Information about the film Annotation Release year: 2021 Length: 14 min The film is dedicated to the memory of Priest Martyr Documentary Michael Belorrosov who glorified God with his life and death. No one played any roles, we simply tried to imagine Director and script writer – Victoria Fomina his last day. Cameraman and director, post-production artist – Maksim It happened 100 years ago. The action begins in 1920 and Orekhov continues to recent events when Priest Martyr Michael Cameraman – Jacob (Aleksander) Brooks Belorrosov appeared in a dream to Colonel Sergei Songwriter – Vadim Kuzmin (1963 – 2012) Evgenevich Dontsov and helped him to rebuilt a church. Sound engineer – Anna Freidman Post-production manager – Marina Kruchenova Editor – Marina Turovskaya Placard – Georgii Petrov The following took part in the filming: Archpriest George Yudin; Priest Nicholas, Matushka Natalia, and Maria Bushe; Sergei Dontsov; Michael, Galina, and Ksenia Kolomytsev; Svetlana, Tatiana, and Sofia Komov; Lev and Nicholas Noskov; Evgenii Zaraiskii; Aleksander Gromov; Maria Abramyan; Rodeo and other animals from the Kuznetsovo farm Film produced by Autonomous Nonprofit Organization «Studio «Other Haven». Film produced within the framework of the Media Museum on the Spiritual History of the town of Romanov- Rights to the film owned by ANO Studio« «Other Haven» Borisoglebsk and the financial support from the Fund of Presidential Grants PRIEST MARTYR MICHAEL BELORROSOV about the authors Michael Belorossov was born on Victoria Fomina – graduated from the May11, 1869, into the family of Department of Physics at Moscow Deacon Pavel Belorossov a year after State University’s branch of Theoretical he had been ordained and assigned Physics, defended a dissertation at to serve in the Church of the Savior the All-Russia State Institute of in Romanov. Arch-priest Michael Cinematography in the Department of serving in The Church of the Aesthetics of History and Cultural Resurrection in Romanov-Borisoglebsk Theory. Script writer and director of documentary films for 24 years. He was teaching God`s and TV programs («Obvious and Unbelievable,» «Fractal,» Law in the municipal industrial etc.), candidate of art history, associate professor at Moscow school and headed the best regional school. State University of Psychology and Education, director of ANO «Studio «Ohter Haven» and the Media Museum on the After the Church of the Resurrection in Romanov-Borisoglebsk Spiritual History of the town of Romanov-Borisoglebsk. was closed, 13 febrary 1920, his family, in search of a livelihood, moved to to his Yaroslavl relatives for food. Fr Michael was warned Maksim Orekhov – graduated from that it was dangerous to be seen on the road. Three communists Moscow State University of Psychology were enough to execute someone - especially a priest. It was and Education with a specialization as dangerous to be seen on the road in clerical garb with a cross on Director of Multimedia Programs. Head his chest. He sent his wife and children on a separate cart. Оn the programmer for the Research Institute road he was accused of being a member of counter-revolutionary of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian plot. They executed him by shooting and teared his silver cross off. Academy of Sciences, Director of Some local peasants recognized the dying Priest and carried him ANO «Studio «Ohter Haven» since 2014, Media Director secretly in the cart back to the Trinity Church in town. Friend could at the Media Museum on the Spiritual History of the town bury Father Michael Belorossov near the Trinity Church Altar. of Romanov-Borisoglebsk. Cameraman and director of documentary films, director of student fiction films and In 2000, the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Fr Michael video clips, and the «Churches of Romanov-Borisoglebsk» Belorossov as a hieromartyr historical series of animated documentaries. Jacob (Aleksander) Brooks – graduated Vadim (Dima) Kuzmin (1963 – 2012) – with an associate’s degree in photography one of the pioneers of Siberian punk rock, from Nashville State Technical College, leader of the rock group «Chyorny Lukich» graduated with a bachelor’s degree in («Lukich»), author of songs performed by Russian Language and Literature from «Grazhdanskaya oborona,» «Spinki the University of Illinois at Chicago. menta,» «Taiga,» «Muzhik dens,» etc., Translator, editor, and curator at the as well as a number of his own albums. Media Museum on the Spiritual History of the town of At present, there is a yearly concert Romanov-Borisoglebsk. in his memory in Novosibirsk and an air hockey competition. The song «Off Anna Freidman – graduated from in the distance» from album «Forever» the Department of Sound Engineering is used with the gracious permission at Saint Petersburg State University of his widow, Elena Kuzmina. of Film and Television, head engineer of multimedia at Rostelekom, multi- instrumentalist, member of several musical groups, composer and sound engineer for films and TV programs. Marina Kruchenova – graduated from the Institute of Light Industry (Kosygin Russian State University) with a specialization in shoe design, has a second degree as a copywriter of internet projects, volunteer at the «Life route» fund and the Media Museum on the Spiritual History of the town of Romanov-Borisoglebsk. Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, VISUALIZATION OF A MIRACLE director of the Media Museum on the Spiritual History of Fragments of a publication in the «Literary Collider» journal Romanov-Borisoglebsk, director and screenwriter, and 02.06.2021 from E. Ermakova candidate of art history Victoria Fomina on the possibilities to show the mystical space of the miracle on the screen by I was introduced to the documentaries means of cinema. of “Studio “Other Heaven”15 years ago, while working as the program director - Victoria, I remember how I asked you 15 years ago what of the Festival of Philosophical Cinema. you most want in life. You said, "To make Orthodox movies." I was mesmerized by the unique, just I was so surprised... What does "Orthodox cinema" mean emerging but already recognizable traits to you and how has your attitude towards this type of art of director Victoria Fomina. In films changed since then? wherein the heroes were holy ascetics, the four-dimensional, - I was baptized at the age of 29 when I had already graduated mystical space of the a miracle was explored and visualized. from the Physics Department of Moscow State University, had It is no coincidence that these film-portraits began to receive a skill category in bridge, played preferans for money, smoked a awards at festivals and were included into courses of several pack of Prima cigarettes a day, and worked part-time at beauty universities in the discipline "Evolution of Cinematic contests creating images for girls. This life cracked when I left Language," and the studio was described as a "workshop Gerasimov All-Russia Institute of Cinematography to provide for the study of the visualization of meaning." As part of the for my children. My horizon changed - I now wanted to drive work of the “Studio “Other Heaven”, the Media Museum on along a bumpy road to a ruined temple or monastery, filming the Spiritual History of the city of Romanov-Borisoglebsk along the way. Orthodoxy, cinema, and extreme driving were was created, which was given a Presidential Grant two times. the components of the image of happiness for me. Since then, In May 2021, museum projects were awarded gold medals having driven to my heart's content, I have barely mastered by the International Academy of Contemporary Arts and the skills of civilized driving, but I cope with off-road driving awards were given to the Media Museum on the Spiritual with God's help. It is probably the same with cinema. During History of the city of Romanov-Borisoglebsk and the film this time, I have realized that the most important thing is the "At the Window," which is dedicated to the memory of Priest person. In Orthodoxy in general, truth is not a concept but a Martyr Jacob Arkhipov. I decided to talk with the head of Person, or rather Jesus Christ. This attitude is very near to me; the «Other Heaven» Studio», academician of the Eurasian all my films are portraits. But a portrait requires more than Academy of Television and Radio, associate professor of freedom of movement. Films about shrines of the Orthodox Church and films that the world having fallen in love with the English queen, and affirm the values of the Gospel are not quite the same thing. Academician Korolev was working on astronautics in Stalin's Tarkovsky's brilliant film "Andrei Rublev," based on the camps. Academician Rauschenbach called it "the gene of life of St. Andrew, is, first of all, the story of an artist, while religiosity" - he wrote it in quotation marks as a metaphor. the science fiction "Stalker," filmed according to "Roadside In parallel, geneticist Vladimir Efroimson investigated a Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers, is a film about a saint. similar phenomenon of anti-entropic behavior, when a Material, historical or otherwise, is the direction of the person, instead of saving his skin, gravitates to something author's view, while it is no less important who is looking completely different. Boris Rauschenbach himself, in prison and why. during the war, in a Siberian barrack without a roof, taught mathematics then switched to space research. In short, in - The following words of Father Pavel Florensky are in the communicating with geniuses or reading their memoirs, film "At the Window": "Icons have repeatedly been not only I realized that none of them were purposely saving the a window through which the faces depicted on them were population - they were guided by sincere personal motives seen but also a door through which these faces entered the of love, pain, support, interest, a desire to preserve what is material world." Who are your heroes: contemporaries or important.