Russia

86'43'', 2019

DIRECTED BY

Marina Maria Melnik

PRODUCED BY

Sergei Miroshnichenko, Studio Ostrov

SCRIPTWRITER

Marina Maria Melnik

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Yuri Ermolin

EDITED BY

Marina Maria Melnik

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The condition of Baikal nowadays is called an ecological catastrophe. Dashi Namdakov, a world-famous sculptor from Buryatia, decided to make a main sculpture of his life – "Father Baikal” as a present for his Homeland. The sculptures of Dashi are sold worldwide in Russia, USA, Britain, China, New Zealand, Spain, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, France, Finland, Taiwan, Italy and other countries. The sculpture was created to attract public attention to the environmental problems of lake Baikal. But will the Motherland accept the present of an “Asian Dali”? Can a piece of art stop the ecological catastrophe? These are the questions raised by the documentary film “Father Baikal”.

Melnik Marina Maria Igorevna was born in Moscow. She received secondary special education in Kktim at VGIK, faculty of "Advertising". Since 2016, she has been working at the Ostrov film Studio under the direction of S. V. Miroshnichenko.