
HSE x ITS: Art of Reframe. The Alternative Cinema Poster Competition
Movie: Haulout
«Haulout»: Melting Sea Ice Pushes Walruses to the Brink. Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film. A lone scientist on the coast of the Siberian Arctic finds that warming seas have taken a toll on the walrus migration, as documented in a film by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev. «Haulout» is nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2023 Academy Awards.

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A lone walrus pup, perched atop the others, seemingly searching for a space of its own amidst the chaos.

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A nearly dead walrus peeping through a small gap between the researcher’s hut door, desperately yearning for space in order to survive.
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Capturing the very first walrus to arrive in the island, right before it gets cramped with hundreds of them.
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A researcher flipping through an album, revisiting a photograph. The image within the book captures a young walrus, squeezed among countless others, its body marked with painful wounds—visible proof of the brutal conditions it has endured.
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Family of walrus arrived at the ice-free island, facing a cliff that they’re unable to reach.
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A silhouette of walrus with the melting island with almost to no snow left.