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Indie Vision films at Cannes 2017

 

 



INDIE VISION IN CANNES

17-25 May: Marche du Film, Roskino Booth, Lerins M9

 

 

 

 

 

STAGE RUSSIA 

Drama / Russian / 2K, 4K / 2017 

Best productions, based on famous Russian literature, from Russia's most renowned theater companies, in HD 

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EUGENE ONEGIN, The Vakhtangov Theatre, a newly reimagined version of the Alexander Pushkin poem created and directed by renowned Lithuanian director, Rimas Tuminas.

 

THE CHERRY ORCHARD, The Moscow Art Theatre's, originally intended by Chekhov as a comedy, and firmly directed by Stanislavsky as a tragedy, many artists have had to deal with the dual nature of the play. One hundred years later, this production brings The Cherry Orchard full circle, never at peace, but finally back at its home.



ANNA KARENINA, The Vakhtangov Theatre's award-winning perfomance, a reimagining of Tolstoy's novel told entirely in contemporary dance.



THE BLACK MONK, Kama Ginkas’ dramatization of Chekhov’s story for The Moscow Young Generation Theater has become a theatre sensation. The show has won the Grand Prix and the Critics’ Prize for Best Production at the Baltic House international theater festival in St. Petersburg.

 

 

 

LIGHT UP

Drama / 104 min / Russian / Post-Production / 2017



 A film by Kirill Pletnev (debut)

Cast: Inga Oboldina ("Everybody Dies But Me", "Sky. Plane. Girl"), Viktoria Isakova ("The Student"), Vladimir Ilyin ("Burnt By The Sun", "The Barber of Siberia"), Anna Ukolova ("Leviathan")

Director of photography: Sergey Mikhalchuk (Silver Berlin Bear for "Under Electric Clouds")

 

Alevtina Romanova is a penal officer in a women’s prison colony. Her image of a stern officer is betrayed only by her voice – a kind of voice to be envied by opera stars. She has been embarrassed of her gift since she was a child and now sings only when she stays alone, to herself. Once, her secret is revealed – an inmate records a video with her cell phone and uploads it in the internet. The video is a hit, and Alevtina is invited to Moscow to the country’s most popular song contest. The woman is eager not to miss her chance, and, finally, to change her life. But she is totally unprepared for the competition. The only person who can help her rehearse is the inmate – who is a former singer.

 

 

 

MIDDLEGROUND

Drama, Romance / 73 min / English / Post-Production / 2017

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From the producers of "The Student" by Kirill Serebrennikov (Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 2016)



 A film by Alisa Khazanova (debut)



Cast: Noah Huntley ("28 Days Later...","Dracula Untold", "The Chronicles of Narnia"), Chris Beetem ("Black Hawk Down"), Alisa Khazanova ("Mrs. Drablow"), Rob Campell ("Boys Don't Cry", "Sex and the City") 



Director of photography: Fedor Lyass ("Hardcore Henry")



Him and her. Their time is like a flat circle. He has his phone calls and business meetings. She is wrapped in her dreams and doubts. All reactions are predictable, all conversations are learnt by heart. But a few things can break this tune. Any moment something can go wrong, throw you off course and force you to make a choice. 

 

 

 

 

WAKE ME UP

Thriller, Drama / 95 min / Russian / 2016

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 A film by Guillaume Protsenko (producer of the multi award-winning project "Cinetrain": SUNDANCE, VISIONS DU REEL, FESTIVAL DEL FILM LOCARNO, etc.)



Cast: Irina Verbitskaya, Konstantin Lavronenko (Best Actor prize – Cannes Film Festival, "The Banishment" by Andrey Zvyagintsev), Kirill Pirogov ("Brother 2", "Sisters"), Evgeniy Grishkovets ("The Stroll")



Director of photography: John Craine ("Cinetrain")



Moscow today, Zhenia works at the passport control department in an airport. A year ago her boyfriend had to leave Russia suddenly and vanished abroad. Zhenia remains stuck in her unhappy life, unable to move forward. In the menacing and distressing state, she starts developing a strange ability for dark and prophetic dreams that gradually take her deeper and deeper into a violent criminal world in which she seems to have a significant role to play. Moving between nightmares and reality, cruelty and her true love, Zhenia believes she can trick destiny and get her life back...

 

 

 

 

PETERSBURG. A SELFIE

Drama, Comedy / 110 min / Russian, English / 2016

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Directors: Natalia Kudryashova ("Pioneer Heroes"), Anna Parmas, Oksana Bychkova ("Another Year"), Avdotia Smirnova ("Two Days"), Natalia Nazarova, Renata Litvinova ("The Goddess"), Aksinya Gog



Cast: Anna Ukolova ("Leviathan"), Nadezhda Markina ("Elena"), Nadezhda Lumpovа ("Another Year"), Alexander Pal ("Rag Union"), Anastasya Pronina ("Rag Union"), Renata Litvinova ("The Tuner"), Gerald Auger ("DreamKeeper", "Hell on Wheels")



Producers: Sergey Selyanov ("Brother","Mongol"), Natalia Drozd ("I Won’t Come Back", "Marussia"), Natalia Smirnova ("I Won’t Come Back")



Petersburg. A Selfie tells the stories of a real, living and breathing city, which makes you believe in miracles: that you could soar above its rooftops, that its bronze sculptures could come to life, and that its poet Joseph Brodsky could be saved by shooting a film about him.

Each novella tells its own story about love and loneliness, luck and hope.

A beautifully shot declaration of love from seven directors to the city on the Neva.

 

 

 

 

 

 

About us

Indie Vision, an operating branch of Russian World Vision, based in Moscow, focuses on selling independent East-European feature and documentary films, which are carefully selected from the plenty of content and culturally relevant to nowadays.



Indie Vision has entered the market to make best indie films from the region recognisable worldwide.



It is managed by the team experienced in acquisitions, festival programming and film promotion - Marianna Ibragimova and Alisa Stolyarova, who have been working in the field of independent distribution since 2008 (with such titles as "Dogtooth" by Yorgos Lanthimos, "Laurence Anyways" by Xavier Dolan, "Short Term 12" by Destin Cretton, "Tyrannosaur" by Paddy Considine, "Son of Saul" by Laszlo Nemes, "Wiener-Dog" by Todd Solondz, etc.).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

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