Into Belief – FESCH.TV

Into Belief & FESCH.TV:

Into Belief is a short documentary about the unique spiritual fabric and identity of southern Siberia — a vast region where shamanism, Orthodox Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism coexist in a singular fashion.

The film is guided by the narration of local spiritual figures and laypeople as they explain their perspectives on faith, purpose and their close relationship with the beautiful but harsh natural environment.

CREDITS:

co-producer / fixer / interpreter / guide / driver / fearless leader: MAXIM SAVCHENKO

co-producer: ISAICHENKO ANASTASIA

director / editor: DJ FURTH

director of photography: GIANPAOLO LUPORI

art director / stylist: SAKURA FISCHER

field producer: NATHANIEL BROWN

original score: VITTORIO GIAMPIETRO and MICK DIMITRI

color grading: DEVIN WONG

gear rental: ELLIOT DEBRUYN and HU JIE (Shanghai) & CINERENT BEIJING

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INTERVIEWEES:

Ust-Orda Monk Zorigto Batuev & Younger Monk

Olkhon Island Shamans Gennadiy Tugulov & Svetlana Shataeva

Olkhon Island tourist operator Constantin

Shaman Alexandr Shantagarov

Monk Altan-lama

Shaman Margarita Damchinova

Father Alexiy

Monastery Singer Kuzma Korsakov

Producer and Filmmaker Maxim Savchenko

Executive Chef Stanislaw Timofeev

Fashion designer and curator Nadezda Abzaika

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SPECIAL THANKS:

This project would not have been possible without the help of good samaritan Valeriy Khantaev and officers Oleg Bidaev and Andrey Kalishchuk and the local Bayandan police.