Conceived, directed and edited by
Andrei Zagdansky
Evgeni Zagdansky letters
read by Alexander Gelman
Cameraman
Vladimir Guyevsky
Co-producer Svetlana Zinovyeva
Producers
Andrei Zagdansky
Gleb Sinyavsky
AZ Films Llc
with participation of
Inspiration Films
77 min., HDCAM, color and b/w, stereo
SYNOPSIS
From 1961 through 1979 Evgeni Zagdansky was the Editor-in-Chief of the Kiev Popular Science Film Studio.
From 1981 through 1992 his son, a film director Andrei Zagdansky, worked in the same film studio.
In 1992 Andrei along with his family left Kiev and settled in New York.
Evgeni stayed behind.
Evgeni’s letters to his son and Andrei’s narrative of father’s life intertwine in the documentary essay “My Father Evgeni”
The project is still a work in progress and should be completed soon.
