- year : 2019
- country : Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
- timing : 06:35'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Pavel Bykovchenko
written by Aydar Khismatullin
produced by Pavel Bykovchenko
DoP Alexander Solovey
music by Rafail Sarlykov
sound by Ivan Kholodov
editor Pavel Bykovchenko
production designer Oroz Absattarov
cast: Asan Omanov, Bogdan Azizov
production company: Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (VKSR)
An inquisitive boy asks his grandfather about a man whose monument he diligently cares for. Who is this man?
- International Charity Film Festival "Radiant Angel", 3rd Place in the nomination "Short Fiction Film" (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- KINNO [Moscow] (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Film Festival "ZA!" (2020, Russia, Chelyabinsk)
- Short to the Point International Short Film Festival (2020, Romania, Bucharest)
- International Film Forum “Zolotoy Vityaz” (Golden knight) (2020, Russia, Sevastopol)
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero" (2020, Russia, Krasnoyarsk)
- ZERO PLUS International Film Festival (2020, Russia, Tyumen)
- KONIK Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Pune Short Film Festival (2020, India, Pune)
- New Harvest Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival of Spiritual, Moral and Family Film "Saint Vladimir", Second Prize in the Fiction Short Film Category (2020, Russia, Sevastopol)
- International Festival of Military-Patriotic Film "Volokolamsk Frontier" (2020, Russia, Volokolamsk)
- Kinoproba International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools (2020, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short film Festival (2020, India, Madurai)
- International Film and TV-program Festival "Radonezh", Special Jury Mention (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- International Orthodox Sretensky Film Festival "Meeting" (2021, Russia, Obninsk)
- Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival (2021, Germany, Selb)
- Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2021, India, Chennai)
- Minsk International Short Film Festival "Kinosmena" (2021, Belarus, Minsk)
- Amur Autumn Open Russian Theater and Film Festival (2022, Russia, Blagoveshchensk)
- International Charity Film Festival “Radiant Angel” (2023, Russia, Moscow)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Pavel Bykovchenko was born on 20.12.1974 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. In 2012 graduated from The Gerasimov Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) as a DoP (workshop by V. Yusova). At the moment he is a student of Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (VKSR) as a film director.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - "When We Open The Gates of The Sky", short student film / debut