A sprawling meditation on the choreography of bodies in Moscow's urban landscape, Detours depicts a new way of dealing illicit drugs via the Darknet, the layering of the physical and the virtual realities, as well as a poetics, and politics, of space.

Sleepy neighbourhoods, abandoned railroads, concrete walls of high-rises, lush greenery of overlooked yards. А sustained engagement with locations that are usually peripheral or intermediary. At first, the city is experienced through the routines of a young treasureman, whose job is to anonymously hide stashes of drugs in locations across Moscow, sending online clients on 'quests' to pick them up. The landscapes are seen as a series of potential drop-off sites. Anonymous figures inhabit the space, moving through it with unknown purpose. The landscape is marked with the constant presence of police force. The various speeds, affects and actors build up to suggest a city-wide network of bodies. Eventually, the treasureman's story dissolves into other inhabitants and routines.

Utilizing reenactment, observational footage and fiction, the film explores the connections between the Darkweb and the anonymity of the city, between oppression and resistance. It draws the complex urban ecosystem, mapping the multiple routes of meanings a city holds.

Screenings:

36th Venice International Film Critics' Week (World premiere) - Best directing among women under 40 Award | dedicated to the director Valentina Pedicini
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Russian premiere)
Viennale (Austrian premiere)
62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greek premiere)
II New Holland Island Debut International Film Festival - Best Russian film
Berlin Critics' Week (German premiere)
New East, Barbican Center (UK premiere)
FICUNAM (North American premiere)
JEONJU International Film Festival (Asian premiere)
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin (French premiere)
IndieLisboa (Portuguese premiere)
BelDocs (Serbian premiere)
FILMADRID (Spanish premiere) — Best Film Award
Marienbad Film Festival (Czech premiere)
Camden International Film Festival (US premiere) — Cinematic Vision Award
UNDERDOX, Munich
Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (Taiwan premiere)
Film and Architecture Festival, Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning, Prague
Absolute Art Space, Tainan
Doc club, Bangkok (Thai premiere)
FICUNAM on tour Mexico
Schaubuеhne Lindenfells, Leipzig
Theatre Massimo, Torino
Venezia a Napoli. Il cinema esteso
Lendoc Film Festival

Hubert Bals Fund Script and project development grant - International Film Festival Rotterdam
Erurimage Lab project Award - Les Arcs Film Festival
Boost NL, Nederlands Film Festival