- year : 2018
- country : Armenia, Russia, Switzerland, Serbia, Sweden, Cyprus
- timing : 94:47'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Alexey Zlobin
written by Michel Pogosyan, Alexey Zlobin, Maria Sahakyan
produced by Martiros Minasyan, Michel Pogosyan
DoP Vahagn Ter-Hakopyan
music by David Haladjian
sound by Svetolik Zajc
editor Dmitry Regan, Tigran Baghinyan
production designer Armen Ghazaryan
cast: Iren Ayvazyan, Shake Tukhmanian, Anush Arakelyan, Artur Manukyan, David Vardapetyan, Marina Grigoryan
production company: K&MM Investments
The main character of the film is an actor Lorik who lives in his fantasy world of played roles. Sometimes he can be Cyrano de Bergerac or King Richard. However, his main role, unperformed on the stage, but leading his life is the role of Rabbit from “Alice in Wonderland”: Lorik doesn’t perceive the facts of real life and is afraid of being himself, so he hides under the masks of his characters. But the metamorphoses which soon begin to happen with Lorik completely change his mindset, attitude towards life and people. Now his main goal is to save a little ill girl named Asya...
- International Film Festival "Golden Apricot", World Premier (2018, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Official Finalist, International Premie (2018, Estonia, Tallin)
- Mexico International Film Festival, Official Finalist (2018, Mexico, Rosarito)
- International Film Festival "Spirit of Fire", The Best Actor Award - Michel Pogosyan, The Best Music Award (2019, Russia, Khanty-Mansiysk)
- Crown wood International Film Festival, Director's Debut Award - Alexey Zlobin (2019, India, Kolkata)
- Scandinavian International Film Festival, Official Finalist (2019, Finland, Helsinki)
- Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, Finalist (2019, India, Calcutta)
- Toronto Lift Off Film Festival Online Film Festival, Official Selection (2019, Canada, Toronto)
- Social World Film Festival, Semi-finalist (2019, Italy, Naples)
- L'Europe autour de l'Europe, Finalist (2019, France, Paris)
- International Festival "Cinema for Children", Official Selection (2019, Russia, Samara)
- Near Nazareth Festival, Semi-finalist (2019, Israel, Afula)
- International Film Festival KinoDUEL, Best Family Film Award (2019, Belarus, Minsk)
- NEZ International Film Festival, Official Finalist (2019, India, Kolkata)
- Shoukshin Russian Film Festival, Diploma "For the best script" (2019, Russia, Barnaul)
- International Film Festival "East&West. Classics and Avant Garde", The Best Film (2019, Russia, Orenburg)
- International Film Festival "Love Is Madness", Finalist (2019, Varna, Bulgaria)
- FECIS - Salto Independent Film Festival, Best Feature Film Narrative (2019, Uruguay, Salto)
- Five Continents International Film Festival, Best Feature Film, Best Drama Feature Film, Best Director - Alexey Zlobin, Best Leading Actor - Michael Poghosyan, Best Supporting Actress -Tatyana Dmitriyeva, Best Young Actress - Irene Ayvazyan, Best Team, Best Art Direction - Armen Ghazaryan, Best Editing -Tigran Baghinyan, Dmitri Regan, Best Sound Design - Svetolik Zayjs, Best Costume Design - Marianna Petrosyan (2019, Venezuela)
- Bahia Independent Cinema Festival, Best Narrative Feature Film (2019, Brazil, Bahia)
- South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Best Debut Movie, Best Actress (2019, Chile, Rancagua)
- Canal de Panama International Film Festival, Best International Fiction Feature Film, Best Actor, Best Art Direction (2019, Panama)
- Premio Felix - Festival del Cinema Russo, Special Diploma of Jury (2019, Italy, Milan)
- New Harvest Film Festival (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Cyprus International Film Festival, Best Leading Actor Award - Michel Pogosyan (2019, Cyprus, Nicosia)
- Knysna Film Festival, Official Selection (2019, South Africa, Knysna)
- International Film Festival "St. Vladimir" Prize "For Best Actor" Michael Poghosyan (2019, Russia, Sevastopol)
- Film Festival "The Man Investigating the World", Best Actor of the Festival Special Jury Award (2019, Russia, Kerch, Feodosia)
- International Film Festival "Fathers and Children", Special Nomination Laureate, Best Actor - Mikaela Poghosyan, Audience Award for "Best child role" - Iren Ayvazyan (2019, Russia, Orel)
- International Film Week "Fest-Hits", Non-Competition Screening (2019, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Nalchik)
- International Charity Film Festival "Radiant Angel", Finalist (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Pomegranate Film Festival, Best Feature Film (2019, Toronto, Canada)
- Arpa International Film Festival, Best Screenplay Award (2019, United States, Los Angeles)
- International Film Festival "Catharsis", Official Selection (2019, Cities of Russia)
- Pomgranate Film Festival, Best Feature Film (2019, Canada, Toronto)
- Druk International Film Festival, Best Debut Work Award (2019, Bhutan, Punakha)
- Ambitus Film Festival (2020, Russia, St. Petersburg)
- World Film Carnival, Winner in the Category Family/Children Films, Best Film Score – Soundtrack Achievement Award (2019, Singapore)
- Asian Cinematography Awards, Winner in 3 categories: Director, Leading Actor, Producer (ACA) (2020, Manila, Philippines)
- IndieFest Film Festival, Award of Excellence: Leading Actor - Michael Poghosyan, Special Mention: Liberation / Social Justice / Protest, Original Score, Dramatic Impact (2019, United States, La Jolla)
- International Orthodox Sretensky Film Festival "Meeting", Award Winner (2020, Russia, Obninsk)
- V. Tikhonov International Film Festival "17 Moments ..." (2020, Russia, Pavlovsky Posad)
- Noida International Film Festival, Best Actor Prize - Michel Pogosyan (2020, India, Noida)
- Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Semi-Finalist (2020, Argentina, Buenos Aires)
- FELACOS Santiago Long and Short Film Festival, Best Fiction Feature (2020, Santiago, Chile)
- SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY, Grand Prix Narrative Feature (2020, USA, New York)
- Kazan International Muslim Film Festival (2021, Russia, Kazan)
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries “Moscow Premiere” (2023, Russia, Moscow)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Alexey Zlobin was born on 25.05.1972 in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1990 graduated from film school "Kadr" at Russian famous film studio "LenFilm". Graduated from Herzen State Pedagogical University and Russian State Institute of Performing Arts as an actor.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 - "Lorik", full-length film / debut