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Egor Isaev
Egor Isaev
Career
Окончил магистратуру по публичной истории в Шанинке. Преподавал на факультете медиакоммуникаций в НИУ ВШЭ. В 2017 поступил на программу "режиссура" в МШК (мастерская А.П. Попогребского).
Filmography
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In the village of Ilkino near Murom, local residents report that there are almost no men of draft age left—they have all been mobilized. The men have been at the front for a year and a half, with no plans for their return. Now, all aspects of daily life depend on the women.
Homemakers
2024
18 min
Buryatia has become the first region to legalize the killing of stray animals. This documentary follows the efforts of animal rights activists who save these animals by registering them in their own names and sending them to other regions of Russia. However, Buryatia is not the only region to adopt such measures. Last July, Vladimir Putin signed a law granting local authorities the right to decide how to control stray dog populations. Unclaimed dogs are returned from shelters to temporary holding facilities (depending on capacity), where they are 'euthanized by humane methods.'
The Dog haul
2
2024
34 min
On March 1, Alexei Navalny's funeral took place in Moscow, with thousands gathering to bid farewell to the politician. The day before, Moscow police erected metal fence corridors in the Maryino district and deployed hundreds of security forces and paddy wagons. The funeral service, held at the Church of the 'Assuage My Sorrows' icon, lasted less than 20 minutes. Only family members were permitted to approach the coffin. After the body was lowered into the ground, police allowed the public to say their final goodbyes to the opposition leader. Lines leading to the church and Borisovskoye Cemetery stretched for several hundred meters, and participants in the farewell procession walked through Maryino, chanting slogans such as 'Freedom for political prisoners,' 'No to war,' and 'Navalny is a hero of Russia.' Mediazona accompanied the crowd along the entire route.
A farewell to Alexei Navalny. Chronicling the funeral
7
2024
26 min
In 2014-2015, Andrey Kurshin fought against Ukraine on the side of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic under the call sign "Moscow." Over time, he adopted a more moderate position, and after February 24, 2022, he began criticizing the Ministry of Defense and the actions of the Russian army, including for the civilian casualties. Kurshin wrote about the war on his Telegram channel, Moscow Calling. His posts caused a strong backlash in pro-Z channels, and he faced denunciations and threats of physical harm. On August 31, 2023, Kurshin was detained at Moscow's Leningradsky railway station, accused of spreading "fake news" about the Russian army. On August 7, a court in Moscow sentenced Kurshin to 6.5 years in a general-regime penal colony. After the sentencing, when he was already in custody, Kurshin told journalists that he was now "considering the possibility" of returning to the front if he could find a "suitable position" aligned with his experience. In its documentary, Mediazona recounts the story of Andrey Kurshin, who spent half of the last year and a half under house arrest.
Moscow Calling
3
2024
47 min
After three teenagers died of an overdose, artist and activist Katrin Nenasheva organized a self-help group called "Teens and Cats". In it, teenagers share their difficulties and support each other. Initially, at the meetings of the group, they talked about how to cope with drug addiction, later to this was added a discussion of mental illnesses, bullying, violence, selfharma.
Teens & cats
7
2021
45 min
A young entrepreneur, Ilya, is trying to launch the production of inexpensive but high-quality coffins and establish a legal client-oriented approach in his small funeral company in the Kaluga region, despite the corruption and criminality of this market area.
Rite
6
2019
30 min
The life of the heroes goes on as usual until they receive a message: “Attention! Volunteers needed!" Wherever Liza Alert volunteers are, they go in search, especially when the life of a lost child depends on it. The film, created by students of the Moscow Film School in 360 format, takes the viewer to the center of the events of the search operation, showing the path that each of the characters goes through to achieve one important task, so that everyone else receives the message “Found. Alive!".
Liza Alert: the search
2
2018
6 min