Antigone

Antigone is a short drama drawn from Sophocles' tragedy of the same name. The story centres on the conflict between Antigone and the ruling authority of Thebes over the burial of her brother, setting her duty to her family and the gods against the demands of the state. The film runs 27 minutes and belongs to the drama and history genres.

It was directed and written by Oleg Khamokov, and was made as a diploma project at Kabardino-Balkarian State University, within Alexander Sokurov's workshop. It is Khamokov's second film, following Alive in 2013, and was produced through KBSU. It was released in June 2015, placing it in the early stage of the director's career.