{"id":4247,"date":"2020-08-14T18:04:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moscowshorts.com\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2020-08-14T18:04:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:04:39","slug":"nominees-for-best-russian-film-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/ru\/nominees-for-best-russian-film-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominees for Best Russian Film 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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AND SO HE OPEN HIS EYES <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Sergey Vasiliev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A small swindler after an unsuccessful coincidence finds himself in the afterlife court as a defendant. The judge is a man, who he literally to death annoy during his lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Monk <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Dan Grin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Ekaterina and her husband arrive at the dwelling of a young healer, hoping for a miracle. As she steps into the room, he recognises his lost love. Now they must confront their past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dark like the night. Karenina-2019. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Radda Novikova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Love and betrayal, faith and treason \u2013 nothing has changed in our world since \u2018Anna Karenina\u2019 by Leo Tolstoy came out. The question is, will a modern character be willing to become a victim of circumstances and the public opinion or will she be struggling for her life? Alexander Tsypkin, an author and script-writer, has his own view of Anna Karenina of modern times, and producer Radda Novikova has created a gloomy but very beautiful world where everybody gets his\/her whack of it, the gossip media and so-called friends, the powers that be and the cynical heartthrobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PRASKOVYA <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Alexander Solovyov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Praskovya continues working in the Bank despite hunger in the freezing siege of Leningrad. Her husband went to war. The only thing he left is the ink pot. This gift is the onlyitem which makes Praskovya feel warm. In the most critical moment when no hopes or energy is left only the ink pot acts as a twist of destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE ATTEMPT \u21164 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Konstantin Reich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The short film \u201cTHE ATTEMPT \u21164\u201d is a bright comedy of intrigue. With a sudden plot and paradoxical intrigue. The script is based on the play that won the Grand Prix of the International Playwrights Competition \u201cEurasia-2017\u201d. Egor meets Marina at the bus station. She is visibly older, more experienced and, for some reason, immediately invites the guy to her house. A romantic date is promising some intimacy\u2026 But things don\u2019t go as planned from the very doorstep! The denouement of this strange evening will be rapid and sudden for both, the pick-up artist and the viewers. No Egor will be harmed in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SPARE <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vitaly Shepelev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screenwriter: Arnaud Gabriel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A three of glamorous characters, trying to get to a fashion show on time, is calling a taxicab with an autopilot navigation. The smart system is choosing the route away from the dangerous districts with criminal gangs. But there is a temptation to make the route shorter, and so the antagonists are in a tight corner: the wind screen is going to break under a head of metal bar and aggressive ragamuffins. What should they do, where to go and whom to call for help? Fortunately, the transport company provides a \u201cspare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Loved Ones <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Oleg Vitvitski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 21:27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Yekaterina is organizing her mother\u2019s funeral while the rest relatives try to divide possessions of the deceased as soon as possible. Each of them pursues their personal goals but circumstances take a sudden turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Monk <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Dan Grin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Ekaterina and her husband arrive at the dwelling of a young healer, hoping for a miracle. As she steps into the room, he recognises his lost love. Now they must confront their past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eurydice <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nina Moiseeva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Single mother has a child with a serious illness. Their life is an endless line of doctors, medications and worries that almost end in a breakdown. The woman believes that she can magically save her daughter with control and strict discipline, while the girl fights desperately for her freedom and youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Harakiri <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Roman Blatman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 18:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A young frustrated poet moves into an old communal apartment in Saint Petersburg. Incompetence leads him to the constant contemplation of a suicide and anticipation of a post-mortem fame. However, apartment he\u2019s settled in is not suitable for meeting one\u2019s end because of the lack of hot water. Disconnected long time ago, absence of hot water doesn\u2019t bother the apartament tenants since they\u2019re too afraid of a mysthical \u2018Babay\u2019 (Boogeyman) allegedly killing everyone who dares to fix it. Our protagonist refuses to accept these terms and challenges Babay (Boogeyman) confonting him in his own room. The young poet could\u2019ve given up if not for a beautiful neighbor he falls in love with. Because of her he now has to become a warrior and fight a real war against an illusory enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meatgrinder <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladislav Bakhanovich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Eighth-grader Dima starts a new life. A beautiful girlfriend, grown-up friends, night parties \u2013 everything he dreamed about is already starting to come true. It only remains for him to win the fight without rules