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THE GIFT

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  • year : 2020
  • country : Kazakhstan, Germany, Russia, USA, UK, France
  • timing : 12:57'
  • genre : fiction film
  • producer : Radik Kudoyarov

written and produced by Radik Kudoyarov
DoP Vadim Poteyev
music by Dmitriy Friga
sound by Sergey Shunkevich
editor Nikolay Shavel
production designer Alexey Martynov
cast: Pavel Kharlanchuk, Ivan Klimovich, Anna Kharlanchuk, Oleg Weber, Ivan Tchepko, Valeriy Shushkevich
production company: RITE PRODUCTIONS

Father gives his son an unusual gift for his 10th birthday. It will change the boy's life forever.

  • Malta Short Film Festival, Best Actor Award (2020, Malta)
  • Kazan International Muslim Film Festival (2020, Russia, Kazan)
  • Giffoni Film Festival, Semi-finalist (2020, Italy)
  • Portobello Film Festival (2020, UK, London)
  • Moscow Shorts, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (2020, Russia, Moscow)
  • Arouca Film Festival, 2nd Best Film, Best Photography (2020, Portugal, Arouca)
  • BAIQONYR International Short Film Festival (2020, Kazakhstan, Almaty, Astana)
  • International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
  • AGM International Short Film Competition (2020, Turkey, Adana)
  • Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2020, India, Madurai)
  • Asti International Film Festival (2020, Italy, Asti)
  • Russian Film Week & the Golden Unicorn Awards (2020, United Kingdom, London)
  • International Film and TV-program Festival "Radonezh" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
  • ClujShorts International Short Film Festival (2021, Romania, Cluj-Napoca)
  • International Film Forum "Zolotoy Vityaz" (Golden knight) (2021, Russia, Sevastopol)
  • Ozerov International Military Film Festival (2021, Russia, Tula)
  • Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest (2021, Italy, Nettuno)
  • Pune Short Film Festival (2021, India, Pune)
  • Accessible Film Festival (2021, Turkey, Ankara)
  • Deep Fried Film Festival (2021, UK, Cotebridge)
  • Ocktober Film Festival (2021, United States, New York)
  • Procida International Film Festival (2021, Italy, Procida)
  • International Film Festival of Lanzarote, Audience Award (2021, Spain, Lanzarote)
  • Hamburger Deutsch-Russischen Kinoforum "KinoHafen" (2021, Germany, Hamburg)
  • Russian National Auteur Short Film Festival “Artkino”, Best Regional Film (2021, Russia, Moscow)
  • International Short Film Festival CORTI A PONTE (2022, Italy, Ponte San Nicolo)
  • Open Russian Film Festival of Patriotic Cinema "Malaya Zemlya", Special Jury Diploma (2022, Russia, Novorossiysk)
  • Film Leben Festival (2022, Germany, Ilmenau)


Director’s statement

This short film is a flashback, an old man's memories of an episode from his childhood that has left a mark on his whole life. The film has an artistic part, but it does not change the essence. What was the father's goal when he put the gun in the child's hands? What person did he want to raise? Years later, the character tries to find an explanation for what happened.


ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:

Radik Kudoyarov was born on 07.09.1973 in Ufa (Republic of Bashkortostan), Russia. He is a well-known independent Russian filmmaker, director and screenwriter. Studied history at Bashkir State University and was trained in television management at the University of California. In 2003 established his own film production company, RITE, and has produced and directed over 30 documentary films.


FILMOGRAPHY:

2020 - "The Gift", short film / debut
2019 - "Appointed by Time", documentary
2015 - "Peace and Sport", documentary
2014 - "The General," documentary
2014 - "In the Heart of Mother Earth ...", documentary
2014 - "Kubota’s Kimonos, History on Silk", documentary
2011 - "Karim Hakimov. The Russian Lawrence of Arabia", documentary
2010 - "Charles De Gaulle. His Majesty the President", documentary
2010 - "The Reunification of Germany. In the Wings of a Triumph", documentary
2010 - "Normandy-Niemen. We flew in the same skies", documentary
2010 - "Unwritten Story. Polish Break", documentary
2009 - "The Berlin Wall. Trajectory of the Fall", documentary
2009 - "Evgeny Primakov. A Man from Life", documentary film
2009 - "The Secret of the Camp Badber", documentary
2009 - "Walter Stennes. A friend against Hitler", documentary
2007 - "Technology of the Modern Coup", documentary
2007 - "Rudolf Nureyev. Stolen Immortality", documentary
2005 - "Alibi for Paul McCartney", documentary
2005 - "Nuremberg. The Last Fight", documentary
2004 - "The Plot of the Century", documentary
2004 - "Superagent at NATO", documentary
2004 - "The Make-Up Artist. The Masking Professor", documentary
2003 - "The Myth of Rudolph", documentary
2003 - "The Black General", documentary

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