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Return from the Future

Duration: 43min.
Format: HD transferred to DVD
Camera: Azat Ruziev
Image&Sound Editor: Denis Bartenev
Directed by Stefan Rusu

Synopsis:
The title refers to the plot of the science fiction novel "Return from the Stars" by Stanislav Lem. The pilot Gal Bregg returns from the space expedition, after 127 years of terrestrial time, during which time life on the Earth has radically changed. The plot of the novel explore the ideas of social alienation, cultural shock and dystopia, which is synchronized with the current state of the city and the returned cosmonaut resembles the position of architect that return to the site he designed in other century.
The film is a visual essay on the current state of conservation of modernist buildings from soviet period located in Bishkek city. The initial idea is to investigate iconic buildings and interview a number of experts who introduces various aspects related to the former and current use as well the future faith of the buildings in new political and economic circumstances, when the political agenda shifted from communist ideology to free market economy and promotion of national values.
All together the film is a comment on the state of conservation of the buildings protected and included on the list of national heritage, but also an overview on recent urban changes and transformation occurred in Bishkek.
Film produced in the frame of “Insular Modernities” project and will comprise a series of documentaries about modernist architecture from other Central Asian cities (Almaty, Tashkent, Dushanbe, Ashkhabad, etc.)

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