Border is a journey along the Russian frontier, the longest national border in the world, spanning more than sixty thousand kilometres. It is more than a geographical expedition: it is a comprehensive study of the country's most remote and often undiscovered areas.

Exploring the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, Maria Gruzdeva finds elements representative of national identity and collective memory, and asks questions about physical and emotional belonging. The landscapes and people recorded, together with her travel diaries, become a unique archive combining the rigour of a researcher with that of a maker.

“I started wondering what it feels like living on the edges of such a vast country. Where does the physical and emotional feeling of belonging come from?”