COMPETITION PROGRAM OF THE VIII MAYKOP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
July 19, 2024 from 13: 00 to 21: 00
13: 00 OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL.
13: 20 IDA Short film 6+ RUSSIA Director: IRINA VORONOVA
Every year, on the eve of the May 9 holiday, a lone resident of a nursing home tries to track down one of his friends. He lives in the past until one day it catches up with him in the most unexpected way.
13: 45 ORDERED TO LIVE Student film 12+ RUSSIA Director: IRINA MASLOVA
In the autumn of 1943, detachment No. 112 was put forward for a combat operation by order of the Headquarters of partisan detachments. However, the commander of the detachment, Lieutenant Alexey Chertkov, will not comply with the order and will make a different choice, so he will become a legend.… The feat of a young Russian commander who fought on Belarusian soil is dedicated to a documentary and feature film, which has become a national project of patriots from Russia and Belarus. The film is based on unique photographs, letters, memoirs of eyewitnesses, chronicles, documents from archives and museums in Russia and Belarus. In the film, for the first time, the poems of a member of the SVO with the call sign HAN are heard. The roles were played not by actors, but by cadets, students, and participants in military-historical reconstructions. Filming took place in two countries. The project aims to continue the international dialogue on historical memory in the context of people's diplomacy.
15: 20 INDIAN SUMMER REQUIEM Short film 16+ RUSSIA Director: IGOR FEDOROV
On September 28, 1941, on the night before the events of Babi Yar, a neighbor comes to a Jewish family - the parents of two twins-and offers to take one out of the city. The story of the most difficult human choice.
15: 50 CAPTAIN. SUMMER 1941 Short Film 16+ RUSSIA Director: ALEXANDER KORULIN
July 1941. The captain and the Red Army man leave the encirclement. They go into the village to eat and fill their canteens with water, but they witness a German attack on a family living in a house across the street. Sit out and stay alive, or make up your mind and defend yourself? This is a difficult choice for the heroes of the short film "Captain. In the summer of 1941."
16: 20 KRAPIVIN'S CARAVEL Documentary 12+ RUSSIA Director: DMITRY KOLOBOV
The story is about the life and work of the children's writer Vladislav Krapivin, the creation of the Caravel squad, the phenomenon of his literature, the struggle with the system, the love of poplars and the sea.
18: 00 PATH OF THE SOUL. FILM THE SECOND Feature film 16+ RUSSIA Director: ANDREY MARKOV
"The path of the soul. The second film — is an independent film that is not a continuation of the first picture. The plot immerses you in a modern youth society with its values, principles and dreams. The film is no longer aimed at the younger generation, but at their parents. The main goal of the film is to tell about the relationship of parents with their children and mutual understanding in the family, and most importantly, what their absence can lead to.
20: 00 DOCTOR FREUD Comedy 18+ RUSSIA Director: STAS PETROV
You don't have to fall into the John Kramer (Jigsaw)trap to change your mindset
July 20, 2024 from 13: 00 to 21: 00
13: 00 SHAKESPEARE FOR ALL AGES Animated film 12+ GERMANY Director: HANNES RALL
"How can you give your target audience and the smartphone age group an overview of this unique literary genius without getting bogged down in long-winded lectures on versification theory and drama?"
13: 05 CLAP CLAP Animated Movie 12+ USA Director: LAUREN CARR
Graphic animation to music...
13: 06 ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A TREE HERE Animated film 6+ USA Director: JOHNNY SEMERAD
“Once Upon a Time There was a Tree Here " combines immersive visuals, animation, and imagery to tell a story that transcends language. We are reminded that we must restore the balance of harmony and take care of our planet; because we can no longer afford not to.
13: 10 IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS Music Film / clip 6+ RUSSIA Director: MARIA OSTANKOVA
What happens if there's only light left? The darkness is gone and the main characters go on a quest, along the way they find answers to their questions and meet the most unusual characters.
14: 00 RENUNCIATION Student film 16+ RUSSIA Director: DMITRY SIMBIRTSEV
The Germans, pursued by Soviet partisans, retreat. Among them is the wounded Hans, who decides to take a break in one of the destroyed houses in Gomel. Hans has a nightmare, after which he decides to embark on the path of renunciation..
14: 10 BIG SISTER Debut Movie 12+ RUSSIA Director: ELENA BARSUKOVA
Six-year-old Rita is very good friends with her sixteen-year-old sister Milena, but it turns out that only she sees Milena. Parents consider this a psychological problem, scold Rita for mentioning her sister, and try to cure her with the help of a psychologist. The psychologist advises to distract the child, switch her attention to something positive, and the parents decide to invite home a group of artists with an entertaining New Year's program. During the performance, fantastic events occur: a broken vase gathers by itself, the actress flies up to the ceiling and the garland on the Christmas tree lights up by itself. Parents think that this is the skill of the young magician Konstantin, in a state of delight they give artists much more money than originally stipulated. In fact, this is Milena's trick - so she decided to cheer up Rita.
