Russian short film "Quite A Free Man" by Sasha Yastrebova is officially selected to Nantes Russian Film Festival (Festival Univerciné Russe). CinePromo submits the movie to film festivals around the globe.
It starts in Nantes, France on February 7 - 12, 2017.
The organizer of the festival - a public organization on promotion of Russian culture "Russies étonNantes". Festival Univerciné Russe – a part of the cycle Univercinéwhich also includes the festivals of the German, British and Italian films. Annually each of festivals presents about 20 films, from them – 4 or 5 competitive debut works which were not released in France.
The jury of Univerciné consists of 15 students of University of Nantes studying art film critics. The jury selects at first the best film of each of festivals, and then – the best film of a cycle to which award the prize Univerciné.
QUITE A FREE MAN
Russia, 2016, 13:14'
written and directed by Sasha Yastrebova
produced by Ilya Sherstobitov, Kseniya Ponomareva
DoP Mikhail Meshkov
music by Aleksey Egorchenkov, Andrey Sosedov
sound by Ivan Erofeev
editors Sasha Yastrebova, Mikhail Meshkov
production designers Anastasiya Grishina, Elizaveta Parfenova, Natalya Rusak
cast: Kirill Komarov, Nadezhda Selivanova, Victor Myutnikov, Mikhail Zheleznov
A comedy with a fantastic finale. Igor is a funny young boy. He lives and cares about nothing till the moment, when Military Recruitment Office agents come for him one morning. Will it be possible for the hero to remain free? Of course. It will be easier, than it seems.
Open Film Festival fo Debut and Student Films "St. Anna" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
International Motivational Film and Sports Festival BRIDGE of ARTS (2016 Russia, Rostov-on-Don)
Film Festival "The Spot In the Endless Universe" (2015, Russia, Crimea)
Moscow Youth Film Festival "Let Us Live!" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
Russian Film Festival "ARTkino" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
THESS International Short Film Festival (2016, Greece, Thessaloniki)
Russian Comedy Festival "Let's smile, Russia!" (2016, Russia, Tula)
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
International Youth Film and TV Festival "Ostankino", 2nd place in the category "Best Fiction Film" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film Exhibition (2016 China, Beijing)
