ILIBEMBYORTYA, RUSSIA, 90 MIN., 2016
Directed: Edgar Bartenev
The film studies the Samoyed culture of Arctic nomadic reindeer herders, presenting it as an alternative form of civilization and a sustainable model of human society organization. The authors of the film explore the traditional culture of reindeer herders through watching the annual Nenets ritual devoted to god Ilibembyortya, patron of reindeer, reindeer herders and wolves.