Synopsis

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their people with food since time immemorial. It is known, that the whale hunting today is controversial and subject to international criticism and regulations. But the Inuit and Chukchi hunt is permitted by international law because of the whaling is the foundation of their culture and their life. The contemporary story of elders Aleksandr and Aleksei blends seamlessly with that of “the woman who gave birth to a whale” and other ancient myths, told here in vivid animation, in this ongoing struggle for survival and preservation of a traditional lifestyle in one of the most remote places on earth.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Alexey Vakhrushev
	Executive Producer	Lyudmila Veber Svetlana Yakovleva
	Production Coordinator	Tatyana Achirgina
	Production Consultant	Aleksei Ottoi
Writing	Screenplay	Alexey Vakhrushev Eduard Belyaev Aleksei Pochivalov
Directing	Director	Alexey Vakhrushev
Camera	Director of Photography	Vyacheslav Makaryev Ruslan Fedotov
Editing	Editor	Yuliya Trofimenko
	Colorist	Aleksei Dolmat
Sound	Sound Director	Mariya Ushenina
	Original Music Composer	Alexandr Tavrizyan
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Sergey Ovcharenko
	Sound Effects	Timur Ibatullin
Art	Art Direction	Eduard Belyaev
	Production Design	Natalya Akashkina Svetlana Chesnokova Yuliya Pochivalova Aleksei Pochivalov Mariya Chayka Olga Rogova Margarita Zinovyeva-Shramkovskaya
	Title Designer	Konstantin Larionov
Visual Effects	Animation	Eduard Belyaev Aleksei Pochivalov Olga Rogova Svetlana Chesnokova Dmitriy Lazarev
	Digital Compositor	Alexey Vakhrushev Aleksei Pochivalov Ivan Verbitskiy Sergei Borisov Aleksandr Smirnov
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