{"id":3614,"date":"2020-02-09T14:33:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T11:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moscowshorts.com\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2020-02-09T14:33:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T11:33:41","slug":"january-2020-moscow-shorts-official-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/january-2020-moscow-shorts-official-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2020 \u2013 Moscow Shorts Official Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moscowshorts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-MS-OFFICIAL-SELECTIONS-January-2019-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-MS-OFFICIAL-SELECTIONS-January-2019-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-MS-OFFICIAL-SELECTIONS-January-2019-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-MS-OFFICIAL-SELECTIONS-January-2019-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-MS-OFFICIAL-SELECTIONS-January-2019-1536x1294.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>NARRATIVE SELECTION &nbsp;&nbsp;| &nbsp;JANUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Botanist <\/strong><strong>(2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Giancarlo Tocchini,\nKyle Doohan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 12:09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: A botanist in the 1970&#8217;s sets out in\nsearch of a rare mushroom in the wilderness of Montana.&nbsp;&nbsp; Starring Jimmy Gagarin as \u201cJonah Fludd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EPILOG <\/strong><strong>(2019)<\/strong><strong> &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Rolf Hellat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 09:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: About ascents and outflows in an overripe\nsunflower field. &#8220;EPILOG&#8221; tells a story that begins where it ends,\nwhere everything is said, but where one can&#8217;t really let go of the other, where\nthere is still an old familiarity and a new odd stranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Last Caravan (2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Lev Brodinsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 13:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: The year is 1994. A caravan site, built by the Israeli Government\nfor immigrants from the Soviet Union, is about to be dismantled. Ilya (9)\nremains to defend the caravan of his grandfather,Jenia, who refuses to be\nevacuated. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>STICKER (2020) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Georgi M. Unkovski<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 18:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: After an unsuccessful attempt to renew his car registration,\nDejan falls in a bureaucratic trap that tests his determination to be a\nresponsible father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SIN CIELO (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Jianna Maarten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 24:53<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: A young boy in a Mexican border town hustles any way he can to\nhelp his family but learns some very cruel realities when the girl he likes\ngets &#8216;disappeared&#8217;. Based on trues stories from La Frontera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HARBOR <\/strong><strong>(2018) &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Paul Marques Duarte<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 24:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: When Ad\u00e8le, an english teacher, spontaneously lets a young 15\nyears old migrant, illegaly board a ferry for england with her class, she is\nfar from grasping the importance of her gesture and its consequences on this\novernight trip.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grace (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Vardan Akobyan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 04:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: Synopsis fort short movie &#8220;Grace&#8221; She hated everyone\naround her, but she got a secret to change her mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Out of the Can (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Nathan Raine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 04:14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: After forgoing a key funeral custom, six pallbearers make a grave\nmistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Galchonok (2019)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Evgenia Olihver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 13:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: It&#8217;s a little story about a big fear. The main hero\nGalya hate her own things. Her Boyfriend Stats call her as a\n&#8220;Galchonok&#8221; (*it&#8217;s the diminutive name of jackdaw &#8211; bird in Russian)\nand she accept all his regards and caress. She believes that she is a real bird\nand her main fly will come soon in the future.&nbsp;\nStats and &#8220;Galchonok&#8221; are from the others &#8220;worlds&#8221;:\nshe is a person with the subtle mental organization, big dreamer and\ndaydreamer; but he is very strong rich man, very rational and serious. How log\ntheir relations would going on? Could Galya open her main fear to Stats in the\nfuture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ecology lesson (2019<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Ivan Sosnin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 19:31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: This is the story of a biology teacher who teaches his students\nto protect nature. He starts with a separate garbage collection and then\nopposes the construction of a mall in the park and tries to save it. The script\nof the film was written based on a real story in Yekaterinburg. Citizens\nprotest against the construction of the temple on the site of the park. As a\nresult, construction was stopped, and the park was saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The roof (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Aleksandr Razbash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 19:17\n\nSynopsis: Liza is a 25-year-old young woman living in\nMoscow with her helicopter parents who have been controlling her life since she\nwas a child and now spy on her even when she goes dating. After making friends\non the Internet with Timur, Liza accepts his invitation and runs off to St.