Essay: Doomed to Run (2026)
Deeply personal cinematic journey between two worlds—Catholic Venice and Islamic Dagestan. Inspired by Joseph Brodsky’s essay *Watermark* and Merab Mamardashvili’s lectures on those “doomed to run,” I craft a film-essay about identity, the ache of existing between cultures, and the endless search for home. Through fragments of daily life and raw, intimate phone calls with my mother, I try to make sense of living on the border—between faiths, eras, wars, and pandemics.
Director: Gadzhimurad Efendiev
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Roman Cherpak as self |
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Shura Alkhasova as self |
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Petr Shevchenko as self |
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Elena Shevchenko as self |
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Gadzhimurad Efendiev as self |
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Leyla Efendieva as self |
| Directing | Gadzhimurad Efendiev | Director |
| Camera | Gadzhimurad Efendiev | Director of Photography |
| Production | Arslan Gadzhiev | Producer |
| Sound | Igor Gladky | Sound Director |
| Production | Nikolay Stolyarenko | Post Production Producer |
