Valley of Dreams

Valley of Dreams (2025)

Documentary

Their art and way of life are a mirage of elusive beauty. Here, the legendary past shares a roof with the everyday present. On the verandas of old dachas, samovars still emit their smoke, while through the mist rising from the ravines, it seems as if eyes from the past are peering into our world. And we will follow that gaze—into the workshop of toy-making master Viktor Nazariti, into the village house of artist Maria Dreznina, into the old home of Yuri Macheret and Marina Faidysh, once bought from the Polenovs, into the garden of Irina Starzhenetskaya and Anatoliy Komelin. The artistic dynasties of the Vatagins, Bragovskiys, and Birshteins will open their doors, pouring the energy of creativity onto their canvases, joining us in gazing into the mist rising from the ravines—wondering if, for a fleeting moment, eyes from the past will appear within it.

Director: Sofya Gorlenko

Casts

	Viktor Nazariti as Self - Russian artist
	Maria Dreznina as Self - Russian artist
	Yelena Utenkova as Self - Russian artist
	Marina Faydish as Self - Russian artist
	Yuri Macheret as Self - Russian artist
	Andrei Yepikhin as Self - Russian artist
	Anna Birshtein as Self - Russian artist
	Irina Starzhenetskaya as Self - Russian artist
	Anatoliy Komelin as Self - Russian artist
	Anton Plohotskiy as Self
	Petr Bragovskiy as Self - Russian artist
	Lada Bragovskaya as Self
	Anna Bragovskaya as Self - Russian artist
	Ivan Sevastyanov as Self - Russian artist
	Nikolai Vatagin as Self - Russian artist

Crew