\nPetersburg as a way to have revenge on her smothering parents. Still, she can\u2019t\nshake the feeling that she is being followed and watched by them. Liza wants to\nteach her parents a lesson, but then her game goes too far.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>STUDENT SELECTION&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; JANUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A fair deal( 2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Garry Savenkov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 08:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: After shopping in an antique shop, Jan finds&nbsp; a flyer that offers him an irresistible\noffer: &#8221; Time machine for only \u20ac 350&#8243;. Although Jan knows that it can\nonly be a joke, his curiosity forces him to stop by. Jan does not trust the\nseller, who nevertheless assures him that the machine works perfectly and can\ntransport it at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matryoshka (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Jenny H<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 05:29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: A mother and a daughter are encased inside a giant Matryoshka\ndoll, where the pair cycles through an endless chase of cannibalism and\nmetamorphosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CHASE (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Joseph Al-Ahmad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 04:47<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: In an unknown place, an unknown man is trying to escape his\nwell-known fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DRAGUE &amp; DROP (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Killian Diquet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 02:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: Steve inadvertently sends his declaration of love to Li. He tries\nto hold back the message, which propels him into the cyberspace. Which he\ncrosses to land in Li&#8217;s room, which responds favorably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WORDPLAY (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Vickie Boschiero<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 02:34<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: Phil, a quirky cruciverbalist&#8217;s\nfinds his job at stake when the journal decides to shut down his section. He\nrehearses his speech to the board at home whilst shedding his layers of\nprotection. He finally faces the board despite being socially vulnerable for\nthe first time, and finds the confidence he did not know he had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tomate (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Floriane Burgun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 03:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: Hana is alone on a bench, children are playing when suddenly, a\nball rolls at her feet. Intimidated, she takes it but gets up in a strange\nworld.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pushkin&#8217;s Pants (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Lev Brodinsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 08:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis In the 1990s, Israel established government-built caravansites for Russian\nand Ethiopian immigrants. Abraham, a 9-year-old immigrantfrom Ethiopia, teaches\nhimself Russian in order to survive the difficultconditions, and creates a\nunique bond with Marina, his neighbor who immigratedfrom Russia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOVEMBER 1ST (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Charlie Manton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 24:41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: Traveling to witness the execution of her son\u2019s murder, a mother\nis torn between retaliation and reconnecting with her estranged daughter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Something is happening (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Roman \u010euri\u0161<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Slovakia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 18:54<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: Viktor works as a journalist on insignificant local television.\nDriven by his ambition, he begins to investigate on his own, who is behind the\nviolent acts in his city. When he finally uncovers it, then begins the most\ndifficult moral decision of his life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>DOCUMENTARY SELECTION&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; JANUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remember The Rain That\nMade Your Corn Grow (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Xavier Girard Lacha\u00eene<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 12:12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: First film on the vibrant Haitian culture in Montreal through\nmusic, food and culture. Montreal\u2019s Haitian community now makes up the largest\nnon-European ethnic group in Canada and the rise and influence of Haitian\nCanadians on Montreal\u2019s creative culture is undeniable. This film assemble the\nonly soundtrack ever made by Montreal recording artist and producer High\nKlassified (Future, The Weeknd) and first film by director Xavier Girard\nLacha\u00eene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the Footsteps of\nGhosts \/ \u0420\u041f\u043e \u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u0440\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432 (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Geraint Rhys<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 18:18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: It is almost 30 years since the Soviet Union came to an end, yet\ncontemporary Russia, and more importantly, contemporary Russian artists are\nstill using this past to fuel their creativity.