IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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COMPETITION<br />
YEAR OF RUSSIAN INDIA<br />
<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
Listening to the Silence<br />
/ Slushaya tishinu<br />
2007, 35 mm, Colour, 100 min, Russian<br />
Direction<br />
Aleksandr Kasatkin<br />
Screenplay<br />
Natalia Nazarova<br />
Cinematography<br />
Andrei Naidenov<br />
Music<br />
Vladimir Saiko<br />
Cast<br />
Zhanna Vorob'eva, Dmitrii Mar'ianov, Alina Sergeeva and<br />
Mariia Zvonareva,<br />
Art<br />
Tatiana Dervitsa<br />
Production<br />
Central Partnership with support from the Federal Agency for<br />
Culture and Cinema<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s<br />
Vladivostok<br />
It is a moving story <strong>of</strong> a young girl who comes to Moscow from rural Uzbekistan to<br />
follow her dream <strong>of</strong> becoming a composer. But the complications <strong>of</strong> life and love throw<br />
obstacles in her way and eventually rob her <strong>of</strong> her music. The film deals with her struggle<br />
to survive in the materialistic world <strong>of</strong> modern day Moscow and to come to terms with<br />
her love for her thuggish employer.<br />
Born in 1968 in Moscow, Aleksandr Kasatkin studied in VGIK <strong>Film</strong> Institute from<br />
where he graduated in 1999. He has worked as an executive director in many films. This<br />
is his directorial debut for feature films.<br />
Mermaid / Rusalka<br />
2007, 35 mm, Colour, 115 min, Russian<br />
Director<br />
Anna Melikyan<br />
Screenplay<br />
Anna Melikyan<br />
Cinematography<br />
Oleg Kirichenko<br />
Music<br />
Igor Vdovin<br />
Art<br />
Ulyana Ryabova<br />
Costume<br />
Irina Grashdankina<br />
Sound<br />
Denis Vakulenko<br />
Production & Sales<br />
Central Partnership<br />
Office 13, 12/1 Butikovsky lane,<br />
119034, Moscow, Russia<br />
T: +7(495)981-82-14<br />
F: +7(495)980-06-24<br />
www.centpart.com<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s & Awards<br />
Berlin (FIPRESCI Prize), S<strong>of</strong>ia (Grand Prix). Sundance<br />
The fanciful tale <strong>of</strong> an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to<br />
make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young<br />
woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples with love, modernity and materialism.<br />
Born in Baku, Anna Melikyan grew up in Yerevan and now lives in Moscow. In 2002<br />
she graduated from the All-Russian State University <strong>of</strong> Cinematography. Between 1995<br />
and 1997 she worked as a writer and director in television. Her debut film was Mars<br />
(2004). Since 2001 she has been a member <strong>of</strong> the Cinematographers Union <strong>of</strong> Russia.<br />
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