Pitting his life against deadly falls, Kirill scales Moscow’s skyscrapers
Channel: 99 – Short Docs
Date: 2023-05-12

“On the rooftops, you have such a feeling of complete freedom”, Kirill tells us, suspended by one arm, his body dangling into thin air.

The young 19-year-old from Moscow abandoned his studies and is fleeing the shadow of military service. He climbs to the top of the city skyscrapers, makes videos, and posts photos on social media.

His friends do not understand him. They think he is wasting his time and wonder if he is not “empty inside”. Kirill seems calm in himself, detached, indifferent, even. What answers are written for him, up there in the stars?

Directed and shot by Geoffrey Feinberg
Producers: Jelena Goldbach, Olga Korotkaya
Editors: Amanda Laws, Dominika Michalowska
Music: Julian Brau, Lorenz Fischer, Claude Debussy
Color Grading: Patrick DeVine
Translation: Edward Grad, Philip Bell, Jodie Clifford