Author: Natalia Mattielighova

RU, 2015, 103 min. Drama.

Director: Roman Prygunov
Screenplay: Fuad Ibragimbekov, Mikhail Idov, Sergey Minaev, Andrey Ryvkin
Cinematography: Pasha Kapinos
Editing: Nikolai Bulygin
Stars: Danila Kozlovsky, Mariya Andreeva, Dominique Pinon, Milos Bikovic

RU, 2014, 140 min. Drama.

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Screenplay: Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Cinematography: Mikhail Krichman
Editing: Anna Mass
Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov

Awards:

• Festival de Cannes: Best Screenplay
• Russian Guild of Film Critics: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
• Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: 3rd place – Best Foreign Language Film
• Golden Globes, USA: Best Foreign Language Film
• Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Best Film
• and more…