Don't Bury Me Without Ivan

“Don’t bury me without Ivan” by Lyubov’ Borisova, Sakha/Russia, 2022, 124’

Producers: Ivan Bolotnikov, Dmitriy Shadrin, Sardana Savvina

Cast: Darius Gumauskas, Alexandr Chichahov, Vyacheslav Yugov, Vera Efremova

Awards: Many prizes at IFF

Synopsis:  

Every now and then, Stepan Beresekov lapses into a lethargic sleep. Ivan Popov, an artist, is the only one who can tell if Stepan is dead or just sleeping. But Popov is about to go on a long ethnographic expedition. So Stepan decides to join his rescuer so as not to be buried alive.

Poster: Don't Bury Me Without Ivan

Don't Bury Me Without Ivan

Lyubov' Borisova

Biography:

Director, producer, writer, editor.

Graduated from the Finance and Economy Institute of Yakutsk State University.

Started her career in the film industry in 2011. In 2018, wrote and directed her debut feature film The Sun Above Me Never Sets (Nado mnoyu solntse ne saditsya), which received numerous festival awards and was well acclaimed by audience.