- year : 2017
- country : Russia
- timing : 92:26'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Lera Surkova
written by Anna Yablonskaya
produced by Vladimir Kott, Alexander Kott
DoPs Syuzanna Musaeva, Maxim Trapo
sound by Evgeniy Slivchenko
editor Dmitriy Naumov
production designer Denis Sazonov
cast: Elena Nesterova, Valentin Samokhin, Vitaliya Yenshina, Tatyana Vladimirova, Dmitriy Urosov, Artem Grigoriev, Anna Kotova
By Ann Yablonskaya's play of the same name. Really hard to perceive it raise the problems of belief and religion without extremism, but also with no embarrassment. After their devotee grandmama from upcountry came to their flat, the drama based on hidden implicit faith in miracle unfolds between the members of the family with an unhappy love story of a desolate teenage girl who tries to withstand this family madness. The audience plunges into real routine with constant mysticism that leads to collective insanity.
- Russian Festival of Debut Films "Movement", Best Screenplay Prize, Special Jury Mention for Acting Ensemble (2017, Russia, Omsk)
- International Film Festival "Zerkalo", Special Youth Jury Prize (2017, Russia, Ivanovo)
- Moscow International Film Festival, Special Jury Diploma (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- All-Russian Film Festival "Golden Phoenix", Best Debut film Prize "Ruby Phoenix" (2017, Russia, Smolensk)
- Ural Russian Open Film Festival (2017, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- Moscow Youth Film Festival "Let Us Live!" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- THE EAST & THE WEST. Classic and avant-garde (2017, Russia, Orenburg)
- Russian Film Festival "Kinoshock", Best Actress Prizes - Elena Nesterova, Vitaliya Yenshina, Prize of Russian Guild of Film Critics (2017, Russia, Anapa)
- Cottbus Film Festival (2017, Germany, Cottbus)
- Russian Film Festival "Man Investigating the World", Best Feature Film Prize (2017, Russia, Simferopol \ Evpatoria \ Yalta)
- Russian Film Festival in UK "Golden Unicorn" (2017, UK, London)
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2017, Estonia, Tallin)
- Russian Film Festival "Sputnik nad Polską" (2017, Poland, Warsaw)
- International Film Festival of Arctic Countries (2017, Russia, Arkhangelsk)
- The nominee of the award "Golden Eagle" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Beginning", People's Choice Award (2017, Russia, St. Petersburg)
- International Films Festival on Human Rights "Stalker", Prize Debut - "STALKER" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- Sguardi Altrove International Film Festival (2018, Italy, Milan)
- Views of the World Film & Music Festival (2018, Canada, Montreal)
- International Film Festival "Eight Women", Special Prize of the Guild of Russian Filmmakers (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts "Spirit of Fire" (2018, Russia, Khanty-Mansiysk)
- Russian Film Festival "Literature and Cinema", Best Fiction Film (2018, Russia, Gatchina)
- Open Russian Film Festival "Crystal Spring" (2018, Russia, Stavropol region)
- Annual Festival of Modern Art and Spiritual Films "Fresco" (2019, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Harat International Women’s Film Festival (2019, Afghanistan, Herat)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Lera Surkova was born on 12.04.1977. In 2002 graduated from Moscow Art Theatre School, in 2007 - Marina Razbezhkina’s Workshop of documentary films, in 2010 - Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (VKSR). Worked as an actress in "Et Cetera" theater, staged performances in Teatre.doc as a director, Center n.m. Su. Meyerhold, the Taganka Theater, Gogol Center and others. "Pagans" - her first full-length film.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2017 - "Pagans", full-length film \ debut