GARAGE PEOPLE

GARAGENVOLK

By Natalija YEFIMKINA

RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES - as SALES

Documentary - Completed 2020

In Russia´s unwelcoming north, garages stretch out into endlessness. Behind rusty doors everything can be found, except cars. They are the refuge of the Russian man, the vanishing point out of bleak daily life and a signal of hope for big dreams.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020
Perspektive Deutsches Kino HEINER CAROW PRIZE
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Natalija YEFIMKINA
    • Synopsis
    • In Russia there is a phenomenon beyond ice fishing, matryoshkas and vodka: the garage settlement. Seemingly inhospitable sheds which offer refuge to a large number of Russians – mainly men. Within these few square metres, they create alternative living spaces, with ingenuity and tenacity, according to their own taste and beyond any rules. The garages are an expression of a retreat into privacy, an escape from everyday life. Behind the Arctic Circle, in an area dominated by the local mining company, the garage is a chance for self-fulfillment – and appears as diverse as the dreams of its owners.