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AFRICA

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  • year : 2021
  • country : Russia
  • timing : 53:55'
  • genre : fiction film
  • producer : Daria Binevskaya

written by Daria Binevskaya
produced by Dmitry Belosokhov
DoP Dmitry Gorevoy
music by Lina Hertz
sound by Alexander Valentsov
editors Daria Binevskaya, Daria Badyanova
production designer Elina Burdo
cast: Alexey Rodionov, Oleg Chugunov, Ekaterina Guseva, Igor Petrenko, Alica Klagish, Mark Vdovin, Andrey Matveev, Maksim Dobrodonov, Denis Kazandaykin, Andrey Garkunov
production company: Connect Film

The year 1943. On the outskirts of the besieged Leningrad, in a deserted village, live three children and their mother, who is too weak to go to the forest in search of food. One day, the sons go on the road alone and find themselves in front of a choice - to save a starving family or a dog they found on the battlefield.

  • All-Russian Festival of Visual Arts "Orlyonok" (2021, Russia, Tuapse)
  • Open Festival of Popular Cinema Genres "Crystal Source" (2021, Russia, Essentuki)
  • Fresco International Festival of Modern Art and Spiritual Films, Best message of Hope (2021, Armenia, Yerevan)
  • Radiant Angel International Charity Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
  • Moscow International Film Festival "Let's Live", Special Jury Diploma to actor Alexey Rodionov (2021, Russia, Moscow)
  • Open Russian film festival of the CIS and Baltic countries "Kinoshock", Best Child Role - Alexey Rodionov (2021, Russia, Anapa)
  • All-Russian Film Festival of actors-directors "Golden Phoenix" (2021, Russia, Smolensk)
  • Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival (2021, Finland, Oulu)
  • International Film Festival "Literature and Cinema for Children" (2021, Russia, Gatchina)
  • International Festival of Films and TV Films of Spiritual and Moral Content "Saint Vladimir", Grand Prix (2021, Russia, Sevastopol)
  • International Orthodox Film Festival "Pokrov", 2nd Feature Film Award (2021, Ukraine, Kiev)
  • All-Russian Educational Film Festival "Growing Up Together" (2021, Russia, Chelyabinsk)
  • International Film Festival for children and teenagers "AniFestROZAFA" (2022, Albania, Shkodra)
  • Sochi International Film Festival & Awards (SIFFA), Special Jury Diploma (2021, Russia, Sochi)
  • Charity Film Festival "Children's KinoMay", Grand Prix (2021, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod)
  • International Film Festival of the Arctic Countries "ARCTIC OPEN", Special Jury Prize (2021, Russia, Arkhangelsk)
  • All-Russian Film Festival "Man Who Knows the World", Special Jury Prize (2021, Russia, Simferopol)
  • International Festival of Films and TV Programs "Radonezh", Grand Prix (2021, Russia, Moscow)
  • International Film Festival «Catharsis» (2021, Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladimir, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Pskov, Vladivostok)
  • Golden Tower International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (2021, Republic of Ingushetia (Russia), Magas)
  • International military-patriotic Film Festival "Volokolamsk Frontier" (2021, Russia, Volokolamsk)
  • Asti International film Festival (2021, Italy, Asti)
  • International Film Festival "Fathers and Children", Winner of the 1st Degree, Special Jury Prize for the Best Screenplay and Direction (2021, Russia, Orel)
  • Week of Russian Cinema in Xiamen (2021, China, Xiamen)
  • Dhaka International Film Festival, Best Children Film Badal Rahman Award (2022, Bangladesh, Dhaka)
  • Ambitus International Film Festival (2022, Russia, St. Petersburg)
  • Crimean Open Documentary Film Festival "KrymDoc" (2022, Crimea, Simferopol)
  • Moscow International Film Festival "8 Women" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
  • International Film Festival of Thrissur (2022, India, Thrissur)
  • International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero" (2022, Russia, Krasnoyarsk)
  • Film Festival "Vivat Cinema of Russia!" (2022, Russia, St. Petersburg)
  • Man and the Arctic. Cultural Project - V International Arctic Film Festival Arctic open (2022, Russia, Arkhangelsk, Komi Republic, Syktyvkar)
  • International Film Festival "17 Moments" named after Vyacheslav Tikhonov (2022, Russia, Pavlovsky Posad)
  • Open Russian Film Festival of Patriotic Cinema "Malaya Zemlya", Audience Award (2022, Russia, Novorossiysk)
  • International Film Forum "Zolotoy Vityaz" (Golden Knight), Bronze Knight Awards (2022, Russia, Sevastopol)
  • Children's and Youth Audiovisual Festival (FICAIJ) (2022, Colombia, Bogotá)
  • International Children’s Film and Television Festival “KINOSVET”, Nominee (2022, Belarus, Minsk)
  • Ariano International Film Festival, Best Feature Film (2022, Italy, Ariano Irpino)
  • Western Gates International Film Festival (2022, Russia, Pskov)
  • All-Russian festival of historical cinema "Veche", Audience Award (2022, Russia, Veliky Novgorod)
  • International Festival of Children's and Family Films "Zero Plus", Special Prize of the International Feature Film Competition "For the Best Children's Film" (2022, Russia, Tyumen)
  • International Sretensky Film Festival "Vstrecha" (2022, Russia, Obninsk)
  • Cinekid Festival (2022, Netherlands, Amsterdam)
  • Veche Bell International Orthodox Film Festival, Best Children's Film (2022, Russia, Krasnodar)
  • Russian Film Festival "Six Premieres" (2022, Turkey, Antalya)
  • CMS, International Children's Film Festival (ICFF) (2023, India, Lucknow)
  • International Film Festival "Cinema for Children" (2023, Russia, Samara)
  • Arctic International Film Festival «Golden raven» (2023, Russia, Anadyr)
  • Festival of Theater, Cinema and Journalism "On Seven Hills" (2023, Russia, Kirov)
  • Vue Cinema London Piccadilly (2023, UK, London)
  • Award-festival "Heroes of a big country", Best author's film (2023, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
  • Sol International Film Festival (2024, Spain, Torrevieja)


Director’s statement

The project My name is Petya, the military melodrama Africa and the project Endgame, which took third place in the All-Russian Debutant Pitching as part of the Business Platform of the Moscow International Film Festival MIFF 42, are based on real stories of three boys of different ages. In the future, we plan to form these novels in the Almanac. All three stories are united by one theme: when adults overcome difficulties it is exciting and worthy of respect ... when children consciously and courageously fight for life and dignity is a miracle. But the miracle is quite real, possible, achievable, and its story must be told.


ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:

Daria Binevskaya was born on 19.09.1982 in Moscow, Russia. In 2012 graduated from Moscow State Institute of Culture. In 2019 graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography VGIK as a film director.


FILMOGRAPHY:

2021 - "Africa", full-length film
2019 - "My name is Petya", short film \ diploma \ debut

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