Haulout (Russian: Выход) is a 2022 Russian-British co-production short documentary film written, directed and produced by brother and sister duo Maxim Arbugaev, Evgenia Arbugaeva.
The documentary is about the Russian scientist Maxim Chakilev, who observes the life of walruses at Cape Heart-Stone in the Chukchi Sea.
The international title of the film refers to the term hauling-out, which the science describes as the pinnipeds going ashore for resting or mating.
[5][6] The film follows marine biologist Maxim Chakilev to his remote hut in Chukotka, nestled in the vast expanses of the Russian Arctic.
The warming of the sea and rising temperatures makes the ice recede, which results in the dwindling of living space available for them.
In 2018, the filmmakers Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, a sister and brother duo, arrived on a strange beach, working on a photography project about Chukchi people.
Elobrating, they wrote, "Haulout is a powerful documentary that shows the sheer overwhelming scale of the consequences of climate change on beautiful animals in the Arctic.