- year : 2021
- country : Russia
- timing : 12:25'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Daniil Demichev
written by Daniil Demichev
produced by Denis Mareino
DoPs Daniil Komkin, Daniil Demichev
sound by Nikolai Alexandrov
editor Daniil Demichev
cast: Ilya Koski, Polina Bykanova, Vlad Zorin
production company: Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR)
The documentary film Milyuta tells the story of a building (called Milyuta) in Moscow’s Chistye Prudy district; it’s a building where artists, photographers, musicians, writers and just creative people live and work. The film tells the story of three characters – residents of a squat (arbitrarily populated abandoned building).
- International Open Youth Festival of TV Programs and Films "Telemania", Grand Prix, Best Director (2021, Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg)
- International Changing Perspectives Film Festival (2022, Turkey, Istanbul)
- International Festival of Student Films and Creative Photography "Golden Five" (2022, Russia, Khimki)
- International Short Film Festival “The Unprecedented Cinema” (2022, Estonia, Maardu and Tallinn)
- Arctic International Film Festival "Golden Raven" (2022, Russia, Anadyr)
- VGIK International Student Festival (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- Festival Studentskog Filma (2022, Serbia, Belgrade)
- Video-art Festival "Black and White Rainbow", 3rd place in the nomination Short documentary (2022, Russia, Togliatti)
- Vision International short film festival (2023, Russia, Kemerovo)
Director’s statement
I chose this work in order to show the “other side” of squatter life.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Daniil Demichev was born on 06.05.2000 in Moscow, Russia. In 2021 graduated from the Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR) as a film director..
FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - "Milyuta", short student film \ diploma
2021 - "Dan Virlan", short student film