Yakut Cinema. The Path of Self-Determination

The first book about Yakut cinema, which includes interviews with the key figures of Yakut cinematography — directors, screenwriters, curators, as well as works by culture researchers from the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The collection, compiled by documentary filmmaker Vladimir Kocharyan,... discusses the origins of Yakut cinema, its development path, and the impact it has had on the national self-determination of the Yakuts.
Vladimir Kocharyan — documentary filmmaker, curator. Born and raised in Yakutia in a family of an Armenian father and a Sakha mother. He was a creative producer at the Landok Documentary Film Studio and the executive director of the magazine Art of Cinema. He is currently the curator of the Golden Apricot Film Festival and is engaged in film research. In 2024, his documentary film dedicated to Yakut cinema, "Yakut Cinema — Between Worlds," will be released.