anything can happen to you. Especially when your grandmother comes to visit you, who knows how to do magic. You can even learn magic yourself, and then your life will become like a dream: sometimes scary, sometimes intoxicating, then completely unlike anything else. But in order to find a talent in yourself, or save a friend, or just make sure that at least someone really loves you, then you have to try yourself. And no magic will help here.
Gift
2013
NRAt the turn of 80-90, film director Alexei Yurievich German created a film workshop for the first film, which became famous for the paintings of young debutant directors, who later became famous masters. The film tells about how the Master selected talented directors, helped them take the first step and find themselves in the cinema. The TV version of the film.
Workshop
2018
NRAt the turn of 80-90, film director Alexei Yurievich German created a film workshop for the first film, which became famous for the paintings of young debutant directors, who later became famous masters. The film tells about how the Master selected talented directors, helped them take the first step and find themselves in the cinema. The TV version of the film.
Workshop
2018
In the early 1990s, in Siberia, in the taiga in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, several dozen people separated from the world and, having organized a community, tried to build their ideal society. It's been almost 30 years. What came of it?
Commune
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Земля людей
2010
Several people decided to go by boat along the waterways for almost 3000 km, as their ancestors, merchants and entrepreneurs, walked along these paths a thousand years ago in the times of Ancient Russia. We have been watching them for a month and a half and what happened to them during this journey.
The Portage. Dreams About the Road
2023
NRThis is the story of the famous first film workshop set up by the filmmaker Alexei German in 1988. The studio debutants are now well-known masters. They share their memories about their teacher who helped them throughout the work process. The core of the film is the story told by Sergei Karandashov, a graduate of Alexei German’s workshop and the author of the project Workshop. The author's version of the film.
Workshop
2018
NRThe realities of Russian reality frighten and do not suit many, therefore, various kinds of teachings that offer a "way out" are becoming more and more popular. A film about voluntary outcasts trying to live by other laws. The events of the film unfold in the village of Petropavlovka, Krasnoyarsk Territory. People of different professions and social status gathered here, united by the desire to gain vitality, to create their own morality and their own values.
The Ark
2007
No synopsis available yet.
The Other Side of the Earth
2000
5.0The thirst for a miracle lives in every person. The hero of the film, Fedor, witnesses an accident, as a result of which people close to him die. He decides that he was not saved by chance and now must change his life. Fedor is trying to live the way Orthodox hermits lived, tormenting himself with prayers and fasts. In this new world, he finds a guide - Father Hilarion. The hermit finally has hope that he will soon become an eyewitness of Revelation. But Father Hilarion is being killed absurdly and senselessly. Having experienced deep despair, Fedor will return to the people, experience love and jealousy, hatred and fear. And only when he reaches the edge - having decided to kill - will he become a witness of a miracle...
Wanderer
2006
5.0The thirst for a miracle lives in every person. The hero of the film, Fedor, witnesses an accident, as a result of which people close to him die. He decides that he was not saved by chance and now must change his life. Fedor is trying to live the way Orthodox hermits lived, tormenting himself with prayers and fasts. In this new world, he finds a guide - Father Hilarion. The hermit finally has hope that he will soon become an eyewitness of Revelation. But Father Hilarion is being killed absurdly and senselessly. Having experienced deep despair, Fedor will return to the people, experience love and jealousy, hatred and fear. And only when he reaches the edge - having decided to kill - will he become a witness of a miracle...
Wanderer
2006
