- year : 2020
- country : Russia
- timing : 22:06'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Egor Gavrilin
written by Egor Gavrilin
produced by Lucya Kravtsova
DoP Mikhail Solovyov
music by Petr Parshin
sound by Grigory Vasiliev
editor Egor Gavrilin
production designer Alexandra Nikiforova
cast: Ivan Grishanov, Alexander Vorontsov
There’s a new member in the mysterious knitting club for mature men. On his first day he sees that there’s someone who wants to seize power over the club. He decides to bring back justice. The bad guy has already mastered the skill of knitting but our hero has resolve and best intentions. But… are they that good after all?
- SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival (2020, Romania, Bucharest)
- One Shot International Short Film Festival (2020, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Open Russian festival of cinema and theater "Amur Autumn" (2020, Russia, Blagoveshchensk)
- International Film Festival “East & West. Classics and avant-garde "(2020, Russia, Orenburg)
- Girona Film Festival (2020, Spain, Girona)
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna", Special Prize "For a Thin Narrative Thread" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- AGM International Short Film Competition (2020, Turkey, Adana)
- Asti International Film Festival (2020, Italy, Asti)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2020, India, Madurai)
- All-Russian Film Festival "Russian Elementary Cinema" [REC] (2020, Russia, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, St. Petersburg)
- Short Film Breaks (2021, Romania, Bucharest)
- Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival (2021, Germany, Selb)
- Filmfest Bremen (2021, Germany, Bremen)
- GELOS Comedy Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Roving Eye International Film Festival (2021, United States, Rhode Island)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Outdoor Short Film Festival of Grenoble (2021, France, Grenoble)
- Accessible Film Festival (2021, Turkey, Ankara)
- Portobello Film Festival (2021, United Kingdom, London)
- SOL Russian Film Festival, Best Screenplay Prize (2021, Spain, Torrevieja)
- Northern Character International Film & TV Festival (2021, Russia, Murmansk)
- Circolo del Cinema "Sogni - Antonio Ricci" (2021, Italy, Ravenna)
- Hamburger Deutsch-Russischen Kinoforum "KinoHafen" (2021, Germany, Hamburg)
- Evenings of Russian Cinema in Bordeaux (In Ciné Véritas Europe) (2021, France, Bordeaux)
- Northern Character: green screen International Festival of Environmental and Social Films (2022, Russia, Murmansk)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Egor Gavrilin was born on 15.12.1987 in Chelyabinsk. In 2010 graduated from Moscow State University of Culture and Arts as a Director of advertising, but he was always wanted to shoot film. During his university years he directed numerous film etudes and short films. One of his short films – “The Real Evidence: Laptop” took part in numerous Russian and international film festivals. Now he continues to work on short advertising spots, music videos and short films and also on the script for his first feature film.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - "Knitting Club for men over 40", short film
2014 - "Physical evidence: Computer", short film
2013 - "Fairy tale", short film