Festival of Debut and Student Films "Beginning" finished on November 24, 2016 in St.Petersburg. "Bird" by Ksenia Baskakova got Audience Choice Award and Best Actor Prize (Ivan Okhlobystin). Congratulations!!!
Earlier the film took part in 10 film festivals in Russia, Italy and India and got 13 awards.
BIRD
2016, Russia, 91:14'
written by Yaroslava Pulinovich, Andrey Rumyantsev, Kseniya Baskakova
directed by Kseniya Baskakova
produced by Eduard Pichugin, Irina Baskakova
DoP Dmitry Savinov
music by Alexander Pantykin, Andrey Fedechko
sound by Dmitry Vasilyev
editor Alexey Maklakov
Art Directors Alexey Paderin, Pavel Svintsov
cast: Ivan Okhlobystin, Evdokia Malevskaya, Garik Sukachev, Anastasia Melnikova, Kirill Rubtsov, Kirill Zakharov, Inna Gorbachova
“Oleg Ptitsyn Died”, “Oleg Ptitsyn In Jail” - headlines in all the newspapers and magazines about the famous rock musician. Actually he is undergoing treatment in one of city hospitals. Kate, a teenage girl from the same hospital, which neglects all the doctors and even her own mother becomes his companion in misfortune. Oleg decides to help the girl to get well and love life.
Festival "Window to Europe" (2016, Russia, Vyborg)
Moscow Youth Film Festival "Let Us live!", Best Actress Prize to Evdokia Malevkaya, Best Full-Lengh Film Prize - 2nd place (2016, Moscow, Russia)
Yakut International Film Festival, Special Diploma (2016, Russia, Yakutsk)
Film Festival "Amur Autumn", Best DoP Prize, Special Jury Prize to Evdokia Malevkaya (2016, Russia, Blagoveshchensk)
Indian Film Festival, Grand Prix (2016, India, Mumbai)
Russian Film Festival "Golden Phoenix", Audience Award (2016, Russia, Smolensk)
International Russian-French Film Festival for Children and Youth "Lemon Films", Best Director Director, Best Actor Prize to Ivan Okhlobystin (2016, Russia, Kazan)
Russian Cultural Mission in Venice (2016, Italy, Venice)
International Festival of Student and Debut Films "Beginning", Best Feature Film Prize, Best Actor Prize to Ivan Okhlobystin (2016, Russia, Saint-Petersburg)
Russian Comedy Film Festival "Smile, Russia!", Best Director Prize, Best Actress Prize to Evdokia Malevkaya (2016, Russia, Tula)
