He filmed war crimes, then vanished to an island. The footage? Still burning.
A portrait and self-portrait of the former TV journalist Vyacheslav Nemyshev, who reported on the Chechnyan war in 2001 and now leads a reclusive life on an island.
Direction
Mironova's patience lets Nemyshev's guilt breathe without forcing confession.
Editing
Jagged cuts between 2001 combat footage and present-day stillness wreck you.
Sound
The absence of score lets Kamchatka's wind do the screaming.
Director
Yuliya Mironova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Russia's 2014 media crackdown, the film's very existence was political—documenting war crimes Putin's government actively erased. Mironova smuggled truth while the Kremlin built walls.
Nemyshev's island isn't accidental: Kamchatka hosted Soviet gulags, making his exile a geographical rhyme with Russia's buried violence. He's not escaping history, he's nesting in it.
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