Dmitry Davydov (filmmaker)

[3] This is the first film produced in the Sakha Republic which won a festival award outside of Russia.

On April 29, 2017 he won an award best film director at the national filmfestival named #DVIZHENIE (Omsk city).

[8] His directing career actually began in a Yakutsk school in 2009, where as a teacher he led optional video courses for students.

[9] One day he saw that there was a demand for films in the native ethnic language among the locals in Yakutia and decided to make them.

All of his films are shown, including at cinemas and festivals, in the Yakut dialect with Russian subtitles.