Nina Guseva

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Having fled Russia as soon as the invasion of Ukraine began, a lot of things have lost their meaning for me. The very concept of a relevant documentary seemed blurred in this new reality. When I went back after two years, I set about making my film, seeing it as part of a wider project: observing my country at a time of isolation, increasing dictatorship, repression and violence that had become part of everyday life. 

It was important for me to capture the state of immobility, the frozen queues at bus stops that reflect the state of society, which has finally lost its will, its capacity for action and its self-esteem. Having said that, I’m not judging or despising anyone, because I feel I am part of this society and I’m also frozen in total incomprehension as to whether my ‘bus will arrive or not’ and how this historic crisis will be resolved.

Nina Guseva

Nina was born in 1988 in Moscow, Russia, where she trained in theatre at the renowned Moscow Art Theatre School. After working as an actress and performer for around ten years, she completed her studies in documentary film in 2019, directing her career towards social and political documentaries. Since 2022, she has been living in Berlin, Germany, where she is passionately continuing her artistic explorations. She is currently studying at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains.

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