in the tournament \u201cMeat Grinder\u201d and for this he will have to make a truly adult choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019M VICTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Inna Tsgoeva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:53<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Victor is alone here. He looks back at his life in order to figure out why he is here. Silence interrupted by the lonely voice of a man pronouncing his own name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He can\u2019t live without cosmos <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Konstantin Bronzit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 16:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: This story is about mother and son. It is also about love and destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People doing moves <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u0422\u0430\u044d\u0442 Vremya art group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:39<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The movement of everyday life is often so familiar to us that we barely consciously perceive it. Our work is the attempt to make the seemingly-familiar movements unfamiliar (and vice versa) through repetition and alienation with the question: \u201eWho actually controls whom?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mini-Move research deals what an individual body can do. The intention is to recognize movements that have relevance to its body. For a short moment individual or social sculptures can emerge in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONTACT <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Lamara Sogomonyan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 02:58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: #contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upcycle <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Evgenia Zaitseva, Stanislav Phalkov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 17:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The upcycle project is part of a huge collaboration with stylists, musicians and models. An experiment with a form in which you can come up with amazing results. The objectives of recycling are to draw public attention to environmental issues, reduce waste and foster a culture of responsible consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daddy hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pasha Timofeev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 02:03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: If I knew how precious these moments would become, I\u2019d catch every word you say, DAD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fag-end <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Allana Chumachenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A young architect, struggling with disturbing dreams, performs a routine ritual, appearing every day at work, developing a project for a large company. Every day, over and over again, he begins to notice that the features of his own face, his voice, his laughter, the lines that his hand draws itself sometimes out of his control. All this reminds him of some other person, a person who is familiar to him from the childhood, but whom he has never met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guillotine <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Oleg Rakovich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 07:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: There are always those who are willing to cut off the main part\u2026 In 1989, a 16 mm film was shot. Never these shots were not shown. Then the song People was written. Almost 30 years later they met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dark like the night. Karenina-2019. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Radda Novikova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 08:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Love and betrayal, faith and treason \u2013 nothing has changed in our world since \u2018Anna Karenina\u2019 by Leo Tolstoy came out. The question is, will a modern character be willing to become a victim of circumstances and the public opinion or will she be struggling for her life? Alexander Tsypkin, an author and script-writer, has his own view of Anna Karenina of modern times, and producer Radda Novikova has created a gloomy but very beautiful world where everybody gets his\/her whack of it, the gossip media and so-called friends, the powers that be and the cynical heartthrobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NAIK BORZOV \u2013 REACTION TO THE SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Artyom Ignatyev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:08<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: This music video is a symbol of inner tension, tension that transforms into a breakout. This story is showed in a simple domestic language, using the visual symbols of society, where domestic violence, or child abuse is not only possible but very popular, even though it is not today\u2019s hot topic. Nowadays you may say, that this violence is partly legalized, because we refer those crimes as administrative and not penal. Common image of the sun (father in this video) that gave life to a young girl, destroys her life. It can be anything that we depend on, that every person depends on individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sansara \u2013 Miami <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ivan Sosnin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: This video is about a dream of a young boy. Regardless of extending circumstances, you have to go to your dream. After all, it is not necessary to live in a hot country to surf. In the story, the main character who dreams of surfing quarrels with his mother and leaves home with his surfboard. It\u2019s winter outside. He walks through the snow in an industrial Russia city. In his thoughts, he replaces reality with pictures of sunny Miami. Finally he comes to the coast of the Arctic Ocean and fulfills his dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dolphin \u2013 J2000.0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ivan Sosnin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:33<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: It is a story about love, which left so little in our world. To revive it, humanity needs the help of an extraterrestrial civilization.  Alien artefacts in the form of space-shaped jewelry are able to return to Earth the sincerity and love described in the song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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