Born in 1991 in Tiksi, on the shoreline of the Arctic Ocean, Russian director and
cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev grew up to be a professional ice hockey player. Discovering
his passion for filmmaking in the solitude of the New Siberian Islands, he currently studies
documentary filmmaking at The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His
directorial debut The Hunters (2014) earned several awards.
cinematographer Maxim Arbugaev grew up to be a professional ice hockey player. Discovering
his passion for filmmaking in the solitude of the New Siberian Islands, he currently studies
documentary filmmaking at The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His
directorial debut The Hunters (2014) earned several awards.