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FROM KURILS WITH LOVE (2020, USA)
Short Documentary, Environment, Climate Change, Global Warming, Nature, Wildlife
Running Time: 20 min
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE / NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD
Director: Taylor Rees
Producer Povel Torudd
Cast: marine mammal biologist Vladimir Burkanov, scientist Rishi Sugla, scientist Jeff Kerby
Logline: Vladimir, a scientist on a mission to help fulfill his quest to understand and protect the Kuril Islands before his age fails him, hitch hikes aboard a boat filled with adventure photographers.
Synopsis: Vladimir, a scrappy but aging Russian marine mammal biologist, unexpectedly hitch hikes aboard a boat filled with adventure photographers out of a desperate need to return to his science monitoring stations. His boat, 2 weeks prior, was lost to the explosion of the Raikoke volcano. He is on a mission to help fulfill his quest to understand and protect the Kuril Islands before his age fails him, and so together the team sets out in one of the most remote and accessible volcanic island chains in the world to help Vladimir.
Notable Screenings & Awards: DC Environmental Film Festival, Environmental Film Fest at Yale, International Wildlife Film Festival, DocLands, Telluride Mountain Film.
