Haulout

About
the Film

On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.

Directed and produced by Evgenia Arbugaeva & Maxim Arbugaev

Evgenia Arbugaeva & Maxim Arbugaev

Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev are sister and brother visual storytellers, who were born in the town of Tiksi, located in the Republic of Sakha Yakutia. Their work often looks into their homeland — the Arctic, discovering and capturing the remote worlds and people who inhabit them.


Maxim is a winner of various international film festivals, including Sundance Film Festival 2018 where he received a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography. Evgenia is an award-winning documentary photographer whose work has been exhibited internationally and appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Time and National Geographic, among others.

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