&nbsp;\nOne of the leading artists in this movement is Pavel Otdelnov. His works\ngrapple with life growing up in the post-industrial landscapes of Dzerzhinsk,\nwhere abandoned chemical factories are numerous and continue to impact the\nenvironment which surrounds them.&nbsp;\nThrough his paintings Pavel explores ideas of loss, nostalgia, family,\nenvironmental damage and a deep sense of place.&nbsp;\nThese works have reverberated throughout Russia and beyond, being\nincluded in collections in the State Russian Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow\nMuseum of Modern Art, Academy of Arts, Moscow Union of Artists, Kovcheg\ngallery, Gorbachev Foundation and private collections in Russia, United States,\nGermany, Italy, Spain, Poland and many other countries.&nbsp; In the Footsteps of Ghosts takes us into\nPavel Otdelnov\u2019s studio in Moscow as he describes to us the inspiration behind\nmany of his works.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not only is this\nfilm an exploration into the mind and work of the artist, but also a deep\nreflection on the relationship between society and place.&#8217; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>ANIMATION SELECTION&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; JANUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hesar (Gate) (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Nomadic Alternative, Farnaz Ohadi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 05:04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: The video is the backdrop for the song &#8220;Hesar&#8221; from\nFarnaz Ohadi&#8217;s Persian Flamenco debut album. It focuses on themes of Iranian\nwomen&#8217;s struggles, immigration, mental health and the artist&#8217;s&nbsp; journey when she arrived in Canada in 1990.\nThe movie traces the journey of the artist from her home land, Iran to Canada,\nthe angst and confusion and pain of immigration and finally choosing to put\ndown roots in a new land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last supper (2019) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Piotr Duma\u0142a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 13:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: A tragedy of a group of men sitting at a table and moving to the\nrhythm of contemporary music played by a string quarter \u2013 the Last Supper of\nJesus and 12 Apostles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rain (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Piotr Milczarek<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 05:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: \u2018The Rain\u2019 is a simple animated film on collective consciousness.\nIt talks about how no accountability for our actions pushes us to thoughtlessly\nfollow the crowd, which may lead to a tragedy. The film also depicts a struggle\nof an individual with collective hypnosis and its consequences for both the\nindividual and the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time in the Forest (2018)\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Juan Paul\u00edn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 06:33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: A ghost of the past that persists in staying there, a history of\nheartbreak inspired by the aztec legend of the Iztacc\u00edhuatl&nbsp; and Popocat\u00e9petl volcanoes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>EXPERIMENTAL SELECTION&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; JANUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Landslides (2020) &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Caroline D\u00e9odat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 11:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: All it takes is a dream to chase one&#8217;s own track. With the\nfantasies of erased rituals appear the memories never lived. They arise with\nthe sound of wind and waves, caress the most familiar places, glide in the\nwoods, in the sea, in the cemeteries and in the backyards. The dancer follows\nthem step by step.&nbsp; Following the\npulsation of a slow rhythm, Landslides exhumes dreams and reanimates memories\nin layers of landscapes. Reality flashes. The images may appear in today\u2019s\nscenery in the form of a pre-recorded archive.&nbsp;&nbsp;\nEthnographic film and video art, this film involves the interstices of\nloss, lack and oblivion often invoked with regard to songs, music and dances\ninherited from slavery in Mauritius.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OMI (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Mira Ravald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Finland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 13:44<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: OMI is an ode to water on a thin surface of a tight wire.&nbsp;&nbsp; Inspired by mythologies of water deities,\nthe short film OMI is a blend of dance and circus, combining elements of both\nafro-Cuban and Finnish folklore.&nbsp;\nExploring the similarities of these opposite cultures and balancing\nwithin duality, OMI pays homage to the water deity Yemaya and the serene\nFinnish landscape of lakes and forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Star Spangled Brighton\nBeach (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Lynn Bianchi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 02:51<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: We are presented with a picture of a regular day on Brighton\nBeach. The beach goers are enjoying the sun and the sea while a woman in the\nforeground is looking intently at something in the distance&#8230; Meanwhile a\nwhole other world is coming alive inside of her body as if on a canvas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>noonwraith blues (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Kamila Kuc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 03:29\n\nSynopsis: Ominous cinegrams of Albrecht D\u00fcrer\u2019s\nMelencolia print intercut, like cascading scythes, with depictions of a woman\nin a field, evoking repetitions that exist in harvest rituals, as well as in\ngestures of madness. Specters of familial anxieties creep into this loose take\non the myth of Po\u0142udnica (noonwraith or Lady Midday), a Slavic harvest spirit\nthat could cause madness in those who wandered the fields alone.