In Victor Kossakovsky’s cinema, water, animals, landscapes and trees are never simply backgrounds. They become protagonists with their own rhythms, voices and physical presence. Sound designer Alexander Dudarev has been central to creating these worlds, shaping soundscapes that move between precise observation and cinematic transformation.

Their collaboration spans more than 30 years, and in this masterclass, Kossakovsky and Dudarev trace their process and the relationship between image and sound. Their unique way of working, all the way fromlocation recording to editing, sound design and the final film.

Through examples from their films, they will explore how sound can alter scale, duration and perspective, making us see familiar subjects differently. At its heart, the masterclass is a conversation about listening, trust and shared authorship—and about creating films in which the quality, originality and curiousness to sound and image are the essence of the story, feeling and the film itself.

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