Cranberry island

This is a story about a Russian Munchausen who builds a wind turbine in his yard and puts his beehives on the roof because wild bees live in tree hollows. His wife sometimes argues, sometimes agrees with him, takes care of the children and the household, and claims that she lives in paradise. Sometimes she plays the piano with her eyes closed. The village around them is empty - almost every resident left for the city or died so our characters live as if on an island. Their children clean the sewer system, learn English and German, and grow older before our very eyes.


Elena Demidova

Elena Demidova was born in 1964. She graduated from MSTU n.a. N.E. Bauman in 1987. Director’s education: “Internews”, educational project “Real Time” (workshop of M.A.Razbejkina, 2006). Now She is working as a director in different documentary films and projects.

Selected filmography:
Live water, 2006
Holly Week, 2006
Ark, 2007
The multiplication table, 2007
Its time to go home, 2008
Mohicans, 2008, 39 min
Cranberry Island, 2010, 65 min.