Films by Kristina Paustian

Germany, Italy 2023, 70 min
by Kristina Paustian

Velimir Khlebnikov was one of the biggest pacifists in early 20th century Russia, a futurist poet and mathematician, who believed it was possible to predict future wars. Immersed in the process of making a fiction film about him, the author of the film loses sleep, and at some point the project seems to come to a dead end. In order to establish a connection to Khlebnikov, she starts writing letters to him, in which she describes various scenes from the film that does not exist.

2015, 77 min
by Kristina Paustian

A controversial Soviet scientist Boris Zolotov decided to leave the scientific circles to follow private beliefs. He has gathered around him hundreds of disciples. Like many in the group, young Ekaterina was led there by many unanswered questions. Together with Boris Zolotov, she discusses concepts of happiness in today’s Russia. SWIMMERS is an observation of this extraordinary attempt to achieve and maintain collective belief, on the border of cosmology, science and psychedelic trance theater.