Best International Feature-length Documentary (2020)
The Whale from Lorino
201952 min15+
Synopsis
Chukotka, located on the edge of Siberia, a severe land where the winter lasts for ten months and the strongest may survive. For centuries, the Chukchi people, one of the oldest Siberian tribes, lived there. Its tradition, culture and life in harmony with nature, were brutally destroyed by the Soviet regime. Since the USSR collapsed they have been trying to survive, missing the wisdom of their ancestors and hope for the future. Whale fishing, as one of their long winters survival, when the land of Lorino warms up from the sun, the hunting begins.
