Russia, Netherlands / 73 min / 2021
Director and writer: Ekaterina Selenkina
Cinematographer: Alexey Kurbatov
Producers: Vladimir Nadein, Ekaterina Selenkina
Co-producer: Rogier Kramer, Dutch Mountain Film
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. Taking place in sleepy neighbourhoods, among the concrete walls of high-rises, behind garages and amidst abandoned railroads, the film alternately follows and loses track of Denis, the treasureman who hides stashes of drugs all over the city.
Festivals:
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)
New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival (Saint Petersburg premiere) – Best Russian Film Award
Viennale (Austrian premiere)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greek premiere)
Berlin Critics' Week (German premiere)
FICUNAM (North American premiere)
JEONJU Film Festival (Asian premiere)
IndieLisboa (Portuguese premiere)
BelDocs (Serbian premiere)
Produced with financial support of the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Eurimage Lab Project Award - Work in Progress, Les Arcs Film Festival 2019