MOSCOW SHORTS – JULY 2022 AWARDS
BEST FILM
The Human Resource (2022)
Director: Adriana Da Fonseca
Country: Belgium
Duration: 25:55
Synopsis: Camille, a sensitive, dreamy, and seemingly misfit young woman, has no choice: she must work. Nobody avoids social rules very long. She is dropped overnight into the cruel and merciless world of business.
BEST DIRECTOR
M4 (2022)
Director: Kirill Andreevich Egorov
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 24:29
Synopsis: A young couple Sasha and Katya, living their last days, in connection with the upcoming, inevitable catastrophe, learn about Katya’s pregnancy. What will they do in this situation?
BEST SCREENPLAY
Pryaniy (2022)
Director: Anton Ryumin
Country: Latvia
Duration: 06:12
Synopsis: In the center of the plot is the director – Pryaniy, who is also the leading actor in the once popular theatre, which is going through hard times. Trying to save the theatre he invites a young eccentric film actor, hoping to attract the audience once again.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Human Resource (2022)
Director: Adriana Da Fonseca
Country: Belgium
Duration: 25:55
Synopsis: Camille, a sensitive, dreamy, and seemingly misfit young woman, has no choice: she must work. Nobody avoids social rules very long. She is dropped overnight into the cruel and merciless world of business.
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Before We Leave (2022)
Director: Natalia Gurkina
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 09:10
Synopsis: A story about the memory of the dead, about life after death and about love after leaving forever. The family packs for the moving. Mom gets nostalgic sorting stuff out. Son indifferently throws books and toys in his backpack. Dad tries to slip away to say goodbye to his friends. And only the Youngest Daughter can not find her deal. She stares at others and mess with them. At the same time a strange Old Lady in black stares at the Girl attentively. But no one notices the Old Lady except Girl and it scares her. The Girl becomes frightened even more when she realizes that the whole family will leave her alone with the Old Lady in an empty apartment. And no one can help her, because her family is no longer alive.
&
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Honor (2022)
Director: Rafael’ Mukaev
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 21:37
Synopsis: Two brothers early lost their parents and were raised by their grandfather. The old man and the older brother are engaged in animal husbandry, adhere to the customs of their ancestors, and the younger brother wants to escape from this. He is attracted by modern life in the city. He contacts a dubious company and burns his life. The older brother, returning from work, meets his brother in the city in the company of dubious people. Trying to protect his brother and instill moral values in him, he takes him to the mountains.
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Toli (2022)
Director: Diana Mashanova
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 20:00
Synopsis: Anya is a young woman who seeks to discover something about her absent father figure, but the strained relationship with her mother doesn’t allow for much leeway. When the mother brings home a strange male figure, their relationship only gets worse. Between raves and rituals typical of Buryatia, a republic that, despite being part of Russia, is marked by Siberian culture and traditions, Anya strives to rid herself of the anguish in her body.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Slava’s pursuit of the sun (2022)
Director: Anna Korotaeva
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 24:44
Synopsis: The documentary directed by Anna Korotaeva tells about a natural Slava Troshin from Volga region, Tolyatti. The creative search of a folk artist, poet and musician, who seems to come from the canvases of the famous Russian painters, is shown through the ordinary everyday life of a master. It’s hard to remain creative and personally independent in the modern world, especially for someone who is so eager to discover the world and meet interesting people. And it turns out, that the sun which Slava pursuits it is nothing else like understandable human happiness.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
UMA2RMAN – Atomic love (2022)
Director: VITALIY KAPITONOV
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 04:33
Synopsis: A fairy tale for children and adults.