15: 00 THE WIZARD (single-frame movie) Debut film 12+ RUSSIA Director: ARSEN ARISTAKESYAN
The young man decided to make an offer to his beloved girl. He wants this day to be magical for her. But, suddenly... will he be able to give his beloved a holiday, if everything immediately went wrong?
15: 05 INLOCKShort film 16+ RUSSIA Director:BAGRAT GEVORGYAN
Olga, a 35-year-old woman, can not leave her apartment. While searching for the key to the door, Olga discovers that her bank card and cash have been stolen. Moreover, her ex-husband shows up at her apartment from time to time, and their child has disappeared. Olga blames her ex-husband for the loss of her son. The man doesn't answer her questions, acts suspiciously, and finally leaves the apartment.
15: 35 ARENDT HOUSE Documentary 12+ RUSSIA Director: YURI CHIRKOVSKY
@saray dobra presents "Arendt House" - not just a film exhibition of Maria Arendt, the heiress and keeper of a great family and beautiful traditions, but a historical canvas that covers a period of several centuries-from Peter the Great to the present day.
16: 00 EPIPHANY Documentary 12+ RUSSIA Director: VICTORIA FOMINA
A film about the Church and the war in Ukraine, about blind people and visionaries. It is dedicated to the memory of priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who pray for Russia.
17: 00 IT'S SNOWING Short film 0+ KAZAKHSTAN Director: ADIL FRANK
A single man spends all his time in virtual reality, where there is a software copy of his ex-wife. Every time after an argument, he restarts the program until it crashes...
17: 15 HERITAGE Short film 16+ RUSSIA Director: MUSLIM SAGOV
Adam was picking up his son from school when he learned that his cousins had decided to self-seize the disputed land plot. Now he has to decide what to leave his son as a legacy: a peaceful life or blood on his hands.
17: 20 CUP Short Film 12+ UKRAINE Director: YEGOR BUGAYENKO
The main character is deeply disappointed about what happened, but the viewer doesn't know exactly what happened. The viewer is invited to" prepare " the film himself, filling in the missing fragments with his own information about the event in his life that once led to such experiences.
17: 25 SONG FOR FISH Short film 12+ RUSSIA Director: SERGEY APRELSKY
To marry a friend, three bosom friends recorded a song for his beloved; But then something happened that is still not easy to remember calmly!
18: 00 MR. GREENBERG'S BASEMENT Feature Film 18+ RUSSIA Director: ANDREY PAYUKOV
In a small provincial town, young girls began to disappear. The police were suspicious of Arthur Greenberg, who was seen in a bar with the last missing person. But is everything so simple and will the police be able to catch the criminal?
19: 45 ALICE IN THE REAL WORLD Experimental Film 16+ BULGARIA Director: IVAN ABADJIEV
Alice is a young girl who is going through a crisis in her personal life. Trying to overcome her problems, Alice goes through various difficulties. Trying to find her way back to herself, she faces a reality that she didn't know existed and didn't know existed.
20: 00 HO TONG CAVE PARADISE Documentary 12+ CHINA Director: SHENGHUI LIU, JINGYUAN HUANG
Immerse yourself in the rich history of South Chinese Taoism with the Huo Tong Cave Heaven documentary, set against the vibrant backdrop of Mount Huo. From the origins of the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the present, the film combines Taoist philosophy with immersive visuals. Mount Ho, a revered Taoist paradise that attracts luminaries like Tao Hongjing, is a link of cultural heritage and unearthly charm. The documentary takes a clear stance, advocating for the preservation of shrines like Ho Tong's Cave Sky, portraying it as the epitome of heavenly and earthly unity.
20: 20 LOVE AND GUNS-TALES OF THE MAFIA Short Film 18+ AUSTRALIA Director: DARKO JERICK
"Love and Guns-Mafia Tales" is a tantalizing exploration of the intricacies of love, loyalty, and indelible traces left by the past, weaving a mesmerizing narrative that keeps viewers straining for the latest clues...
July 21, 2024 from 13: 00 to 21: 00
13: 00 DREAM Short film 12+ RUSSIA Director: ARTUR MATVEEV
On the way to his dream, Igor Kachelin faces a harsh truth that he is afraid to admit: the one he loves most in the world is dying. Only his friend Mr. Raef does not see the situation through rose-colored glasses and wants to help him. Igor will have to make a difficult decision, but will he be able to cross the line?
