Timofey’s bride is on a mine. Now only his mother, who is a military sapper, can help her. However she can not accept the choice of her son.
NIKITA VLASOV
Nikita Vlasov was born in Voronezh. He got a diploma of an economist, after that he worked in Bank VTB 24. One day he came to senses and resigned. Moved to Moscow, where he graduated from the State Institute of Cinematography (as known as VGIK), Screenwriting and Film History Department (course of Yurij Arabov). However he’s understood, that he wants not only to tell stories, but also to show them. He entered the Industry Film School at the Directing Department.
Omar and Us
Maryna Er Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er
Turkey. 2019. 102 min
Ismet recently retired from his work as Commander of the CoastGuard. Now a civilian, he struggles to communicate with his family and the people around him. His only son has left for the U.S and now his wife wants to join him. When two Syrian refugees, Omar and Mariye, come to live in his neighborhood, near the Turkish-Greek border, Ismet finds himself facing his prejudices and his political views.
MARYNA ER GORBACH – MEHMET BAHADIR ER
Mehmet Bahadır Er received his undergraduate degree on cinema-TV from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University where he took classes from Metin Erksan, Duygu Sağıroğlu and Memduh Ün. He received many important awards from Antalya Golden Orange, Adana Golden Boll, Ankara Film Festival, IFSAK, Istanbul Independent Films Festival, and Sony Entertainment with the films which he directed. He currently works as director and producer to feature films, TV series and commercials.
Maryna Er Gorbach is a film director from Ukraine. She studied in Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University for Theater, Cinema and Television. After her graduation she directed a weekly documentary for ICTV of 30 episodes. She received her graduatedegree in Poland, from the Oscar recipient director Andrzej Wajda‘s university as his student. She directed films based on Psychological Gesture Technique for acting which were selected for many prestigious festivals such as Berlin, Rotterdam, Montreal, Tokyo, New York, and Stockholm, and received awards. Mehmet Bahadır Er and Maryna Er Gorbach made their first feature film “Black Dogs Barking” ( Kara Köpekler Havlarken) in 2009.
Cineuropa talked to Lithuanian director Jurgis Matulevičius about his first feature, Isaac, selected in Competition at Imagineindia International Film Festival Madrid.
Jurgis Matulevičius’s Isaac, although shot, for the most part, in gorgeous black and white, and dealing with the theme of post-war guilt, is not simply another Ida. The movie revolves around the infamous Lietūkis Garage Massacre and has many surprises up its sleeve. We spoke to the director to find out more. Continue reading Jurgis Matulevicius, Director of Isaac→
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The Abode. Who are we?
Eleonora Tukhareli
Russia, France. 2019. 53 min
Solovetsky Monastery was built in 15th century. It’s a sacral place, in its history Holiness and tragedy was merged, unity with God and the terrible challenges of the special purpose camp. This is a place where today everyone is looking for an answer to the main question who I am. The main character of the film goes there to shoot his documentary, and everything starts to go wrong.
ELEONORA TUKHARELI
Ella Tukhareli is a documentary filmmaker, born and raised in Saratov, where she graduated from the faculty of philosophy of the Saratov State University. Now she works as the main Director of “United Media Group“. Her films are winners of Russian and international festivals.
Haruna, a teenager, hates her mother. The reason is the tofu shop that she runs and the cause of the multiple gossips at school about her. One day the mother falls seriously ill and has to be admitted to the hospital.
YUKIKO MISHIMA
Yukiko Mishima is a director and writer, known for Kowareta Heartwo Urimono ni (2015), Shiawase no pan (2012) and Budô no namida (2014).
Women at Sunset
Nuria Rubió Domingo
Spain. 2019. 10 min
Andrea, an unemployed journalist in her 30s, feels an existential crisis after being fired from the newspaper she worked in. She will walk around the neighbourhood at sunset and the meeting with different women will make her reflect on what path she should take.
Stay Awake, Be Ready
Pham Thien An
Vietnam. 2019. 14 min
On a street corner a mysterious conversation among three young men at a street stalls. Meanwhile a traffic accident on a motorbike. The night brings together a sketch, a multicolor frame of reality.
PHAM THIEN AN
Pham Thien An is a film director, producer and screenwriter. His latest short film Stay Awake, Be Ready won the Illy Award at Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2019.
DIRECTOR,S STATEMENT
Street pubs & stalls are places where people in Vietnam can chat many things without fear of being judged. Through the conversation of three young men before the street stalls on a street corner, a traffic accident happened suddenly nearby, the director wanted to sketch a multi-color picture of the humanity. When society makespeople rush day by day, they often think of themselves as the center of the universe and actually forget how small people really are in the big world.
Get Ready With Me
Jonatan Etzler
Sweden. 2019. 30 min
Aspiring youtuber Vendela decides to get up infront of her high school class and show a disturbing video that disrupts the lesson and causes her teacher Lukas to fear for her life. Get Ready With Me is a refreshingly unpredictable thriller about generational power struggles that combines grim satire with the current urgencies of teen angst, social media and fame.
JONATAN ETZLER
Jonatan Etzler (1988, Stockholm, Sweden). Filmography: Class Trip (2014, short), I Follow You (2015, short), Make a Wish (2016, short), The Less Fortunate (2017, short), Intercourse (2018, short), Get Ready With Me (2019, short).
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