Marina Razbezhkina: biography, works, documentary film school

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

A little is said about Marina Razbezhkina, but the contribution of this woman to documentary films cannot be underestimated - this is confirmed by the awards. Of course, anyone who decided to master the world of cinema should learn from this director.

Short biography

Marina Razbezhkina was born in Kazan on July 17, 1948. She was raised by her mother and nanny. Marina's mother, despite the fact that she was from an unsecured peasant family, early became addicted to reading. Books became her bridge, which helped her move to the level of a new social circle, where she could communicate in the same language with the technocrats of that time. Mom chose the profession of an aeronautical engineer.

Of course, Marina Razbezhkina absorbed this passion for books. At the age of six, she could already write the word "intelligence" without making mistakes, which her mother was very proud of. Only the nanny did not really approve of reading and often cursed about it. However, this only increased Marina's attraction to books. There is nothing strange in the fact that in the end Razbezhkina chose the Faculty of Philology at Kazan State University, having received a diploma in Russian studies.

After graduation Marinafound a job in the farthest region of Tatarstan and went to work as an ordinary teacher. After working there for some time, Razbezhkina took up journalism. At this time, her mother dies, and her father strongly recommends moving to Moscow, Marina is immediately called to work in Moscow newspapers, but she decides to stay.

First steps on the creative path

Kazan film studio invites Marina to work as a screenwriter in 1986 - this can be called a starting point in her development in cinema. Her career in Kazan is developing rapidly, and since 1989 she has been making films.

The year 1990 was mixed. A commission from Moscow comes to Tatarstan to deal with a sudden strike of creative people, layoffs have begun. Marina was among the victims. The commission considered Marina Razbezhkina, whose films were so highly valued in Tatarstan, "untenable". But Alexander Pavlov got acquainted with her works, and he liked them so much that he even invited Marina to work in his Sovremennik studio.

Moving to Moscow, a new round in Razbezhkina's career

Having moved to Moscow, Marina Razbezhkina did not sit idle. Three applications from Goskino and the Sovremennik studio immediately come to her name, but the films are dedicated to her region, so Marina constantly needs to move from place to place. It finally "entrenched" in Moscow only in 1997. One of the most outstanding films in Razbezhkina's career comes to light in 1991 under the title "End of the Road". The original idea was to make a filmabout people in the Mari Republic, in a small village in which they lived out their days, freed from the zone. The name seemed to fit very well. But having almost reached the place, at the Marina station with the operator they learn that the entire village has been liquidated due to the construction of a hydroelectric power station and further flooding. The engineers made a mistake in their calculations - water did not reach the village, and people were evacuated. We found out that there was one old woman left in the outskirts, so we decided to shoot about her. Moreover, she turned out to be an interesting person - her name was Baba Zina, she lived completely alone, and she had a biblical view of the world. Filmed all year round: summer gave way to autumn, autumn to winter, but everything remained the same - around a real apocalypse. As a result, this film was invited to the IDFA (Amsterdam Film Festival).

In 1997, when Marina finally moves to Moscow, she is asked to participate in a film dedicated to the capital of Russia, called "100 films about Moscow". Savva Kulish invited her to work on this project. Here, each small film was dedicated to an interesting place in Moscow.

Fiction film by Razbezhkina

Marina Razbezhkina has quite a rich filmography. Many films deserve special attention. Thus, the film "Yar" marks the departure of Razbezhkina from documentary films to feature films, but only for a while. The script for the film is a story by Sergei Yesenin. Few people know him as a prose writer, and his prose is often criticized.

However, Marina Razbezhkina was not afraid to take on such a job. The name at first seems simple, but if you associate it with paganism, then Yar since ancient times is a mysterious place that is located in some kind of recess, this is a temple where the sun god, Yarila, is worshiped.

Ordinary peasants hold on to their small homeland, and only the main character of the film - Karev - decides to part with it. For this, he is severely punished in the form of the death of his loved ones.

Documentary School

In 2008, with the assistance of Mikhail Unarov, a film school was opened - the workshop of Marina Razbezhkina. The main task of the organization is to teach to see reality as it is. School graduates have the opportunity to exhibit their theses at film festivals.

Thus, young directors exhibited about 15 works at the "Artdocfest" festival - this is the main documentary film festival in our country. The work en titled "Message to Man" has earned special recognition among the critics and audience of the festival.

All this is the merit of our heroine. Marina Razbezhkina's school conducts both theoretical and practical classes. At the same time, film artcombines with documentary theatre. Marina Razbezhkina spends a lot of energy on her students. The Documentary Film School is always open to talent.

The results of this experiment are very successful and interesting. To enter, you must complete a creative task. Successful completion of this test may provide free training (asas a rule, these are two free places), for all other classes are paid.

Razbezhkina's students

The famous director Valeria Gai Germanika considers Marina Razbezhkina his only mentor. Denis Shabaev, Madina Mustafina, Askold Kurov also graduated from her school.

The film "Winter, go away" was released by the joint efforts of students at Marina's school. This picture is still being discussed, it warmed up international interest thanks to the current topic - political protest in Russia.