13: 15 NEWSREEL " ALOUD!", SHORT STORY "NADEZHDA" Short film 12+ RUSSIA Director: VADIM GOETZ
Novella "Nadezhda". A young girl comes to a plastic surgery clinic. Two young surgeons are horrified when they see what's on her back. The girl needs plastic surgery for a crippled back, on which the Nazis carved a fascist swastika. She herself is a military surgeon, returned from the war zone. Surgeons decide to perform an operation on her for free and go to the SVO zone (according to the patient, there are not enough doctors in the war).
13: 20 DOLLS, BOOKS AND WAR Documentary 12+ RUSSIA Director: EVGENY MUKHORTIN
6 stories about cultural figures of Donbass, who during the fighting with a threat to their lives saved and continue to save what became the number one target for the Nazis — our common culture.
14: 25 IVAN PODDUBNY. MYTHS AND FACTS Documentary 6+ RUSSIA Directed by ANATOLY BELOV
Only Ivan Poddubny in the wrestling world was awarded the honorary title "Champion of Champions". This was recognized by competitors on the carpet, referees and journalists. His victories were applauded at world Championships in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Did he really not lose a single fight? Why did Poddubny, the order-bearer, not touch either the Gestapo during the occupation, or the NKVD after the liberation of Yeisk? Did he starve in the last years of his life? Why did many people in Yeysk consider Ivan Maksimovich a saint? The film was created with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.
15: 00 CONSEQUENCES Student film 16+ RUSSIA Director: SERGEY KOVA
A government organization has managed to create an android that easily solves any crime, but only a human detective is given the right to decide the future of a new technology.
15: 30 WHERE HAPPINESS LIVES. SOLOVKI Documentary 16+ RUSSIA Director: DANIL AKIMOV
Documentary film " Where Happiness lives. Solovki " tells about people who live and work in one of the most remote and beautiful places in our country – on the Solovetsky Islands. Every year thousands of tourists and pilgrims from all over the world strive to get here, here people strengthen their faith, get to know themselves and learn from the history of Solovki how close the concepts of "happiness" and "grief" can be to each other. It is here that a dedicated restaurateur and artist Vera builds her business and creates, Father Jacob restores the cradle of Solovetsky monasticism - the Savvatievsky skete, a local resident and a real Pomeranian Alexander raises eight children, the rector of the lighthouse church, Hieromonk Matthew, points the way to the lost, and a volunteer Ruslan cleans the banks of garbage and paints the school fence. Who are they? What brought them here? Are they happy here? And in general, what is happiness? These are the main questions of the film "Where Happiness Lives. Solovki".
16: 05 EASY ACQUAINTANCE Feature Film 16+ RUSSIA Director: ALEXANDER KRESTNIKOV
A charming stranger sits down in a coastal cafe at a table with a single man and offers to spend the night with her. Who is she? A representative of the oldest profession, a spy sent by competitors, or a sophisticated adventurer? Easy resort acquaintance will not be easy at all. Resembling a psychological thriller, the relationship between a man and a woman reflects their mutual attraction and distrust of each other, loneliness and fear of love.
18: 00 BULLYING Short Film 16+ RUSSIA Director: ALEXANDER GLINSKY
A short film about a 13-year-old girl, Maya, who decided to commit suicide after being harassed online. Maya's mother, with the help of an old familiar authority, finds her daughter's abuser. After this meeting, she will no longer shoot anyone, for every act comes retribution. Maya manages to be saved.
18: 15 COMMANDER Feature Film 16+ RUSSIA Directors: TIMUR KHVAN, ALEXANDER GURYANOV
Gennady Zaitsev is an ordinary teenager in a remote Ural village. He grew up in a large family without a father, but managed to survive the difficulties of a military childhood and post-war devastation, and became at the origins of the creation of the Alpha Group anti-terrorist unit. On December 1, 1988, 32 children, a teacher and a driver were taken hostage by terrorists in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz). Under the leadership of Zaitsev, a complex operation is underway, as a result of which all the hostages were released, and the terrorists were arrested.
20: 30 SUMMING UP THE RESULTS, AWARDING THE WINNERS, CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL.
SCRIPT CONTEST
EL MALE by LEONARDO MILEIKOWSKI
This is the true story of Shlomo Katz, who saved his life before being executed by singing a Jewish prayer for those killed in Nazi concentration camps in 1941.
AVATAR'S HEART by GREG LYON
Nathan, a gamer, buys a real-life reality game that reveals his dark side, which threatens his job, his budding relationship with Vicki, and his very existence.