On November 25, 2016 Open City Film & Video Festival "Black and White Rainbow" announced the winners.
The Jury selected 12 winners, including 5 short movies from Russia, Georgia and Ukraine, that CinePromo distribute to film festivals around the world.
- THE HUNTER’S HOUSE, Russia, directed by Andrey Egorov, II prize
The main character of the movie (Hunter), who lost his wife 6 years ago, lives all alone away from civilization. He has cut off all his communications to the outer world. His only “companion” is its dog (Marta), but Hunter keeps even her at a distance. His life is nothing but a row of the days, one same as another: hunting, cooking and searching for radiowaves on an old broadcast receiver. All that the Hunter has is his memories, and yet they cannot bring back the lost meaning of his existence.
However, everything changes dramatically on one cold March morning, when the Hunter discovers that the dog has disapeared. He starts a chase after a thief and catches the criminal red-handed.
- THE ROADS WE DON'T TAKE, Ukraine, directed by Zlata Oronova, Winner
The life of a long-term prisoner of the Gulag, the author of the memoirs "The Way" - Olga Adamova-Sliozberg.
- MY APOLOGY, Russia, directed by Yuri Kalyuzhniy, Diploma
The main hero tormented by endless fears and doubts, faces with a difficult choice: what kind of seasoning to choose - salt or pepper? In an attempt to answer this question, he falls into his worst nightmares.
- SPIRIDON, Russia, directed by Konstantin Abaev, III prize
What is a man? Spiridon - who is he? A man beyond time without past or future? He merges with the surrounding space, becoming its part. What is the century now? Who governs the country? His will is concentrated on the rotation of the potter’s wheel. And nothing else matters. God's work is in his hands. Only things created by your own hands, not bought have the true value. If you give something away, it will live on.
- Road To Home, Georgia, directed by Tatiana Astapova, Diploma
Action of the movie "Road to home" happens in the small village of Abkhazia, in which the local administration has decided to pave an asphalt road. On the way of construction there is a natural barrier - a tree which, according to stories of old residents, has been here since the foundation of the village. Under a dense shadow of the tree, the inhabitants found salvation from the hot Abhazian sun, on the branches clawing more than one generation of boys and girls. It keeps the memory about love, about war and peace, about life and death. According to the legend, if to cut down this tree, the sun will become so bright that will burn everything - people, country, history.
