Here you can find documentaries produced, filmed and edited by Anton Verstakov

Works for Euronews

Uzbekistan Life 1st episode:

Rolan Makes Movies documentary

Make movies. By any means. In Siberia. Explore the nature of creativity, its roots and its routes. Rolan dropped career perspectives in Moscow in order to do movies back home in a forgotten Siberian corner of Tuva. He bought a cheapest camera and started filming. Rolan“s films became popular. He did 10 already. And he goes on.

Festivals: Woodstock Film Festival (USA), Artdocfest (Russia), Window to Europe (Russia)

Idea, camera 1, editing: Anton Verstakov Production assistant, camera 2: Daniil Zotov

Yassen Zasoursky: personal portrait

Documentary about the legendary dean of Moscow State University journalism faculty. Director, DOP and editing: Anton Verstakov Assistant, 2nd camera: Inna Omelchenko

Detroit: Ghost of the Industrial Age

Detroit used to be a symbol of America“s industry, but now is almost a ghost city. One can find hundreds of abandoned and burnt down buildings, including some of the major downtown skyscrapers, a stunning contrast with the American shiny image abroad… There are thousands of homeless who live in the area. Many of them are former assembly line workers of the car factories that moved away to the corners of the world with cheaper labor.

Here you can see teaser and trailer for the film.

And here is the link to the film at the distributor“s (Journeyman) page:

Authors: Anton Verstakov, Dmitry Gornostayev Camera, Editing: Anton Verstakov Music: Heatchplay

Eniseisk-15: No country for Old Men

Documentary about a hidden community in the depths of Siberia, who have volunteered to live in the kind of place most would be desperate to escape from. The town is called Yeniseysk 15. It used to be a secret Soviet military base, but was closed down by Mikhail Gorbachev when the Soviet union began to collapse. Now, Yeniseysk 15 is being repopulated - but mostly by pensioners and disabled people, living amid the ruins of the former radar base.

Here you can find teaser for the film and its first part:

Author, Camera, Voice: Anton Verstakov Writer, Producer: Ruth Hetherington Music: Heatchplay Distribution: Please e-mail us for details

USSR and USA in UN documentary

The documentary features such speakers as Sergey Kruschev (son of Nikita Kruschev), Brian Urquhard (legendary UN under secretary), Sergo Mikoyan (son of Anastas Mikoyan), Vitaly Churkin (Russian envoy to the UN), Elena Mayakovskaya (daughter of famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky). Here you can find fragments of the documentary (in Russian). Shot in 2007

Camera, editing, voice: Anton Verstakov Producer: Dmitry Gornostayev