photo book, 2023

A book with images of Belarusian nature and stories from behind the friends' expeditions. Powered by nostalgia.

Photos by Slava Mazai and Alex Ugalek
Texts by Olga Polevikova

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KUT
kut, the belarusian book_polevikova.com
documentary fairytale, 75 min, 2022

A Hawk as Big as a Horse follows the daily life of Lydia, a queer ornithologist who lives in Shcherbinka, a remote suburb of Moscow. As Lydia embarks on remaking David Lynch's Twin Peaks, she decides to create Lara, a life-size silicon doll of her favorite actress.

directed by Sasha Kulak
narration by Olga Polevikova

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A HAWK AS BIG AS A HORSE
road movie, 83 min, 2017

Two friends, two mopeds, 3000 km along the Belarusian borders, 47 days on the road and only 1 day without breaking. This is a story about two friends' journey, an attempt to trace the 25-year-old era of the independent country and to show its beauty and distinctness.

directed by Boris Nikolaychik
produced by Olga Polevikova and 34mag.net

Around Belarus By Bicycles With Motors (Full Movie)

AROUND BELARUS
media project, 2015-2016

A special project dedicated to life in Belarusian regions. Included interviews with local activists, travel guides and reportages. Total of 110 articles gained more than 300K views. Later interviews and reportages were incorporated into 34mag.net main website, travel guides into 34travel.me

Chief editor and project coordinator - Olga Polevikova



THE PROVINCE PROJECT
Проект Провинция_polevikova.com
mid-length documentary, 41 min, 2015

In Salamanca time stopped two hundred years ago, when the first Mennonites came to Mexico in search of their place on the Earth. Here everything is predetermined, and lives of the descendants are repeating lives of their ancestors

directed by Ruslan Fedotow and Sasha Kulak
narration by Olga Polevikova

salamanca-film.com
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SALAMANCA