Russian short film "The Utopians" by Svetlana Sukhanova is oficcially selected to the Hong Kong PUFF Film Festival, taking place in China on July 6-16, 2017. The film is distributed by CinePromo.
Russian premiere of the film took place at "New Horizon" in Voronezh, where "The Utopians" won Audience Award and then the film was screened at "Light of the World", where it won 2 awards - Special Prize and Best Short Film Prize.
"The Utopians" was also screened in Cannes at Short Film Corner and at "White Acacia" in Stavropol. Soon the film will participate at one of film festivals in Israel.
THE UTOPIANS
2017, Russia, 29:54'
written by Evgeniy Bedarev
directed by Svetlana Sukhanova
produced by Alexander Khachko
DoP Yuliya Galochkina
music by Roman Arkhipov
sound by Danila Palatkin
editor Alexander Khachko
production designer Evgeniy Bedarev
cast: Victor Kuklin, Zalim Mirzoev, Anastasiya Baklanova, Alexander Poryvayev
This is the movie about real friendship, desire to live and the dreams. Fedor won a lottery and gone to round-the-world travel. But that was a fake version for his close friend Andrey. Actually he had died in hospital cause of cancer. So Andrey has to undestand why his friend has been liing to him.
International Short Film Festival "New Horizon", People's Choice Award (2017, Russia, Voronezh)
Cannes Film Festival, Short Film Corner (2017, France, Cannes)
International Film Festival "Light To The World", 2nd Best Film Director Prize, Best Short Film according to the version of the International Youth Jury (2017, Russia, Yaroslal - Rybinsk)
Interregional Forum "White Acacia" (2017, Russia, Stavropol)
Near Nazareth Festival (2017, Israel, Afula)
PUFF. Pineapple Underground Film Festival (2017, China, Hong Kong)
