Docufiction, drama (90 min), 2024
In 1959, in the emerald Siberian forest somewhere near the city of Novosibirsk, construction began. In only three years, the Novosibirsk “Akademgorodok” sprang up amidst the wilderness that used to be home to wild animals. We will tell you the story of this place as witnessed by those who lived and worked there. How did this place shape their lives? What dramatic twists of fate those outstanding men of science had to fight through? How, despite the notorious hardships of the early 90s in Russia, did this place manage to preserve the freedom of the scientific thought? And now it’s becoming the Russian Silicon Valley, where supreme science meets business.