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The Creative Team

The Producers

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John Freedman

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Alexei Zuev

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Oksana Mysina

Editors

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Oksana Mysina

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Sergei Tsunaev

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Alexander Kochubei

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Svetlana Kochubei

More of the Creative Team

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Renata PÅ‚onka

Art Consultant

Renata PÅ‚onka is an artist, animator, and restoration artist. Her paintings of Chania, Crete, are held in countless personal and professional collections. She was on the animation team of the Hollywood film, The Easter Egg Adventure (2004). As a restoration artist she has helped to restore numerous old churches in the environs of her hometown of Krakow, Poland.

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Maxim Verkhovsky

Sound Editor

Sound was edited at MuzOtDel na Sretenke in Moscow, general director Alexander Berman

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John Freedman

Cinematography and Camera

John Freedman is a writer, translator and scholar of Russian theater and culture. He is the author or editor of 10 books on the topic, including Provoking Theater: Kama Ginkas Directs. His play Dancing, Not Dead won the Internationalists' Global Playwright Contest (2011), and his short play Five Funny Tales from the Heart of Buenos Aires was performed over 100 times by Pop Up Theatrics. Hundreds of his still photos have been published in The Moscow Times and other publications. He debuted as a cinematographer in Red, Blue and Asya, and has since collaborated with his wife Oksana Mysina on other film projects.

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Paintings

Alexander Luferov and Sefik Amaev

Three paintings play significant roles in the film: "The Return of the Prodigal Son" and "Night Guests" by Alexander Luferov (aka Lufer), and "The Girl with the Orange" (pictured) by Sefik Amaev.

Music

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Sergei Kuchmenko

Composer of original music

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Dmitry Yershov

Song Composer

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Sergei Shchetinin

Song composer

Oxy Rocks

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Live in Moscow

The film includes segments of four songs by Oksana Mysina's rock band Oxy Rocks, "World on Edge" (music by Dmitry Yershov), "No Family Man in Me" (music by Sergei Shchetinin), "The Sky above Me" (music by Yershov), and "The Last Drop" (music by Yershov). All lyrics by Oksana Mysina. The band consists of: Oksana Mysina (vocals, violin), Sergei Shchetinin (guitar), Sergei Kuchmenko (keyboards), and Grigory Gaberman (drums). The group's studio recordings were produced by the extraordinary Valery Cherkesov.

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