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>MUSIC VIDEO SELECTION&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; JANUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christmas morning (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: karni and saul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 02:48<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: a duvet fantasy animation.for jack savoretti. duvet dwellers live\nin a secret soft blanket cave in a kids room.mixed media live action and\nanimation . casual fantasy. by karni and saul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Regression (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Ophir Benshimon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 02:59<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: A guard at the mall finishes his boring shift and returns home.\nHappy moments from the past do not give him rest when he has to deal with his\nmature and routine life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marsel &#8211; Go overseas (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Egor Myasnikov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 03:43<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: In our cities, stars have not been seen for a long time. The only\nlights that we see are the light from the windows of the buildings opposite. It\nis a story about a boy who wants to see the stars, and his best friend &#8211; a\nfaithful dog. Together they go on a journey to the dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dolphin &#8211; J2000.0 (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Ivan Sosnin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 04:33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: It is a story about love, which left so little in our world. To\nrevive it, humanity needs the help of an extraterrestrial civilization.&nbsp; Alien artefacts in the form of space-shaped\njewelry are able to return to Earth the sincerity and love described in the\nsong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ARE THE STARS DYING? \/\/\nBrian Burgan (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Damiano Daresta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 04:46<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis:  The idea of the film clip started from a question, that is also the title of the song:\u00a0<em>are the stars dying?<\/em><br>The title of the song tormented me from the very beginning.\u00a0<br>I thought title and music were closely connected: through those notes I could image millions of stars shining.\u00a0I  felt that Brian could prompt me more demanding reflections with his  music: it seemed he spoke of something divine, because stars are  immortal if we compare their life to ours.\u00a0<br>I  decided to personify the dying stars from the title as two women with  different attitudes; two close blue spheres, attracted and pushed  without stop.\u00a0<br>The  idea to set the scene on the scion was as well related to the theme of  stars. Because some plants, like the stars, live longer than men. It&#8217;s  all a matter of duration.\u00a0<br>Everything else, came instinctively.\u00a0Since  the song is composed of three acts, the film clip follows the evolution  of a love story of two women, like in a screenplay; first the dream,  then the calling into question and the tragic end: the death of a star.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Artur Rojek &#8211; &#8220;Sport\nLife&#8221; (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Micha\u0142 Marczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 04:28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: &#8220;Sportowe \u017bycie&#8221; is Artur Rojek&#8217;s first single from the\nforthcoming album entitled &#8220;Kundel&#8221;. According to the artist himself,\nthe song is about appreciating things. The music video was directed by Micha\u0142\nMarczak (Best Director Award at Sundance 2016 for &#8220;All These Sleepless\nNights\u201d), who previously worked on music videos for Radiohead, Mark Pritchard,\nand Monika Brodka.&nbsp; The video for \u201dSports\nLife&#8221; shows the story of two men, who thanks to the passion and hard work\n&#8211; not only physical but also creative, constructed a unique vehicle, in which\nthey take part in illegal street races. The music video was made in an unreal\nand poetic convention, which was emphasized by the unique locations of Upper\nSilesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vater (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director: Victoria Braunholz, Eric Stehfest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country: Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duration: 04:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Synopsis: A music video of Berlin-based industrial techno artist Hartbrand\nwhose father joined the right wing party AfD of Germany. A global sympton of\nfailing communication between generations. &#8216;Vater&#8217; is the artist&#8217;s analysis of\nhis parent generation that lost course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARRATIVE SELECTION &nbsp;&nbsp;| &nbsp;JANUARY 2020 The Botanist (2019) Director: Giancarlo Tocchini, Kyle Doohan Country: United States Duration: 12:09 Synopsis: A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[50,100,106,133,138],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yezhemesyachnyye-nominanty","tag-festival","tag-moscow","tag-nominees","tag-short-film","tag-shorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}