Gatherers of Sea Grass
Director
Maria Murashova
Producer
Vlad Ketkovitch,
Anne-Catherine Witt
Scenario
Maria Murashova
Rights Holder
Ethnogeographic Research Foundation
DOP
Marina Levashova
Production
Ethnogeographic Research Foundation, Macalube Films
Once village Rebolda on the edge of the Big Solovetsky island was inhabited. Now it comes back to life only once a year, in the summer, when brigade of seasonal workers comes here to gather sea weed for the Archangelsky weed factory. On a low tide they go to the sea on their wooden boats and scythe sea weed with their long-stalk scythes. Then they hang it on barbed wire and dry it. When workers leave, only one person remains on the island – keeper with his dog. He will live here until next May, when brigade comes back.

Maria Murashova
Born in 1984 in Izhevsk, Russia. A graduate of the Saint Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, director’s department. Her student films POMERANYE (2008), ALPHABET OF FEARS (2010) and GENERATION GAMES (2011) have been successful at a number of Russian and international festivals. GATHERERS OF SEA GRASS is her first feature.
Selected filmography
2016 Gatherers of Sea Grass