Envy Has To Be Deserved

A mild, easy-going parable about a Finnish cafe owner, who’s going through his middle age crisis. Yesterday he was a free pilgrim, traveling through the world and having fun, and today he’s a family-oriented working man, treating a poor middle aged Russian artist who was freezing outside. Who’s a happy man: a free one or an accomplished one?

  • Boris Volokh
    Director
  • Mikko Kauniainen
    Writer
  • Boris Volokh
    Writer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Kateus On Ansaittava
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Language:
    Finnish
  • Shooting Format:
    Full hd .dpx
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35/1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • "Golden Jean-Luc", Best International Film award at "Kinolikbez" Film Festival, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2017 
    St.Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    March 15, 2017
    Golden Jean-Luc
  • 1-st Place Award, "Junge Cinema Forum", Russia, 2017
  • Officiale selection at «Kinoproba» Film Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2016 
  • Special screening at «KOROCHE» 5th Film Festival, Kaliningrad, 2017
  • Shortlist at St. Anna Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 2017 
Director Biography - Boris Volokh

Boris Volokh was born at St. Petersburg in 1994. At the age of 14 he began working in the film industry: at first as an assistant of Steadicam operator, then as a focus puller and 1st AC.
Graduate of Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, St.Petersburg (Faculty of film directing), 2016.

2016 «Kateus on ansaittava» (Finnish language) 
(Screened at festivals: 
- "Golden Jean-Luc", Best International Film award at "Kinolikbez" Film Festival, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2017 
-1-st Place Award, "Junge Cinema Forum", Russia, 2017
- Shortlist at St. Anna Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 2017 
- Special screening at «NACHALO» Film Festival, 2017
- Special screening at «KOROCHE» 5th Film Festival, Kaliningrad, 2017
- Officiale selection at «Kinoproba» Film Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2016 

2016 «Triumph of the Spinelessness» 
(Screened at «Kinemastik Short Film Festival», Valetta, Malta, 2016) 

2014 «Burn, Christmas Tree!» 
(Screened at 31st International Film Festival «UpTo21», Warsaw, Poland, 2014; 2ND PLACE AND TWO AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS)

2012 «Etude for Guitar with Neighbor» 
(Screened at festivals: 
- «Zubroffka», Byalystok, Poland, 2012 
- «Les Saisons Parissiennes Festival», St. Petersburg, Russia, 2013)

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