Malika Musaeva

Yakha is 17 and loves roaming about the fields with her friend Madina. Her home is a village in Chechnya where she lives with her mother and little brother. She is self-composed by nature and knows what she wants, but is also open to life – which begins to take shape in the form of certain cultural and social concepts. Madina wants to get married; Yakha’s older sister wants a divorce. Her mother is against it – after all, she herself managed to persevere. Together they visit the grave of their father who died in the second Chechen war.

Yakha is 17 and loves roaming about the fields with her friend Madina. Her home is a village in Chechnya where she lives with her mother and little brother. She is self-composed by nature and knows what she wants, but is also open to life – which begins to take shape in the form of certain cultural and social concepts. Madina wants to get married; Yakha’s older sister wants a divorce. Her mother is against it – after all, she herself managed to persevere. Together they visit the grave of their father who died in the second Chechen war.

Mikail had to flee Chechnya for being homosexual. Unexpectedly meeting his old childhood-friend Daud in Germany, Mikal is not only faced with a renewed friendship, but a recurring fear of persecution.

About a young scientist from Syria who moves to Russia with his sister. The scientist suffers from a rare disease - "insensibility."

After the divorce Mariyana returns to his native village. With her no one communicates, except for a new neighbor - a mysterious woman in a Muslim scarf.

After the divorce Mariyana returns to his native village. With her no one communicates, except for a new neighbor - a mysterious woman in a Muslim scarf.

Diploma work of the Kabardino-Balkar State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop)

Diploma work of the Kabardino-Balkar State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop)

Diploma work of the Kabardino-Balkar State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop)

Diploma work of the Kabardino-Balkar State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop)

Academic work of 4th courses of the Kabardino-Balkar State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop).

A teenage girl from a dysfunctional family, whose parents keep an inexpensive roadside cafe, runs away from home. "It's not I who left them, they left me," - so the girl explains her flight.

About a young guy who lives in the pre-war town with his sick mother. At night, he works at the bakery. Once a colleague asked to look after her daughter. After spending the whole day with the girl, the young man is going to return her to his parents, but finds them dead.

Story from the life of a young Chechen family, where the woman lives not “by the rules”.

Story from the life of a young Chechen family, where the woman lives not “by the rules”.

Academic work of 2nd year of training at Kabardino-Balkar State University (Alexander Sokurov's workshop)