Yuri MOKIENKO
Юрий МОКИЕНКО
Youri MOKIENKO
Russia, 2023, 66 mn 
documentary
Fathers
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Отцы

 

 Les Pères

 Otsy

 
Directed by : Yuri MOKIENKO (Юрий МОКИЕНКО)
Writing credits : Yuri MOKIENKO (Юрий МОКИЕНКО)
Cinematography : Aleksandr GUSAKOV (Александр ГУСАКОВ)
Music : Mikhail MOKIENKO (Михаил МОКИЕНКО)
Produced by : Yuri MOKIENKO (Юрий МОКИЕНКО)
Production : Xorld sales : yekom@mail.ru
 

Awards :
First prize, Documentary Competition, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2023
Best documentary ARCTIC OPEN International Film Festival, Arkhangelsk (Russia), 2023
Best first film Премия имени Дзиги Вертова, Moscow (Russia), 2023

Plot synopsis
Documentary comedy about a father, his son and a large family who live happily in a Russian village in the middle of nowhere.
Father and son hold a children's film festival in the village. Everyone shoots their own film for the festival. The camera is a cell phone. The actors are the children and grandchildren of the main characters. The shooting turns into a real test for both the directors and the actors.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Young Russian Cinema Festival NEW MOVEMENT, Veliky Novgorod (Russia), 2024
- Festival of new Russian cinema "Gorky fest", Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia), 2024
- Artdocfest / International, Different cities (World), 2024
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2023
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2023
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2023
- ARCTIC OPEN International Film Festival, Arkhangelsk (Russia), 2023
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2023
- Премия имени Дзиги Вертова, Moscow (Russia), 2023

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