The film production took place in Novosibirsk, Tomsk, and the Altai Mountains, and was running from September to January 2022. Eleven internationals from Romania, America, Great Britain, Nigeria, Italy, China, Indonesia, and other countries starred in the film.
Tomsk Polytechnic University was represented in the film by Alfa Edison Ilela, associate professor at the Division for Materials Science, and Antonio Di Martino, associate professor at the Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences.
Twelve years ago, Alfa came to Tomsk from Indonesia to study materials science and became one of the first Indonesian students. He is currently engaged in the development of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies at the university.
Alfa Edison Ilela
Antonio Di Martino, chemist, first flew from Italy to Tomsk in 2015, and in March 2020 he moved here to live and work. At Tomsk Polytechnic University, the researcher is developing polymer-based drug delivery systems with controlled release rate and target area in a human body.
Antonio Di Martino
In June, the project Russians by Choice won the Smart Movie screenwriting contest held by the All-Russian Znanie Society. The film production was supported by the Internet Development Institute.
The film premiered on Kinopoisk online cinema and official accounts of the project on Vkontakte and Youtube.