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Alternative TIFF 2010 Picks: #24. Aleksei Fedorchenko’s Silent Souls

Silent Souls is leaving Venice with plenty of positive buzz and will then make its way to NYFF. This is Aleksei Fedorchenko’s third film and I know nothing about the filmmaker or the film — but this sounds like a good festival ticket gamble.

Eric Lavallée

Published on September 8, 2010

#24. Silent Souls

Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko
Cast: Igor Sergeyev, Yuriy Tsurilo, Yuliya Aug, Viktor Sukhorukov ;
Distributor: Rights Available.

Buzz: Silent Souls is leaving Venice with plenty of positive buzz and will then make its way to NYFF. This is Aleksei Fedorchenko’s third film and I know nothing about the filmmaker or the film — but this sounds like a good festival ticket gamble.

The Gist: When Miron’s beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye according to the rituals of the Merya culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero. The two men set out on a road trip thousands of miles across the boundless lands.

TIFF Schedule: Thursday September 16 6:00:00 PM VARSITY 8
Friday September 17 4:45:00 PM SCOTIABANK THEATRE 4
Saturday September 18 9:30:00 AM AMC 6

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).