Films by Viktor Brim

Germany, Russia 2020, 20 min
by Viktor Brim

Quiet, dark shots of nocturnal fog, of a mine, a dump truck or a wreck, of huge earth craters and new surface contours created by excavation. Raw material extraction, economisation and exploitation of nature are the themes of this visual study. It’s accompanied by an unobtrusive, but threatening and assertive sound that underlines the mystic quality of the images. Post-industrial landscapes become post-apocalyptic. (DOK Leipzig, Borjana Gaković)

2017, 24 min
by Viktor Brim

The film contrasts the microcosmos of the shaman clinic, its colors, melodies and objects as well as conversations and incantations with monuments from post-soviet times, the gradual urbanization and signs of the touristic development of Tyva. Cultural, religious and social intersections and conflicts are shown in their relation to the shamans of Tyva, westerns visitors and the ‘Great Brother’ Russia.