
- year : 2021
- country : Belarus, Russia
- timing : 20:30'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Andrey Svetlov
written by Oleg Davydchik, Andrey Svetlov
produced by Ilya Krivushkin
DoP Dmitry Chernyavsky
music by Alik Mkhoyan
sound by Denis Borodich
editor Andrey Svetlov
production designer Viktor Milichenko
cast: Artem Ohremchuk, Matvey Shilets, Pavel Zalevskiy, Lavrentiy Concial, Victor Podolyak, Daria Voronova, Lyubov Svechnikova
"Friend" is a movie about two warring school students. One of them dreams of a new smartphone, the other of a simple friendship. By chance, they find themselves in a common predicament from which they will have to get out. It's a rich, day-long story spiced with chases, childish adventurism and light humour.
- International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo (2021, Greece, Athens)
- Pune Short Film Festival (2021, India, Pune)
- BUSTER International Filmfestival (2021, Denmark, Copenhagen)
- BuSho Film Festival, Gold BuSho (2021, Hungary, Budapest)
- International Short Film Festival "The Unprecedented Cinema" (2021, Estonia, Maardu, Tallinn)
- FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (2021, Spain, Badalona)
- Lucania Film Festival (2021, Italy, Pisticci)
- Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival (2021, Italy, Gaeta)
- Festival International du Film de Nancy (2021, France, Nancy)
- DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival (2021, Albania, Tirana)
- FIKE - Évora International Short-Film Festival, Diploma Best European Short Film (2021, Portugal, Evora)
- KONIK Film Festival, Best Screenplay (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Kyrgyzstan - Land of Short Films, Special Priz (2021, Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek)
- Open Russian film festival of the CIS and Baltic countries "Kinoshock", Special Diploma (2021, Russia, Anapa)
- Procida International Film Festival (2021, Italy, Procida)
- Moscow Shorts, Best Fiction Film (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Tehran International Short Film Festival (2021, Iran, Tehran)
- shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Grand OFF World Independent Short Film Awards (2021, Poland, Warsaw)
- Film Festival Cottbus (2021, Germany, Cottbus)
- Kaohsiung Film Festival (KFF) (2021, Taiwan, Kaohsiung)
- International Short Film Festival "VISION", Grand Prix (2021, Russia, Kemerovo)
- CortoDino International Film Festival (2021, Italy, Torre Annunziata)
- International Film Festival KineNova Skopje (2021, Macedonia, Skopje)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2021, India, Madurai)
- Bastau International Film Festival (2021, Kazakhstan, Almaty)
- Prize of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia "Golden Eagle", winner in the nomination "Best Short Film" (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- All-Russian action "Short Film Day", Best Cinematography Award (2021, Russia)
- Video-art Festival "Black and White Rainbow", Grand Prix (2021, Russia, Togliatti)
- Russian National Auteur Short Film Festival “Artkino”, Jury Diploma "For the Best Acting Ensemble" - Artem Akhremchuk and Matvey Shilets (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Short Film Market Picks (2022, France, Clermont-Ferrand)
- Open international festival "KINO-CLIK", Diploma of the 1st degree in the nomination "Fiction films" (2021, Russia, Yaroslavl)
- Social Justice Film Festival (2021, India, Chennai)
- International Film Festival ZOOM – ZBLIZENIA (2022, Poland, Jelenia Góra)
- Imagineindia International Film Festival (2022, Spain, Madrid)
- Short Film Breaks (2022, Romania, Bucharest)
- ClujShorts International Short Film Festival (2022, Romania, Cluj-Napoca)
- Filmfest Bremen (2022, Germany, Bremen)
- Mediawave International Film and Music Gathering (2022, Hungary, Gyor)
- Corti da Sogni International Short Film Festival (2022, Italy, Ravenna)
- International Festival of Children's and Family Films "Zero Plus" (2022, Russia, Tyumen)
- Children's and Youth Audiovisual Festival - season 12 (FICAIJ) (2022, Colombia, Bogotá)
- Sentiero Film Factory, Best Short Film, Best Cinematography (2022, Italy, Firenze)
- Street Cinema Festival (2022, 1000 cities of Russia)
- Vote To Film Short Film Festival (2022, Russia, Crimea)
- Postira Seaside Film Festival (2022, Croatia, Postira)
- Shukshin International Film Festival (2022, Russia, Barnaul)
- International Festival of Children's and Family Films "Zero Plus" (2022, Russia, Tyumen)
- Russian Educational Film Festival "Growing Up Together" (Vsrosleem vmeste) (2022, Russia, Chelyabinsk)
- ZUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival (2022, Poland, Bialystok)
- VKRATZE! International Short Film Festival, Best Actor – Artemiy Akhremchuk, Audience Award (2022, Russia, Volgograd)
- Festival "Living Path Dersu" (2023, Russia, Tuva)
- Buddhist International Film Festival (2023, Russia, Tuva)
- Street Cinema Festival (2023, Russia)
- Movie Night Film Festival (2023, Russia, Moscow)
Tehran International Short Film Festival (2021, Iran, Tehran)
Director’s statement
I've made this film in order to demonstrate the problems of the present time among the younger generation.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Andrey Svetlov was dorn on 31.07.1994 in Irkutsk, Russia. Graduated from Belarusian State Academy of Arts. Currently, works as a film director.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - "Friend", short film \ debut