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Anthill (2015)

Original title: Sipelgapesa

Documentary Duration 83:00

Vladimir Loginov´s “Anthill” is a portrait of a giant garage located in the largest Soviet blockhouse area of Tallinn. Here 700 garage box owners form an extraordinary men’s club and vary from those who just keep their cars to those who adapt their boxes for living. The complex is a unique biosphere with the existence of private saunas, a restaurant, an animal clinic and other artifacts of life stuck in time 20 years back.

Director: Vladimir Loginov

Keywords: fixing a car | car mechanic | enthusiasm | garage | hobbies | hobby | community | adjusting to conditions | veterinary clinic | recollections of Soviet time | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Allfilm
Film Category Documentary
Duration 83:00

Crew

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Producer Elina Litvinova
Director Vladimir Loginov
Cinematographer Max Golomidov
Sound Designer Juri Wagner | Jevgeni Berezovski
Editor Rufat Hasanov

First releases

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  • in cinema: 16.04.2015, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn, Estonia

Festivals, awards, nominations

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  • Prize, Annual Award of AV Division of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 2015, Best Young Filmmaker: Maksim Golomidov - for cinematography in documentaries "Rough Stage" and "Anthill"
  • Participation, Visions du Réel International Film Festival (Nyon, Switzerland), 2015
  • Participation, ARTDOCFEST Russian Open Documentary Film Festival (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Russia; Riga, Latvia), 2015

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm