HUNTERS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME Chukotka, Siberia, 2008 DVCAM Color, 87 min. Color 4:3 Russian/Chukchi with English Subtitles. Synopsis: Along the coast of the Bering Sea a community of whale hunters are struggling to survive keeping alive a millenary tradition. Surviving one of the most extreme environments of the planet. Director's Statement: I wanted to capture the millenary tradition of Chukchi whale hunters, their ability to survive using archaic hunting techniques forced by international Commissions. I wanted also to capture the hunting in all its splendor all its ritual with its inner times and cycles. I was interested in their survival and their feeding cycles I wanted to make a film on the food chain of a whale hunter, from the wintertime to the summer, from the fish to the seal to the whale. I wanted the film to be a sort of action film, without much dialogues a pure cinematic and visual experience. A film that captures the survival and determination of the worlds last whale hunters. CREDITS Director, Photography and Camera:Carlos Casas Music and Sound: Sebastian Escofet Editing: Felipe Guerrero Main Characters: Edward Rypkirghin, Vladimir Piny, Anton Rypkirghin Production: Fabrica, RTSI Festivals: -Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo. Mexico FICCO 2006 Winner Best Documentary -Festival Internationale du Documentaire, FID Marseille 2008 -Festival Internacional Mar de Plata 2008 ,Argentina -Torino International Film Festival 2008 TIFF 2008 Italia