The Whaler Boy
Local title
Vaalapüüdja
Title in Russian
Китобой
Original title
Kitoboy
Director
Philipp Yuryev
Country
Russian Federation, Poland, Belgium
Year
2020
Leshka lives in an isolated village on the Bering Strait, and like most men in his village, he is a whale hunter. As internet recently arrived in the village, he encounters a beautiful girl on a webcam site. He is now determined to find the camgirl in the real world, where a crazy journey awaits him.
Film has won prizes at Venice Days and Sochi (Kinotavr Film Festival
Director
Philipp Yuryev
Screenwriter
Philipp Yuryev
Cast
Vladimir Onokhov, Kristina Asmus, Vladimir Lyubimtsev, Nikolay Tatato, Arieh Worthalter
Producer
Aleksey Uchitel
DoP
Mikhail Khursevich, Yakov Mironichev
Editor
Alexandr Krylov, Karolina Maciejewska, Philipp Yuryev
Music
Krzysztof A. Janczak
Production
Rock Films
Distributor
Otaku
World sales
Loco Films
Runtime
Language
English, Russian
Subtitles
Estonian, English, Russian
Other festivals
Hong Kong, Venice
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Director
Philipp Yuryev
Kitoboy (The Whaler Boy, 2020)
Screenings
8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening120607 / Vaalapüüdja
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian, Russian
Screening duration
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