Seeking You Everywhere

Ded Moroz embarks on a journey to wish children and adults a Happy New Year 2023 across five countries, striving to bring support and holiday cheer while figuring out where his own home is now. In everyday life, Vasya Sonykin is a film scholar by education and translator by trade, a husband and father of two. Having left his home country, he ends up in Istanbul, separated from his family without clear prospects. He transforms into Ded Moroz—Russia's Santa Claus equivalent, delivering New Year's gifts and joy—and travels through Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Israel, and Kazakhstan to greet people, congratulate them on the holiday, and help accept the ending year. Following Ded Moroz's wanderings, it addresses key questions: What is home? How do we define it? What are we searching for? Where are we headed? How to describe our transitional state? And crucially—does space remain for dreams and miracles?