Documentaries are a complex genre. They tend to attract attentive viewers that expect to expand their experience, conscience and connoisseurship, rather than just be entertained.
DocDays in Manege is a program for screening documentaries. It gives everyone a chance to meet filmmakers, movie critics, experts from the film industry and other related fields. Visitors will be offered films by world famous directors, participants and winners of international documentary festivals, as well as aspiring film makers that have already enjoyed critical and public acclaim. Screenings are to occur every six to eight weeks.
Meetings will combine documentary screenings with discussion opportunities. Screenings are to occur every six to eight weeks.

It took 12 years of continuous work to shoot this documentary. The film strives to open up BASE jumping as the most extreme sport that leaves one in 60 athletes killed according to statistics. But the risk of losing life is yet to stop anybody as BASE jumping attracts more and more people every year. The music for the film was composed by Alexei Aigi.

The documentary features:
Valery Rozov, two-time World Champion in Parachuting (1999, 2003), European and World Cup Champion (2002), X-Games Champion in Skysurfing (1998), Winner of the Russian Championship in Mountaineering 2002, 2004) and world record setter in parachuting (400-way formation skydiving and 100-way wingsuit). He organized and delivered multiple projects in various places on all continents. Valery Rozov died on November 11, 2017, while performing a jump in Nepal.

Andrey Volkov, President, Skolkovo Moscow School of Management. He does mountaineering and freeriding, parachuting and has literally conquered Everest.

The film will be presented by its director Anton Kalyuzhny followed by a discussion featuring:
- Eduard Pichugin, CEO, Lenfilm Studio; Member, Supervisory Board of Trustees;
- Yury Molodkovets, photographer, State Hermitage;
- Alexey Telnov, CEO, Lendokfilm Studio;
- Alexandra Pechnikova, Director, Message to Man Film Festival.

Reviews:
This is an absolute cinematographic masterpiece. I never thought I could say something like this about a documentary… Exit is the best this I’ve seen this year – Alexander Tsypkin.

Exit is a film about this eternal dream of the mankind - to get off the ground and fly like a bird. But Kalyuzhny is not trying to be trivial about it. And yes, Exit is beautiful movie – Grigory Zaslavsky, President, Russian Institute of Theater Arts; culture columnist, Novaya Gazeta.

They most vibrant film of the year – Alexey Sinyutin, Business Coach and Producer.

Anton Kalyuzhny's Exit is a surprisingly beautiful movie. It's harsh and it's cruel. And yet again it's beautiful. It's a must for all of us, for mere ordinary mortals and on top of everything extraordinary ones – Yuri Molodkovets, Photographer, State Hermitage.

Director's profile:
Director and Producer. General Producer, Amur Autumn Film and Theater Festival. Starting from 2009, Anton Kalyuzhny is a member of the Russia’s Filmmaking Union. Filmography: 2004 – Rafting in Tyva (documentary); 2006 - See You (documentary); 2007 - Did you ask Tracy? (documentary); 2009 – Make a Gainer (short); 2010 – Between Heaven and Earth (documentary); 2012 – Ups and Downs (documentary); 2013 – Free Fall (documentary); 2014 – Going to Orange (short); 2014 – Faster, higher, braver (documentary); 2015 – To Flights (documentary).

Free admission. Registration required.