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Laurel Prize 2023 (jury mention)
Laurel Prize 2023 (jury mention)
10
movies
Lavr
Lavr
October 26, 2023
In 2023, the jury of the first round of the Laurel Prize took the initiative to compile a list of 10 more paintings created by young authors, to which the jury turned their attention in the process of selecting works. These films are not put up for voting by the grand jury of the Laurel Prize, but this list is made public as part of the competition, and is available for publication to all interested media. Several factors prompted the jury members to make this decision. Including the lack of industrial tools to support and promote independent cinema of young authors in the country and abroad.
Artem loves Yulia, and Yulia loves Artem. They recently graduated from high school, moved to Moscow, and began their independent lives. Looking for ways to earn money in an expensive city and spurred on by Artem, they start to shoot homemade porn. Yulia become Eve Elfie, an international porn star. Their sudden popularity becomes a trap for the young couple's stability. How does this unexpected trajectory change the course of their lives and their relationship? Artem and Eva's hopes and doubts, their deepening desire to achieve the American Dream, and issues of their generation lead this coming-of-age romance.
Artem&Eva
8
Evgeny Milykh
France, Estonia, Georgia, 2023
96 min
Russian, English
English
A mother comes to see her son, Lieutenant Vitaly Golub, at the graduation of the Rokossovsky DVOKU military school. None of them knows that this meeting may be their last.
Golub
6
Alexandra Popova
Russia, 2023
14 min
Russian
English
In the steppe on the territory of the Orenburgsky State Nature Reserve, a small population of wild Przhevalsky horses lives in their natural habitat. Researchers are reintroducing the species to one day release the animals into the wild. So far, this is impossible, because without a person the species is threatened with extinction. How does a wild horse see the world? People are ready to study today and her point of view.
Line of Vision
6
Lilia Dmitrik
Russia, 2023
47 min
Russian
Mariupol, summer 2022. The fighting for the city has just subsided, and the inhabitants are beginning to return to a peaceful routine. This film is about the lives of people who survived the war, about those who did not leave, but stayed to help the weak, while maintaining humanity. Chronicle of the reality of the post-war city, where there is a place for pain and laughter, and most importantly, hope.
Summer after the war
6
Yuliya Kudris
Russia, 2023
50 min
Russian
The 40-day war has just ended in Armenia. David served 2 years and returned home from the front. He does not know what to do next and is trying to find a job that he likes. Arthur served a year and came on vacation. He keeps trying to remember his favorite tune on the piano. Serezha is jealous of his brothers who went through the war. He is preparing to serve in the army, this year he will be 18. All three are brothers, all of them are Nina's children.
Nina's children
6
Eduard Gevorkyan
Russia, 2023
47 min
Armenian
Russian, English
Viktor Ryzhakov heads the Sovremennik Theater after the death of Galina Volchek, who led the troupe for almost half a century and enjoyed absolute authority. For the first production in the theater, the new artistic director chooses a play about a family whose members have ceased to understand each other. While working on a play, the director and actors become more and more like the characters of the future performance. They also find it difficult to find mutual understanding within their "theatrical family".
Proposed circumstances
6
Nikita Efimov
Russia, 2023
82 min
Russian
After February 24, 2022, many emigrated from Russia for various reasons. Among these people were close directors. A month later, in April, when she was left all alone in Moscow, she decided to make a film about it. This film is her love letter to those who can no longer be near her.
Empty Rooms
6
Zhenya Kazankina
Russia, 2023
5 min
Russian
English
Suburban guy, just out of his teenage years, is trying to find his identity though processing divorce of his parents that happened when he was a kid. He immerses himself in memories of the past, fantasies of what could have been and open talks with his mom and dad. He grows to find the strength to heal and forgive.
Strawberry fields forever
7
Sergey Stroganov
Russia, 2022
20 min
Russian
English
Ira left the general regime women's colony near St. Petersburg 2 years ago. Is Ira free if she returns there every month?
The prison mother of us all
6
Fatima Cherkasova
Russia, 2023
37 min
Russian
Back in 1942, at the height of the Great Patriotic War, a major plague epidemic broke out in Mongolia. A detachment of Soviet specialists was sent to fight it, who worked selflessly, saving people, burning corpses, testing new methods of administering the vaccine, and also falling in love, getting married and having children. 70 years later, their children, now elderly themselves, set off on a journey to Mongolia, following in the footsteps of their parents.
Plague in the time of love
6
Elena Turintseva
Russia, Mongolia, 2023
78 min
Russian
English

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