Violin (2017 film)
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| Directed by | Konstantin Fam |
| Produced by |
Konstantin Fam Alex A. Petruhin Boris Mints Egor Odintsov |
| Starring |
Lenn Kudrjawizki Vladimir Koshevoy Mikhail Gorevoy Vyacheslav Chepurchenko Maria King Marusya Zykova Alexey Petrukhin Anzhelika Kashirina Alim Kandur Vyacheslav Ganenko |
| Music by | Egor Romanenko |
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Running time | 35 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
Violin (Russian: Скрипка) is the final novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses".[1] The film opens at the beginning of the 20th century in a violin shop, where an instrument was created as a present for a Jewish boy. Later that violin became a witness to the tragic events that took place during the Holocaust. When the instrument turned a hundred years old, its journey ended a concert at the Wailing Wall.[2]
Plot
The world of the film forms around a unique musical instrument and its incredible journey, that involved witnessing all the horrors of the war. It opens in a violin shop, where at the beginning of the 20th century an instrument was created as a present for a Jewish boy. It ends many years later by a concert at the Wailing Wall.[3]
Crew
- Director: Konstantin Fam
- Composer: Egor Romanenko
- Producers: Konstantin Fam, Alexey A. Petruhin, Boris Mints, Egor Odintsov
- Script: Konstantin Fam, Maksim Voskoboyev
- Executive Producer: Katerina Mikhailova
- Co-producers: Sasha Klein, Sergei Yakubovsky, Mikhail Bykov
- Linear producers: Tatiana Dovidovskaya, Edita Bleikh, Marianna Andryushchenko
- Associative producers: Yuri Zelvensky
- Cinematography: Mikhail Vikhrov, Otabek Djuraev, Aleksandr Aleynikov, Phil Lee, David Strajmayster
- Production designer: Philip Lagunovich-Cherepko (Belarus), Karel Vanicek (Czech Republic),Ofeliya Arzumanova ( Russia )
Cast
- Lenn Kudrjawizki – Leonid Shtiller
- Vladimir Koshevoi – Leo Shtiller
- Mikhail Gorevoy – Richard
- Vyacheslav Chepurchenko – Kurt
- Maria King – Rachel
- Maria Zykova – Ada
- Alex A. Petruhin – Otto
- Anzhelika Kashirina – Katya
- Alim Kandur – Shlomo
- Vyacheslav Ganenko – Moshe
Production
Filmmakers from Russia, Israel, the United States, Belarus and the Czech Republic participated in the production.The filming took place in Moscow, New-York, Prague, Brest, Minsk and ended in Jerusalem with accordance of the novel’s plot.[4]
The film was created with the financial support of the Ministry for Culture of Russia , as well as private philanthropists.
Confession
Film premiered as part of the competition program of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival in June 2017.[5] It is also longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.[6][7]
Accolades
Awards
- 39th Moscow International Film Festival, Competition program[8]
- The film is longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, 2017[9][10]
- The film was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award of National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia for Best Short Film, 2017[11]
- Sochi International Film Awards (Russia), the award of the name of Vera Glagoleva; the special award of the Short Film Contest "For the Preservation of Historical Memory"[12]
Official partners
See also
References
- ↑ "Лучшие фильмы о Второй Мировой". Afisha.uz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Fam: a short meter boom is on its way. souzveche.ru". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Константин Фам привозит в Израиль «Киноальманах «Свидетели» – GORSKIE.ru". gorskie.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "В рамках ММКФ в Доме кино прошла "Неделя белорусских фильмов в России"". 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Кинобизнес / 39-й ММКФ: третий день". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Российский фильм о Холокосте поборется за «Оскар»". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ Inc., TV Rain,. "Музыка перед расстрелом: интервью с режиссером короткометражки «Скрипка» о Холокосте, которая выдвинута от России на «Оскар»". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "СКРИПКА :: Каталог фильмов :: Московский Международный кинофестиваль". 39.moscowfilmfestival.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Российский короткометражный фильм «Скрипка» поборется за «Оскар»". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Шнейдеров: Короткометражка «Скрипка» имеет все шансы на статуэтку «Оскара»". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Номинанты премии «Золотой Орел» за 2017 год". www.kinoacademy.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Короткометражный фильм "Скрипка" режиссёра Константина Фама получил награду имени Веры Глаголевой". glasnarod.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ "Премьера фильма «Свидетели», созданного при поддержке ФЕОР, состоится в День памяти жертв Холокоста — Лехаим". lechaim.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.