Blatnoi Mir is a documentary about three Russian prisoners for life. It is also a film about the fundamental issues of life. The true drama will be found inside these cells where the men will spend the rest of their lives.
Every one of the three men has found their own way to cope in just a few square metre’s area. Andrei Shudarikov has found the Hare Krishna –movement and his time is mostly spent performing religious rituals. Mihail Buharov is severely depressed and he spends time singing old prison camp songs. Sergei Balin is a former capo and an athlete, who exercises daily. He fills up the letters addressed to his mother with his thoughts and feelings. The prison island Pitak is the life and future of these men. Their numerous tattoos tell a tale about their past.
Information
| Original name |
Blatnoi Mir |
| Original language |
Russian |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Production year |
2001 |
| Production country |
Finland |
| Running time |
82 min |
| Trailer |
https://vimeo.com/151618233 |
Crew
| Direction |
Jouni Hiltunen (also scriptwriter) |
| Cinematography |
Tahvo Hirvonen |
| Sound recording |
Timo Linnasalo, Jouni Hiltunen |
| Sound design |
Niko Paakkunainen |
| Editing |
Anne Lakanen |
| Production manager/ Russia |
Aleksander Gutman |
| Mixing |
Peter Nordström |
| On-line-editing |
Jouni Koponen |
| Color grading |
Timo Nousiainen |
| Financial manager |
Irmeli Junni |
| Interpreter (Russia) |
Igor Naftouliev, Arseni Kalinin |
| Interpreter (Finland) |
Rostislav Aalto & Eila Stepanova |
Screenings and awards
Festivals
- 01.01.2008 As a visualisation of Janáces opera 2008/ Finland
- 01.01.2002 Statuette Kiss at Tampere Film Festival 2002
- 01.01.2002 State Quality Support 2002
- 01.01.2002 Docpoint Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2002
- 01.01.2002 Tempo Documentary Festival 2002 / Sweden
- 01.01.2002 Encuentro Internacional de Cine y Video Documental Escenarios del Nuevo Siglo 2002 / Mexico
- 01.01.2002 Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival 2002 / Germany
- 01.01.2001 Special mention at Nordisk Panorama 2001 / Denmark
- 01.01.2001 R & A Helsinki international Film Festival 2001
- 01.01.2001 Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2001
- 01.01.2001 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2001 / Netherlands
- 30.11.-0001 Stalker film Festival in Moscow and Message to Man Festival/ Russia
- 30.11.-0001 Mediawave in Györ: Best minority film / Hungary
- 30.11.-0001 Most courageous production at Infinity festival in Alba / Italy
- 30.11.-0001 Jussi-candidacy
- 30.11.-0001 Krakow Film Festival / Poland
- 30.11.-0001 Vienna International Film Festival Viennale / Austria
- 30.11.-0001 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival / Czech Republic
- 30.11.-0001 Royal Anthropological Institute / UK
Production
- Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
