Pyotr495

Pyotr495 is a Canadian short horror film, directed by Blake Mawson and released in 2016.[1] An exploration of anti-LGBT violence in Russia, the film stars Alex Ozerov as Pyotr, a young gay man in Moscow who is lured into a dangerous situation by anti-gay extremists but turns the tables on them with a dark secret that turns them into the prey.[2]

Pyotr495
Directed byBlake Mawson
Produced bySasha Fisher
Natalie Novak
Cam McLauchlin
Written byBlake Mawson
StarringAlex Ozerov
Max Rositsan
Juliana Semenova
Music byKonrad Black
CinematographyCatherine Lutes
Edited byCam McLauchlin
Production
company
Drive-In Keep Out Productions
Distributed byBorder2Border Entertainment
Release date
2016
Running time
15 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageRussian

The film was funded partially by a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in 2015.[3]

Mawson won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[4] After the film was released to digital platforms in 2017, it received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series (Ozerov)[5] and Best Direction in a Web Program or Series (Mawson).[6] Ozerov won the award for Best Lead Performance.[7]

The film was subsequently included in Possession, the 16th volume of the Boys on Film anthology of gay-themed short film DVDs.[8]

References
  1. "Award-winning horror film, PYOTR495, highlights violent anti-LGBT abductions and attacks in Putin’s Russia". The Huffington Post, April 17, 2017.
  2. "Anti-Gay Predators Become Prey In Russian Horror Short “PYOTR495”". NewNowNext, October 25, 2017.
  3. "Fund This: Russian LGBT Horror Film, Pyotr495". Out, August 27, 2015.
  4. "Closet Monster Wins at Inside Out". Northern Stars, June 7, 2016.
  5. "Alex Ozerov". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.
  6. "Blake Mawson". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, February 7, 2019.
  7. "Canadian Screen Awards Presented, Honouring Digital Storytellers: Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 28, 2019.
  8. Pip Ellwood-Hughes, "Boys on Film 16: Possession DVD review". Entertainment Focus, June 27, 2017.


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