Arzamas. Lullaby (2026)

This contemplative feature traces a poignant return to the streets of youth, weaving together intimate recollections of sudden disaster, enduring historical footprints, and Leo Tolstoy’s legendary overnight stay in Arzamas. Rather than blending into a single narrative, the film structures modern footage, vintage archives, carefully composed tableaux, and personal flashbacks as distinct chronological strata. That pivotal evening experienced by the renowned author acts as a threshold into a surreal dreamscape, bridging history with a future the filmmaker has already lived through and archived. Through these overlapping temporal layers, Arzamas gradually takes shape—an arresting yet restless city, forever bearing the scars of time and transformation.