Arena (2013 film)

Arena (Russian: Арена) is a 2013 Russian film, directed by Eduard Bordukov and produced by Khayrulin Ramil. It had its world premiere at the 66th Cannes Film Festival as part of the non-competitive program ShortFilmCorner.[1][2] One of the main roles in the film played a famous young actor Azamat Nigmanov (Best Actor at the 23rd Kinotavr for the film Convoy by Aleksei Mizgiryov).

Arena
Directed byEduard Bordukov
Produced byKhayrulin Ramil
Written byEduard Bordukov
StarringAzamat Nigmanov
Vlad Dunaev
Vadim Dorofeev
Ilya Zhinilo
CinematographyIlya Kondratev
Edited byAleksandr Koshelev
Production
company
TVOROG Media Group
Release date
  • May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20) (France)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Synopsis

This is Moscow. There is a cruel labyrinth of courtyard which is impossible to escape. There are three of them: an Uzbek guy and two policemen. They are victims. Their fate is decided. Nobody will help them - people are thirsting for bread and circuses.

Cast
  • Azamat Nigmanov as Erbalat
  • Vlad Dunaev as Kolia
  • Vadim Dorofeev as Semion
  • Ilya Zhinilo as leader of the skinhead

Accolades
  • 2013 Special Prize "Granat" from partners "KONIK Film Festival" GBUK "Moscow Cinema" on "KONIK" Film-Festival in Moscow, Russia
  • 2013 Member of -competition program "Curiosities" 1st International Short Film Festival "SHORT" in Kaliningrad, Russia[3]
  • 2013 Member of the "NO ANESTHESIA" 9th International short and animation film festival OPEN CINEMA in Saint Petersburg, Russia[4]
  • 2013 Member of the "Short and Sweet" VII International Film Festival Andrei Tarkovsky's "The Mirror" in Ivanovo, Russia[5]
  • 2013 66th Cannes Film Festival, program Short Film Corner, France[6]
  • 2013 Member of the festival competition program 8th Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco[7]
  • 2013 Diploma at the 36th Film Festival Grenzland-Filmtage in Germany[8]
  • 2013 Member of the competition program of the 14th KAN Film Festival in Poland[9]
  • 2013 Member of the competitive program 5th Ljubljana International Short Film Festival in Slovenia[10]
  • 2013 Member of the competitive program VII Moscow Short Film Festival "Debut film", Moscow, Russia

References
  1. "Arena - Cannes Court Métrage - Festival de Cannes - film "Arena"". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. РОССИЯ1 - Открытие Каннского фестиваля. Фильм "Арена"
  3. # fest 1st International Short Film Festival "SHORT "
  4. "9th International short and animation film festival Open Cinema, Russia OPEN CINEMA". Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. VII International Film Festival them. Andrei Tarkovsky's "The Mirror"
  6. "Arena - 66th Cannes Film Festival, program Short Film Corner, France". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  7. Arena - Tribute to Russian Film Schools – 8th Monaco Charity Film Festival Archived December 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Arena - Die 36. Grenzland-Filmtage
  9. Arena - 14th KAN Film Festival, Poland Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Arena - 5th Ljubljana International Short Film Festival in Slovenia
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