
- year : 2018
- country : Russia, Armenia
- timing : 06:09'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Evgeniy Bakirov
written by Evgeniy Bakirov
produced by Anastasia Khoreva
DoP Aydar Sharipov
music by Georgiy Venskiy
sound by Vladislav Kotov
editor Alexey Nazarchyk
production company: Medialab
A short documentary film about Samvel Galstyan - a taxi driver from Erevan. The film puts his profession in the background focusing on Samvel's hobby - he's been an artist since his childhood.
- International Short Film Festival "Human Cinema" (2019, Russia, Chelyabinsk)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Pune Short Film Festival (2019, India, Pune)
- International Short Film Festival Detmold (2019, Germany, Detmold)
- XpoNorth Creative Industries Festival (2019, UK, Inverness, Scotland)
- Unknown Film Festival, GOLD (2019, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- Oporto International Short Film Festival Porto7 (2019, Portugal, Porto)
- Shahr International Film Festival (2019, Iran, Tehran)
- Social Machinery Film Festival (2019, Italy, Rizzoni)
- Open Film Festival "Kinoshok" (2019, Russia, Anapa)
- Russian Documentary Film Festival "Salt of the Earth" (2019, Russia, Samara)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short film Festival (2019, India, Madurai)
- All-Russian Short Film Festival "Kinomania", 3rd Place in the Category "Best Youth Film", "Best Screenplay", 1st Place in the Category "Best Cinematography", 2nd Place in the Category "Best Editor" and "Best Sound" (2019, Russia, Pskov)
- International festival of cinema and television programs "Radonezh" (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- ArtDocNetwork (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- KINNO [Moscow] (2020, Россия, Москва)
- The Fine Arts Film Festival (2020, USA, California)
- Russian National Auteur Short Film Festival “Artkino” (2020, Russia, Moscow)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Evgeniy Bakirov was born on 05.10.1994 in Magnitogorsk (Chelyabinsk region), Russia. In 2012 studied in the laboratory of the Short Film "Cultural Bureau" by Alexander Kott. In 2013 studied screenwriting skills in the Siberian Video Campus (at the Cannes Video Festival). In 2013 organized Real Heroes Film Festival (RHFF).
FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 - "Samvel", documentary
2014 - "Bitch," short film
2013 - "Sympathy", short film / debut