4 short films from Russia and Belarus which CinePromo submits to film festivals, are selected to Grenzland Filmtage, starting in Germany on April 20, 2017.
During the almost 40 years of its existence, the Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival has established itself far beyond the borders of its Franconian hometown. Thanks to the laid-back atmosphere, audience and filmmakers alike feel welcome and are enamoured with the festival year after year.
Borders are what we are confronted with every day. The Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival wants to show life in its entirety, with all the small and large borders every single one of us has to cross every day. The attitude to not back off of borders but to find out what’s behind them with curiosity and an exploratory spirit, is what many young filmmakers can benefit from.
More details about the selected films ...
INHUMAN
2016, Russia, 07:33'
written and directed by Daniil Demidov
produred by Timur Nadarov
DoP Kirill Azarov
music by Konstantin Andreenok
sound by Vasiliy Krasovskiy
editor Daniil Demidov
production designer Anna Tynyanaya
cast: Kseniya Tarasova, Gennadiy Dyachenko, Kirill Zhirov
One beautiful planet rotates peacefully in cold space. Until it gets infested with the parasites, that call themselves human.
International premiere of "Inhuman" by Daniil Demidov will take place in Grenzland-Filmtage.
THE HUNTER’S HOUSE
2016, Russia, 23:27'
script by Maria Elagina, Andrey Egorov
directed by Andrey Egorov
produced by Ksenia Balalla-Khromenkova, Anna Knyazeva
DoP Maxim Schwarzkopf
music by Andrey Egorov, Alexander Tsybulya
sound by Kirill Sharapov
editor Alena Kuznetsova
production designer Svetlana Engel
cast: Sergey Kozyrev, Andrey Smirnov, Andrey Tenetko
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.
International Film Forum "Golden Vityaz", Special Jury Prize (2016, Russia, Sevastopol)
International Youth Film Festival "Light of the World", Best Short Film Prize (2016, Russia, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Uglich, Rostov)
The international festival of student films and creative photography "Golden Five", Best DOP Prize (2016, Russia, Khimki)
Festival International du Film Nancy-Lorraine (2016, France, Nancy)
KONIK Film Festival (2016, Russia, Moscow)
Russian Film festival "Heroes of Our Time" (2016, Russia, Tambov)
Film Festival "Saint Vladimir", 3rd place in the Short Film competition (2016, Russia, Sevastopol)
International Film Festival "Radiant Angel" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
Film Festival "Pokrov", 3rd prize in the section of the short film (2016, Kiev, Ukraine)
Northern Wave International Film Festival (2016, Iceland, Grundarfjörður)
Film Festival "Beginning" (2016, Russia, St. Petersburg)
Film Festival "Black and White Rainbow», II Laureate (2016, Russia, Togliatti)
Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film Exhibition (2016 China, Beijing)
Grenzland-Filmtage (2017, Germany, Selb)
GOOD DAY
Russia, 2016, 08:03'
written by Olga Dibtseva, Ilya Aksenov
directed and produced by Olga Dibtseva
DoP Evgeniy Muratov
music by "Kangaroo"
sound by Sergey Senator, Oleg Sakharov
editor Vera Smolina
production designer Olga Dibtseva
cast: Alexander Pal, Olga Khokhlova, Vasiliy Kortukov, Galina Averyanovna, Andrey Kharybin, Pavel Serdyuk
The courier, delivering an order to a married couple, becomes a witness to several accidental deaths.
Russian Short Film Festival in Kaliningrad (2016 Russia, Kaliningrad)
Russian Film Festival actors-directors "Golden Phoenix" (2016, Russia, Smolensk)
Short Film Festival "Micro Fest" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
International Izmir Short Film Festival (2016, Turkey, Izmir)
ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival (2016 Romania, Targu Mures)
International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools "Kinoproba" (2016, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
Film Festival "Black and White Rainbow" (2016, Russia, Togliatti)
Participant of the Russian action "The Day of Short Films 2016" with the support of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and the National Center of Cinematography and Animation France
Craft Film Festival (2016, Russia, Moscow)
Festival de Cortometrajes "Jose Francisco Rosado" PACAS (2016, Spain, Pedro Muñoz)
Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film Exhibition (2016, China, Beijing)
Landshut Short Film Festival (2017, Germany, Landshut)
International Short Film Festival "Cortisonici" (2017, Italy, Vareze)
Grenzland-Filmtage (2017, Germany, Selb)
CANNIBAL
Belarus, 2016, 23:22'
written by Mikhail Onipenko, Alexander Vysokovskiy
directed by Alexander Vysokovskiy
produced by Yuriy Gromik, Konstantin Samarin
DoP Mikhail Onipenko
music by Konstantin Ustinovich
sound by Sergey Shunkevich
editor Mikhail Klimov
production designer Sergey Rassolko
cast: Tamara Mironova, Igor Sidorchik, Svetlana Anikey, Alexander Pavlov, Alexander Tkachenok, Svetlana Nekipelova,Valentina Gartsueva, Sofya Yarmakova, Valery Pak, Olga Nikitenko, Evgeniy Chanov
One day of life of residents of an apartment building which recognized their neighbour as a murderer and cannibal from the criminal TV-show "Watch Out with Eduard Tumanov".
Participant of Russian action "Short Film Day 2016" with the support of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and the National Center of Cinematography and Animation France
Film Festival "Black and White Rainbow" (2016, Russia, Togliatti)
Grenzland-Filmtage (2017, Germany, Selb)
