Mikhail BaryninDirector & Editor

Documentary filmmaker
focused on human stories.
Working across diverse environments.
Built on trust, and real experience.

Festival laurels: Berlinale, Flahertiana, Golden Eagle, Moscow IFF, Environmental Film Festival, GFN Awards, Busan IFF, NIKA, HumanDOC, Art Doc Fest, Sputnik

Films

Featured film

24
Snow

Life of a horse-breeder surviving extreme isolation in the Arctic Yakutia.

In Production

In production now

The Cold

In the coldest place on Earth where people live permanently, cold is not weather — it is the foundation of everything. But the foundation is thawing.

Format: Feature documentary · 90 min · 4K
Location: Arctic Siberia, Yakutia
Language: Sakha · English subtitles
Co-production: France · Hong Kong

Director Mikhail Barynin
Producers Max Stern, Semyon Amanatov

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At the heart of any successful documentary project lies a story: a protagonist with an interesting destiny, entangled in an unknown collision, widely unknown to the public. The ability to discover and unravel such stories is the main skill of a good documentary filmmaker.

About

Mikhail
Barynin

MIKHAIL BARYNIN

I make documentary films about people and the worlds they live in. My work grows out of observation, trust, and time spent with my subjects. I also edit most of my films myself, so the story is shaped from the first shot to the final cut.

Filmed in diverse environments — often in remote and extreme conditions. "24 Snow" received multiple international awards and has been shown at major festivals worldwide.

Stories that matter because the people in them are real.

Role Director & Editor

Based Paris, France

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