28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Anthill
director: Vladimir Loginov
original title: Sipelgapesa
country: Estonia
year: 2015
running time: 83 min.
synopsis
Although the traditional traffic in this gargantuan garage complex in the middle of an urban neighborhood in Tallinn ceased long ago, the place still lives its own alternative life. Seven hundred parking spaces are used by their owners for various purposes, creating a distinctive “man cave” atmosphere. While some repair their vehicles in their spaces, others have transformed theirs into warehouses, apartments, private saunas, disco bars, and restaurants. The director observes the offbeat life in this pulsating anthill with the necessary dose of humorous exaggeration and sense of the absurd, drawing comparisons to Ulrich Seidel’s In the Basement (2014).Detail:
“I don't know if it’s true or not. I read it in a scientific magazine. Many years ago. I guess 15 years ago. The Japanese produced a video camera. It was banned later. Some confusion.”
biography
Estonian director Vladimir Loginov was born in 1976 in Tallinn. He graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tallinn University. He gained experience in television production, journalism, and advertising. His work to date includes a number of short-length and feature-length films such as Remembering Tomorrow (2011) about one day in the lives of three women.more about film
| director: | Vladimir Loginov |
| producer: | Elina Litvinova |
| photography: | Max Golomidov |
| editing: | Rufat Hasanov |
| sound: | Jevgeni Berezovski, Juri Wagner |
