Egor Baranov is the director of the 2019 Russian science fiction action thriller film The Blackout (Russian: Аванпоcт, romanized: Avanpost, lit. ‘Outpost’), which stars Pyotr Fyodorov. On March 15, 2019, it made its international premiere at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival. On November 21, 2019, it was released in the Russian Federation.
The movie tells the story of an unexpected occurrence that quickly ends life on Earth and throws everything into darkness, with the exception of a small region in Eastern Europe. Film critics gave it mainly unfavorable reviews.