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This is my first movie in 35 mm film. The idea of creating a documentary trilogy of the life of Highlanders was born at that moment in Ossetia. It has been fully implemented only in 2007, with output of films about shamans and herder Victor.
Consistency of the trilogy is:
film 1 - "Cheese" (2003)
film 2 - "Behind the Black mountains" (2007) vimeo.com/720510
film 3 - "Ursdon: the territory of loneliness" /
or "Behind the White Mountains" (2007) vimeo.com/718765
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  • Joe 4 months ago
    Very nicely done. The storyline was well portrayed and I could understand the meaning of the film even without understanding the language. I was sad she couldn't sell her goat cheeses at the market.
  • Mariya Kozlova 4 months ago
    Dear Joe. Many thanks. Your words warm me.
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  • Nietzsche luv 4 months ago
    excellent post. thanks for sharing. i really enjoy your shot selections and camera angles. keep up the great work!
  • Mariya Kozlova 4 months ago
    To hear such it is very important for me because this film is not pleasant to my operator
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  • Kazbek Mamitov 4 months ago
    Замечательный фильм.Добрый такой))Правда сыр не удалось продать...Ну ничего.Не пропал, наверное)).Голос Мурата Джусойты за кадром...
    Все твои работы, Маша, с зарядом позитивной энергии!Спасибо! ;)
  • Mariya Kozlova 4 months ago
    Дорогой Казик! Всегда пожалуйста)))
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  • Perez 4 months ago
    beautifully made.
  • Mariya Kozlova 4 months ago
    Dear Perez! Thanks a lot!
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  • Fati Hetagkati 4 months ago
    Маааашаааа! :)))) Спасибо!!! Просто супер... У меня нет слов!) Хотя есть - хочу домооооой! :))
  • Mariya Kozlova 4 months ago
    Фааааттттииии! А я хочу фытчииииннн
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  • Panoramatic 4 months ago
    Lovely! I liked the close-up-shots of the woman walking!
  • Mariya Kozlova 4 months ago
    Dear Panoramatic! From your words I am simply happy!
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  • lubov pshe 4 months ago
    Какая потрясающая трогательная женщина! Какой светлый край! Как красиво снят фильм! Как богата наша страна людьми!
  • Mariya Kozlova 4 months ago
    Дорогая Любовь!!!
    Большооооое спасибо за такие теплые и вдохновляющие слова!
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  • Fati Hetagkati 4 months ago
    Joe, she actually did sell her cheese. The women at the market said at last: "Alright, we'll take it." The cheeses at the end in the same buckets are new ones that she says she is going to take there again tomorrow.
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  • Radoslav Karapetkov 3 months ago
    Interesting. :)
  • Mariya Kozlova 3 months ago
    Thanks, Radoslav:)
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  • 2MAKEMOVIES 3 months ago
    I fully agree with the previous comments. Interesting. Beautiful.

    According to Shatlarina, documentary cinema is not shown in Russia.

    Was this film broadcast in Russia, or elsewhere?
  • Mariya Kozlova 3 months ago
    Dear Peter!
    Thanks big! This film showed on several film festivals, but anywhere it is more. We in Russia do not have opportunity to show our films.
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  • 2MAKEMOVIES 3 months ago
    You should try Dutch television. There's a market over here for foreign movies made by women (I'm not joking, nowadays the main criteria for national broadcast are: foreign film, female maker, preferably young).
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Dear Peter,
    I have tried to find it a film festival, but at me nothing has turned out (((
  • 2MAKEMOVIES 2 months ago
    Sorry to hear that, Mariya.

    Keep in mind that an important difference exists between festivals and broadcasters. Their criteria for acceptance differ a lot.

    IMO your movie might be more adequate for broadcasting than for (often specialized) film festivals.

    We all know that luck is an important factor too. You must know the right people and have a good story to tell them. So: start networking, try to visit the decision makers personally and ............ never give up.

    Good luck.

    Peter
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Dear Peter,
    I try to follow your advice. Thanks for support
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  • adam docker 3 months ago
    Interesting. You should try SBS and ABC in Australia. Both are state owned. ABC have a programme shown late at night (can't remember which night) called "Rage" showcasing short films from all round the world.
    SBS is a multicultural channel.
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Unfortunately, the rights to film belong not to me, and studio ((Therefore I cannot conduct any negotiations. But to Ossetia about it has informed. So, thanks for advice))
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  • adam docker 3 months ago
    Btw, I think your operator did a really good job
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Oo, thanks big)) is real
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  • Dan Huston 2 months ago
    Mariya - wonderful, wonderful story telling! Fantastic setting, fantastic people. In a world so far away from mine here in the US, you reminded me of our humanity and I hope I don't sound pretentious. Our lives, work, needs are really the same everywhere. They just vary with our surroundings. I really loved this - thank you!
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Dear Dan,
    Your words have very much pleased me)
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  • lisich 2 months ago
    прекрасное видео! спасибо :)
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    прекрасный отзыв) Спасибо большое)
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  • Nathan Sage 2 months ago
    Mariya, this is gorgeous work! It has shows such wonderful craftsmanship and is so unique; you call it a documentary and yet it has all the earmarks of a full-blown narrative feature (visual storytelling, great cinematography, etc.) I'll most certainly be watching the other two parts as well.
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Dear Nathan,
    You very precisely feel all. Thanks big)
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  • Spencer Black 2 months ago
    Beautiful work! Great style in you narrative form.
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Dear Spenser,
    Such warm words help to cope with any problems! Thanks for pleasure!
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  • Brown 2 months ago
    excellent sound too
  • Mariya Kozlova 2 months ago
    Dear Brown,
    Thanks!!!
    Also your review is fine)))
  • Brown 2 months ago
    thank you
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  • Bill 1 month ago
    Fascinating and beautifully shot.
  • Mariya Kozlova 1 month ago
    Oooo!!! Thanks a lot))
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  • d.a. johnston 1 month ago
    incredible document! you certainly have a pristine eye for place and atmosphere.
  • Mariya Kozlova 1 month ago
    As it is pleasant!)))
    It in many respects owing to my cameramen))
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  • godino 1 month ago
    Absolutly excellent documentary,very "humanist",testimony of a simple way of life in way of disparition,and perhaps more or less that of the after petroleum time?
  • Mariya Kozlova 1 month ago
    Hi Godino))) I am very glad to a news from you. But
    I not absolutely understand, that means " after petroleum time ". Such I has seen a life in Ossetic mountains in 2003)))
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  • Iona FT 11 days ago
    Hey Mariya, I really liked this film, well captured, I especially liked all the small details you use to construct your scenes (like the hands doing things). Good work!
    Iona
  • Mariya Kozlova 7 days ago
    Dear Iona,
    Thanks a lot
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