MONCHEGORSK, MURMANSK OBLAST, Russia
Film festival on local identity
How we made a local film festivals starring residents
One of the most challenging part during speaking about brand is communicating with town residents, that are not into business, nor working with the social institutions that affilate with agency. To believe in what brand had to offer we needed them to listen to the same people, whom they know. That's how we got an idea to make short videos about people, sharing their personal thoughts on the lakes around Monchegorsk. To make these videos real and honest, we found a talented director, born in Monchegorsk, who willingly accepted our idea and filmed 12 unique videos about common people from town, most of whom he knew personally. It was Nikita Filatov, young director currently living in Moscow.

Client: Monchegorsk Development Agency

Work:
Design, rendering

2022 … 2023
12 short stories from 12 characters filmed by Nikita Filatov in Monchegorsk
12 stories
During several months, Nikita Filatov has been visiting his hometown Monchegorsk, walked, observed, talked to people, filmed them. Finally he got 12 characters, whom we approved together with Monchegorsk Development Agency and released a series of 12 shorts.
  • Leonid Kvashnin
    Kayaker
  • Michael Mironov
    Metallurg
  • Ruslan Anchukov
    Priest
  • Andrey Bratenkov
    Yachtsman
  • Svetlana Gorlova
    Logopedist
  • Vladimir Iskornev
    Metallurg
  • Liza Glebova
    Teacher
  • Grigory Ponomarev
    Bus driver
  • Vladimir Smirnov
    Sportsman
  • Vladimir Shustrov
    Entrepreneur
  • Sergey Lapshin
    Weightlifter
  • Svetlana Vaigicheva
    Entrepreneur
Online videos
Videos has been separately posted in social network, besides all the videos had been published on the special section of the tourist portal altogether with descriptions.
All the videos can be accessed on the special page from tourist portal
Offline film festival
Besides the offline presentation and content that we've put in social media here and there, it was needed to meet offline. We've had the main stage at the local cinema and cultural center, sent personal invitations to all participants, prepared some presents and put on a simple show to tell people about the project.
This is how the first film festival has gone in Monchegorsk
While being on the stage, I've announced the continuation of the festival with the independent shooting videos for the next year. Honestly, we haven't gotten any single short video for the whole year. Video announcement can be seen in vk.
Igor Makovsky
ART DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR
Daria Yarkova, Nikita Filatov, Igor Makovsky and Nastya Shabolkina
  • Nikita Filatov
    Director, operator and idea concept creator, born in Monchegorsk
  • Nastya Shabolkina
    Operator
  • Natalia Makovsky
    Brand strategy
  • Igor Makovsky
    Art direction, designer
  • Anton Smirnov
    Sound designer, composer, leader of Summer Garden band from Murmansk
  • Alexey Rubischev
    Video technologist
  • Daria Yarkova
    Project manager from the Monchegorsk Development Agency
  • Thanks to Monchegorsk Development Agency team for support
  • Liza Lineva,
    Lera Tikhonova
    Thanks to EBM agency for support
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