The Wind Blows Wherever It Wants (The Wind Blows Wherever It Wants)

Ivan Boiko

In the mountains of Tusheti, shepherds guide thousands of sheep along an ancient migratory route. Each year they travel between snow covered peaks and the deserted steppes, following a path shaped by the seasons, the weather, and the needs of their animals, across a terrain where traditional movement meets a rapidly changing world. Filmed over sixteen months on 16 mm film, the story observes this migration without narration or dialogue. The shepherds remain quiet figures within the vast landscape, while the flock becomes a living current moving through space and seasons. Through patient observation and fragments of poetry, the film offers a contemplative portrait of a fragile tradition that survives only as long as the journey continues.

Georgia, UK 2025, '69

DIRECTOR: Ivan Boiko

SCENARIO: Ivan Boiko

CAMERA: Sergey Kostromin, Ivan Boiko

MONTAGE: Vlad Fishez

MUSIC: Rustem Imamiev

PRODUCERS: Rita Sokolovska, Masha Cheremushkina, Parviz Niyazmukhamedov

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Ivan Boiko

Ivan Boiko is an independent self taught filmmaker with a background in documentary photography. His work focuses on the relationship between nature and civilization and on how memory, belief, fear, and inherited narratives shape individual and collective realities. He is interested in moments when stable cultural structures begin to shift and underlying psychological and social tensions become visible. He works in a poetic, visually focused style, using carefully composed images and pacing to create atmosphere, immerse the viewer, and encourage reflection rather than passive watching. He works across directing, cinematography, sound, editing, and color grading, maintaining conceptual and formal continuity from development to final master.