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'''Volga. Documentary ode''' (Russian: Волга. Документальная ода) is a debut documentary created in 2015–2016 at the Volga XXI Century film company, which tells about the wide European Volga River, its nature, geography, and the history of the people inhabiting its shores.

The history of the film
The film company "Volga XXI Century" was founded in Saratov in 2015, with the aim of creating the first film about the Volga, in which the viewer could see the entire river from source to mouth. For this, a total of 10 expeditions were conducted, including 3 long journeys along the Volga river. Totally the journey took about five thousand kilometers. The purpose of one of the expeditions was the Hall of Fame of the German people Walhalla in Bavaria. The main task of the expeditions along the Volga was to capture the beauty and remarkable places in 4K format and using aerial quadcopter.

One of the noteworthy sides of the film is the soundtrack, recorded by the Yekaterinburg collective Soltsevorot and consisting of Russian folk songs in modern author's treatment.

Annotation
"Three and a half thousand kilometers, millions of tons of water per hour, the largest river in Europe and the most important river in Russia. Ra, Itil, Volga... It is known from ancient times, it was mentioned in its treatises by ancient scholars, travelers, warriors... Do we know this river well today? Starting from a small spring in Valdai and directing its waters into the ancient Caspian, the Volga passes forests, mountains, steppes, meets millions of people on its way and reveals to them its secrets ..."

Festivals and awards
In 2016, the film took part in the Samara Documentary Film Festival “The Salt of the Earth” and in the international festival of ecological cinema in Kuala Lumpur KLEFF-2016. In November 2016, the film won a platinum prize at the Nevada Festival of independent cinema in Las Vegas in the Television Pilot nomination. In 2017, the movie was recognized as the best in the Documentary Film nomination at the Sochi Film Festival. In 2018 - the best documentary, the award For the Benefit of Peace.