Watch the exclusive trailer for “Chuuraa” by Evgenia Arbugaeva, screening in the 2026 Berlinale Shorts programme. 📺
About the film:
In the remote Siberian Arctic, an Indigenous Sakha scientist descends into the depths of the melting permafrost. Searching for an ancient creature, he makes his way through the dangerous, claustrophobic caves to the mythical realm of the Underworld.
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“Chuuraa”
by Evgenia Arbugaeva
In the remote Siberian Arctic, an Indigenous Sakha scientist descends into the depths of the melting permafrost. Searching for an ancient creature, he makes his way through the dangerous, claustrophobic caves to the mythical realm of the Underworld.
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📸 Dina Litovsky
So excited to see the cover of @nytmag Extreme Voyages Issue!
If you can, please see the wonderful interactive piece online.
Thank you @j_dims and @amykellner ❄️
Some of the oldest ice-age fossils have been hidden in the permafrost for centuries. Today, tens of thousands of years later, the permafrost is rapidly thawing as a result of climate change, and fossils are washing into the rivers.
In February @maxim_arbugaev and I went on a journey in our homeland Yakutia. We joined four divers on the their quest to find underwater fossils in -50C weather. Thank you, the team of brave divers: Egor Vasilev, Oleg Guryev, Ivan Gorokhov, Innokentiy Drugin for showing us the incredible hidden world.
Follow our expedition in a beautiful interactive piece in @nytmag in March Extreme Voyages Issue. Thank you so much @j_dims and @amykellner for collaboration and for creating a perfect home for our story.
Underwater video and photography by @maxim_arbugaev
Additional video by @krasnovsky.c
Photography by me
“Our Interconnected World” showcases stunning images that are not just photographs; they are windows into ecosystems, cautionary tales of human impact, and visual invitations to take action.
📸 Ami Vitale (@amivitale ) & Evgenia Arbugaeva (@evgenia_arbugaeva ), “Our Interconnected World”
🔗 Link in bio to preview more of “Our Interconnected World”, as well as all the 85+ public #Photoville2024 exhibits going up throughout NYC this summer!
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📍Brooklyn Bridge Park ⬛ Presented by Vital Impacts (@vital.impacts ) & Photoville ⬛ Featured images by Ami Vitale (@amivitale ) and Evgenia Arbugaeva (@evgenia_arbugaeva )
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📅 June 1 – 16, 2024
📣 Opening Weekend June 1 and 2, 2024 in @brooklynbridgepark
📍 85+ exhibitions across all 5 boroughs + IRL & online public programming
✨ Link in bio to learn more!
Thanks to the Marquee Partners: @brooklynbridgepark , @nycparks , @leicacamerausa , @madein_ny , @theseaportnyc , @nyculture , @nyscouncilonthearts , and @photowings
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Honoured to be part of the beautiful exhibition at the New York Public Library.
The exhibition explores how the Arctic has been visually depicted, defined, and imagined over the past 500 years. Opening March 15 at @nypl , “The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual History” features woodcuts, lithographs, photographs, and more, from 16th-century explorers to contemporary artists.
Curated by Elizabeth Cronin, Robert B. Menschel Curator of Photography and assistant curator Maggie Mustard.
10 years since my first journey to the land beyond the north wind - Hyperborea book is finally out!
Thank you @thamesandhudson@andrewsanigar@ramon.pez@iamnell@vivekshksingh for creating a beautiful home for my stories from the Arctic.
BOOK SIGNING October 27th, 6 pm at the Photographers’ Gallery in London @thephotographersgallery@tpgprintsales I’ll be in conversation with anthropologist Piers Vitebsky who worked in Siberia for many years and wrote an introduction to the book. You can buy it now from @tpgbookshop and @thamesandhudson online or variety of other bookstores.
So greatful for this journey of Haulout. For the fun night at the Oscars. For my brother @maxim_arbugaev and the hero of our film Maxim Chakilev who came all the way from Chukotka to share this crazy time with us. Who would have thought that after living together in a faraway hut on the shore of Arctic ocean we would reunite in this surreal parallel world all decked out. Love you guys!
Our film made it to the Shortlist for The Best Documentary Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards! Honoured to be among the incredible 15 films. Sending love to our protagonist Maxim Chakilev, the team and everyone who helped to make it possible. Surreal! 💙 Watch it online in link in bio
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It’s been a beautiful, challenging and heart-breaking experience to film Haulout. It is finally out! We hope it will contribute to the understanding of the climate emergency and its devastating toll on our homeland, the Arctic.
So grateful to my co-director, brother and best friend @maxim_arbugaev . Our brave protagonist Maxim Chakilev. Community of Enurmino village in Chukotka and the spirits who welcomed us on their land.
Our editor Joshua Chadwick @josh_chadwick_edit . Our sound designer Anastasia Dushina @stasyafrolova . Colour wizard Platon Lagutin @cvetcor . @gijs_kuijper for the artwork. The team at @riseandshinecinema and @newyorkermag and everyone who helped and guided us along the way, we couldn’t do it without you.
To watch link in bio
