All filmsFilm 11 of 21
Perm-mission
The only foreigner at a documentary festival in the frozen Urals listens to Russian filmmakers argue about the truth.
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Countries
- Belgium
- Languages
- Russian, French
- Production
- Nota Bene
- Availability
- On request
Perm-mission In 1995 Rob Rombout was the only foreign guest at Flahertiana, a documentary festival in Perm held in honour of Robert Flaherty. Three years later he went back with a camera. At minus twenty-five, some forty Russian directors debate what a documentary owes to reality, and their own films answer between the interviews.
Credits
- Direction
- Rob Rombout
- Script
- Rob Rombout, Pascal Perez
- Image and sound
- Pascal Perez
- Editing
- Rachel Lamisse
- Production
- Nota Bene
Elsewhere in the work
1995 · 40 minLes Açores de MadredeusA band at the height of its fame searches the Azores for the roots of its sound.2000 · 40 minLe Piège de KerguelenOn the islands of desolation, scientists trap the descendants of an explorer's cats, and the cats look back.2001 · 52 minCanton la ChinoiseFive people in Guangzhou watch their city disappear and rebuild itself, always through a pane of glass.
Cite this pageRombout, Rob. Perm-mission. 1999. https://www.robrombout.com/en/films/1999-perm-mission/. Last verified 10 October 2026.