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Laurel Prize-2023 nominees (longlist)
Laurel Prize-2023 nominees (longlist)
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Lavr
Lavr
October 26, 2023
In 2023, the National Laurel Branch Award decided to suspend the competition in all traditional nominations. A single nomination “Cinema of the Future” was introduced, which considers the first films of young authors. 191 works were submitted for the competition in 2023. On October 24, a meeting of the jury of the first round took place, consisting of documentarians Marina Razbezhkina, Evgenia Ostanina, Victoria Belopolskaya, Andrei Gryazev, Alina Rudnitskaya, Denis Shabaev, Vitaly Mansky. Following the jury meeting, eight films were selected for the next stage of grand jury voting. The three finalists will be announced in early December.
Once in India, Zakhara from St. Petersburg could not forget about the war in Ukraine. Her desire to go to the front, even as a volunteer, does not meet with understanding either from her girlfriend, or from relatives, or from friends.
Country Abortion
8
Zoya Vodyanova
Czechia, USA, 2023
24 min
Russian
A young soldier returns from the front line with a serious wound. How will he build his new life?
Brave New World
9
Ivan Vlasov
Russia, 2023
35 min
Russian
Two family at the table decide should love, whom and how.
Love is such a thing
7
Daniil Tarasenko
Russia, 2023
30 min
Russian
A Father and a son are organizing a children's film festival in the village, as each of them has to make a film of his own - their mobile phones serve as cameras, a shovel turns into a tripod. The actors are their own children and grandchildren… The process turns into a real test for both directors and actors. It is a documentary comedy about a father, a son and a large family who live happily in a Russian village in the middle of nowhere.
Fathers
7
Yuri Mokienko
Russia, 2023
66 min
Russian
English
In Chukotka, on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, people live, cut off from the whole world. Their life revolves around hunting walruses and whales and protecting villages from bears coming from the tundra. This turns the film into a meditation on death. Marine animals are the main source of food for humans; skins and offal are used to feed arctic foxes on a fur farm; human cemeteries become food for bears. All inhabitants of these places are involved in the cycle of food and death. The film departs from the usual rhythmic structure of cinema, being built on the principle of a shamanic ritual, a meaning-forming event for the northern peoples.

Piblokto
8
Anastasia Shubina, Timofey Glinin
USA, 2023
38 min
Russian
English
A monochromatic drama portraying the youth in Moscow. These individuals arrange concerts in deserted structures, host clandestine boxing matches, venture into nature, and remain uncertain about how this summer will conclude amidst the backdrop of war.

The Last Summer
9
Vitaliy Akimov
France, 2023
80 min
Russian
English
Zhenya Myshkin is an almost normal teenager. He lives in Kamchatka together with his sister Oksana in the family of his foster mother and her son Artur. Summer is in full swing, the sun is shining, you can lie on the river, you can write poems, you can do whatever you want. In some places, life becomes dull as an overcast sky, in other places bright as a beam between the trees. But soon the familiar world will have to narrow down for Zhenya to the walls of a remedial boarding school.
People-shaped clouds
7
Evgenia Leushkina
Russia, 2023
40 min
Russian
English
The "Frankoni" Tent Circus has been touring the cities of the Rostov region for many years. Amidst the backdrop of military aircraft flying over Rostov-on-Don and military trucks traversing the region's roads, the circus stands as a unified entity. Each worker, with their unique history and perspective on the world, is tightly interconnected within this collective. Dair, who adheres to a uniform, anticipates receiving a summons any day now, prepared to head to the front line. However, the uncertainty of the future remains a mystery to all.
Circus
8
Yana Reinson
Russia, 2023
67 min
Russian
Russian, English

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