Overwinter
About Overwinter
In Viazyn, in the Vileika district of Belarus, elderly people who live alone move for the winter into one seasonal house. Days go by in illness, talk, and television. Halfway through the winter a new resident arrives, and the life in the house changes.
Cast & crew
More about Overwinter
Eva-Katerina Makhova (Eva-Katsiaryna Makhava) directed. Denis Putikov produced with her, and Evgeny Titko was director of photography. The Wikimedia Commons file is dated 6 June 2017.
Themes
Making
The picture stays inside one winter house of seasonal residents in the Vileika district, with a newcomer arriving at midwinter.
Look
Evgeny Titko photographed the documentary in the winter house at Viazyn.
Preservation
A full-length file is on Wikimedia Commons, uploaded from a Facebook video posted by the filmmakers.
Notes
- The Commons upload runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and 7 seconds, at 1920×1080.
- Some listings give 12 December 2017 and 96 minutes.
- Belarusian pages tie the film to the village of Viazyn.
- Putikov and Makhava are named as the authors on the Commons description.
Scenes
- The residents sit out the winter in one house, sick, talking, and watching television, until a new person moves in.
Also available
- Internet Archive (Overwinter)
- Wikimedia Commons (Overwinter.webm)