Valley of Dreams

Their art and way of life are a mirage of elusive beauty. Here, the legendary past shares a roof with the everyday present. On the verandas of old dachas, samovars still emit their smoke, while through the mist rising from the ravines, it seems as if eyes from the past are peering into our world. And we will follow that gaze—into the workshop of toy-making master Viktor Nazariti, into the village house of artist Maria Dreznina, into the old home of Yuri Macheret and Marina Faidysh, once bought from the Polenovs, into the garden of Irina Starzhenetskaya and Anatoliy Komelin. The artistic dynasties of the Vatagins, Bragovskiys, and Birshteins will open their doors, pouring the energy of creativity onto their canvases, joining us in gazing into the mist rising from the ravines—wondering if, for a fleeting moment, eyes from the past will appear within it.

• Sofya GorlenkoDirector
• Gleb KuznetsovWriter

• Viktor NazaritiSelf - Russian artist
• Maria DrezninaSelf - Russian artist
• Yelena UtenkovaSelf - Russian artist
• Marina FaydishSelf - Russian artist
• Yuri MacheretSelf - Russian artist
• Andrei YepikhinSelf - Russian artist
• Anna BirshteinSelf - Russian artist
• Irina StarzhenetskayaSelf - Russian artist
• Anatoliy KomelinSelf - Russian artist
• Anton PlohotskiySelf
• Petr BragovskiySelf - Russian artist
• Lada BragovskayaSelf