Russian Gas and the Nenets (2023)
In the heart of the Arctic, the Yamal peninsula is the world’s largest gas exploitation zone, a symbol of Russia’s energy hyperpower, which caused the appetite of oil corporations. But the Yamal peninsula is also the ancestral home of the Nenets, who have been pasturing here with their droves for over 200 generations. Every year the nomads undertake a journey of 1500 km. But for how much longer can they survive? Today in Yamal, pastures have given way to gas fields. Growing towns, a railway, an airport, the deep scars on the landscape caused by extraction of gas and oil, and the new nuclear-powered icebreakers, which will create busy shipping lanes in the Arctic, are all changing the local ecosystem. With the industry dramatically modifying the landscape, accelerating the effects of global warming, the Nenets way of life is under threat. The documentary gives a unique insight into a vanishing way of life, enhanced by stunning aerial footage, and rare access to an extraordinary people.
Director: Sergio Ghizzardi
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Florian Stammler as Self - Interviewee |
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Julienne Stroeve as Self - Interviewee |
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Alexandra Terekhina as Self - Interviewee |
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Vassily Serotetto as Self - Interviewee |
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Alik Serotetto as Self - Interviewee |
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Galina Serotetto as Self - Interviewee |
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Olga Serotetto as Self - Interviewee |
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Tolik Serotetto as Self - Interviewee |
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Myadme Khudi as Self - Interviewee |
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Myangche Khudi as Self - Interviewee |
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Valerii Khudi as Self - Interviewee |
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Nelya Leonidovna as Self - Interviewee |
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Aleksander Aliseevic as Self - Interviewee |
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Vyacheslav Ruksha as Self - Interviewee |
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Nikolay Monko as Self |
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Mikhail Grigoriev as Self |
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Alexei Taragupta as Self |
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Vadim Petrenko as Self |
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Alexey Kontorovich as Self |
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Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Sergio Ghizzardi | Director |
| Production | Cédric Iland | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Nicolas Van Dooren | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Patrice Michaux | Drone Cinematographer |
| Production | Marianne Mäkelä | Co-Producer |
| Production | Raphaël Pelissou | Associate Producer |
| Production | Christian Aune Falch | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Christophe Blitz | Sound |
| Production | Sergio Ghizzardi | Producer |
| Sound | Ola Kvernberg | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jørgen Meyer | Sound Editor |
| Production | Ingrid Galadriel Aune Falch | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Jørgen Meyer | Sound Designer |
| Production | Valérie Montmartin | Producer |
| Production | Torstein Parelius | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bastien Sirodot | Co-Producer |
| Production | Isabelle Christiaens | Co-Producer |
| Production | Soumia Bensaid | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sophie Schoukens | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ferdaous Elkessal | Co-Producer |
| Production | Claudia Bucher | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Are Åberg | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Patrice Michaux | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lou Strömberg | Sound |
| Production | Laurent Jacobs | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Sergio Ghizzardi | Sound |
| Production | Nora Chabert | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Yen Le Van | Editor |
| Sound | Jørgen Meyer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |