2024
Short Narrative(North America Premiere)

Syppyt Suruktar (Lost Letters)

CC
Closed captions online
OC
Open captions in-person
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Syppyt Suruktar tells a story about several friends who fell into a hole and found themselves in another realm, where capitalist and exploitative powers destroyed many forms of life. Wandering through these ruins, each of them remembers, learns, dreams, shares stories of longing and finds hope in the words of their ancestors. Maybe the ending of worlds makes space for the birthing of other worlds that will not be separated from nature and her heartbeat.

Screenings

Virtual

August 4 – August 6
August 1 – August 3

Directors Spotlight

A picture of a man named Kyhynngy Oyuur. He is outdoors wearing a rust-colored hat, sitting under a concrete structure by a calm body of water. He has long curly hair and a mustache, and he is wearing a dark gray hoodie and olive-green overalls. He is holding a camcorder in his hand and is looking directly at the camera with a gentle smile.

Kyhynngy Oyuur

Director

Kyhynngy Oyuur, a member of Indigenous Sakha community, is a multidisciplinary artist from Sakha Sire, who works with animation, film making, graphic art, illustration, publishing and writing. Circular time and perceptions of relationality lay in the core of his practice.

Runtime
12 minutes
Country
Sakha Sire, Netherlands
Language
Sakha
Director
Kyhynngy Oyuur
Screenwriter
Kyhynngy Oyuur
Animator
Kyhynngy Oyuur, Kirill Zak
Cast
Jaangy Uruje, Petr Potapov, Er Sanaa Okh-Khotor, Tyoma Khokholov
Music
Dolgunnar
Producer
Jaangy Uruje
Premiere
North America

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