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Contents
- «Poplar fluff»
- «Community unit»
- «King Lear»
- «Redram»
- «I hear you»
- «Liar»
MOSCOW, July 12, Zhanna Staritsyna. In Nizhny Novgorod The festival of new Russian cinema «Gorky fest» began its work. For the eighth time, the jury and audience will discuss domestic premieres. About the most unusual projects — in the material.
«Poplar fluff»
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A lyrical comedy opens the festival. The main character Sasha works as a security guard in a store and feels like a failure: life has not worked out, there is no mental strength left for something new. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with the energetic and eccentric Yulia (Aglaya Tarasova) — and everything immediately changes. A story about how important it is not to give up in difficult situations and to believe that everything will work out. The film will be released in wide release on August 1.
«The most important thing is to remember that there are many viewers, and they are very different. And there cannot be one film that would meet the needs and tastes of everyone, but there must be an industry that strives for this — for maximum diversity. This principle of diversity is the basis for our selection of competition and non-competition programs. There is room for everything — from Stalin-era fairy tale films to contemporary video art,» said the festival's program director, Andrei Apostolov.
«Cell of Society»
In a young family, the daughter goes to kindergarten for the first time. The mother, feeling free after a prolonged maternity leave, cannot restrain herself from light flirting. The girl tells her father about her new “love,” and the threat of divorce hangs over her parents. The social drama directed by Alena Zvantsova raises questions of modern family values and the difficulties that people face after the birth of a child.
«King Lear»
Contemporary Yakut cinema is discussed by many for its originality and openness to experimentation. Sergei Potapov shot the film in a boarding house for the elderly and disabled, and its real guests played along with professional actors.
The main character Alexey came here at the behest of his granddaughters. He was noticed by a young director who was going to stage a play based on William Shakespeare at the boarding house, and Alexey was ideal for the role of King Lear.
«It seems to me that now there is no definite trend in themes and genres. People simply love good, high-quality cinema, honest, highly artistic. I would note that the viewer is now especially intelligent, very often we underestimate him, we think that he only needs bread and spectacles,” noted the general producer of the festival Oksana Mikheeva.
«Redram»
Irina Esterlis' film raises the difficult topic of abortion. In the thriller, the main character decided to terminate her pregnancy and then plunged into reflection. Does the motto “My body is my business” really work? How different is the nascent creature from its parent? Anya wants to find answers to these questions from friends and acquaintances, but suddenly they all begin to die under strange circumstances.
“This year, the entire competition program is a premiere. We didn’t set ourselves such a task; in our regulations, we have the opportunity to take films that were at other festivals. But it turned out that they want to give us premiere works — this is great,” admitted Mikheeva .
«I hear you»
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The psychological drama by Vakhtang Zhorzholiani lasts only an hour, but manages to fully impress the audience with the hopeless grief of the main character. Unemployed alcoholic Sergei has no goals or emotions in life except grief for his deceased father. From an inadequate acquaintance he learns that the voice of a relative can be heard in mineral water if a sacrifice is made. The story is about the degree of madness you can reach if you don’t have the strength to survive a personal tragedy.
«Liar»
The main theme of the festival this year is fairy tales. An out-of-competition program is dedicated to them: paintings from past years stand side by side with new releases. One of them is Yulia Trofimova’s work “Liar” about a 17-year-old girl who got a part-time job in a cafe for the summer. One day she has to lie, but every lie has consequences.
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«You don’t need to be a genius and have special film erudition to notice a fabulous trend — the main one for modern Russian film industry. We decided to dedicate this year’s festival to him.
In fact, the modern Russian film industry is very young and dates back approximately to the time of the release of «Brothers» and «Watches», but the fairy-tale films of recent years, in my opinion, are intended to clearly indicate the continuity of modern cinema in relation to both the great tradition of national folklore and cult the legacy of late Soviet television, from where Cheburashka, Alisa Selezneva, the Bremen musicians and so on came back to us,” says festival program director Andrei Apostolov.
The Gorky fest film festival takes place in the Nizhny Novgorod region from July 12 to 18, 2024. Entrance all events are free upon registration on the website.