Nobody Knows About Manpupunyor (Season 1)

Nobody Knows About Manpupunyor (2025) — stream this Russian thriller online on iFILM. Aspiring director Nikita gets a terminal diagnosis and decides the time for postponing is over. He rounds up three old classmates for a journey they sketched out in school: the Manpupunyor plateau on the northern Ural ridge, where seven massive stone pillars rise out of the tundra hundreds of kilometres from the nearest city.

Getting there is the straightforward part. The wilderness runs its own rules. A poacher who knows the area too well is already there. The indigenous Mansi, on whose land they are passing through, have their own reasons to watch. And a sinister old man — whose name keeps coming up whenever someone disappears in these forests — turns out to be very real. Starring Alexander Metyolkin, Anton Momot, Ivan Fedotov, and Fyodor Dobronravov, directed by Ivan Dobronravov.

Shot on location in the actual Northern Urals, the show earns its dread from geography rather than effects. Watch Nobody Knows About Manpupunyor (2025) online on iFILM.