Clownery
Tragic comedy of the absurd, based on the works of Daniel Kharms (1905-1942). Trying to recreate the realities of the 30s, at which the bloom of Kharms began to flourish, the director reproduces the style of filming, the acting of that time and introduces an “aged” sound into the picture. Thus, he manages to achieve maximum authenticity of the sound of the author's text and help the viewer to plunge into the atmosphere in which the classic of the absurd lived and worked. This is the world of illusions, hints and associations, reflecting the stream of consciousness of the creator living in an era of silence. This era in a paradoxical way reminds of today's Russia. Various works of Daniil Kharms are filigreely connected into a single whole by means of a certain character dressed in a sailor's jacket, who roams from “incident” to “occasion”, falling into various stories and leaving unharmed from the most improbable situations. The character is a sweet embodiment of a revolutionary sailor in stock, which filled Russian society in the early 1930s. He is quite a good-natured "lumpen", not devoid of the features of his class: arrogance, perversity, impudence and arrogance. In the film, the works of Harms were filmed: “Interference”, “Victory of Myshyn”, “Grigoriev and Semyonov”, etc.
February 2, 2022 will mark the 80th anniversary of the death of the Great writer. Daniil Kharms died on February 2, 1942 during the siege of Leningrad, in the most difficult month in terms of the number of starvation deaths, in the psychiatric department of the Kresty prison hospital
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Dmitri FrolovDirector
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Dmitri FrolovKey Cast"Daniel Kharms"
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Dmitri ShibanovKey Cast"Mishin"
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Natalya SourkovaKey Cast"Marya Ivanovna"
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Project Type:Experimental, Feature
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Runtime:52 minutes
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Completion Date:February 27, 2005
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Country of Origin:Russian Federation
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Country of Filming:Russian Federation
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Language:Russian
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Shooting Format:16 mm
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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XI Russian festival "Literature and Cinema", Gatchina, February-March 2005; IX International Festival of Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his friends", St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum, June 2005; International St. Petersburg " Harms-Festival-5 ", St. Petersburg, Russia, June-July 2005; Vll International Biennale" Dialogue ", Manege, St. Petersburg, August 2005; Club "SINEFANTOM", Moscow, August 17, 2005; 8th International Festival of Independent Cinema "Pure Dreams", St Petersburg, November 2005; X International Festival of Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his friends," St. St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum, June 2006; "ARTKONTSEPT 2006" - 3rd International Festival of Arts tendentious, St. Petersburg, August 2006; Interzone, St. Petersburg, July 2008; XX International Festival of Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his friends", St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum, June 2016
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Special prize "Through the thorns to the stars" for a new language in the cinema (International Festival of Independent Cinema "Clean Dreams - VIII", November 2005)
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The Flight Deck Film FestivalNew York
United States
August 9, 2020
Finalist -
Global Monthly Online Film Competition
Canada
September 8, 2020
AWARDS:🏆 'Best Experimental Feature', 🏆 'Best Director Feature', 🏆 'Best Actor Feature', 🏆 'Best Actress Feature' -
Madras Independent Film FestivalChennai
India
November 2, 2020
AWARDS:🏆 Best Experimental Feature, 🏆 Best Editing -
Best Director AwardLondon
United Kingdom
November 24, 2020
AWARD: 🏆 Best Director Experimental Film -
Kosice International Monthly Film FestivalKošice
Slovakia
December 8, 2020
FINALIST -
Oasis Inter Continental Film FestivalMumbai
India
February 5, 2021
🏆 WINNER -
Standalone Film Festival & AwardsRancho Cucamonga
United States
February 1, 2021
Official Selection -
Aurora Film FestivalCaserta
Italy
November 27, 2020
Official Selection -
Cinemaking International Film Festival
Bangladesh
December 25, 2020
AWARDS: 🏆 Honorable Mention Film, 🏆 Honorable Mention Actor -
Gralha International Monthly Film AwardsCuritiba
Brazil
February 1, 2021
AWARDS: 🏆 Best Cinematography of Feature Film 🏆Best Sound Design/Mix of Feature Film 🏆Best Production Design of Feature Film 🏆Best Costume Design of Feature Film 🏆Best Feature Film Poster -
Accord Cine FestMumbai
India
April 3, 2021
AWARD: 🏆 'Best Experimental Feature' -
Gutterbliss Temporary Testival
United States
May 14, 2021
Official Selection -
Continental Film Awards
India
May 26, 2021
AWARD: 🏆 Best European Experimental Feature -
SonderBlu Film FestivalNew York
United States
September 25, 2021
Official Selection -
The World's Best Self Funded Films - CPFF Qualifying Film Festival
October 30, 2021
Nominee -
CINEMA OF NATIONSPotsdam
Germany
December 25, 2021
Official Selection -
Paradise Film FestivalBudapest
Hungary
December 3, 2021
Official Selection -
Hamburg Film AwardsHamburg
Germany
January 31, 2022
Official Selection -
Shiny Sparkle Independent Online Film Festival
United States
January 31, 2022
Finalist -
Art Gallery Film FestivalChennai
India
February 1, 2022
🏆 BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM -
Hallucinea Film FestivalParis
France
February 6, 2022
🏆 SPECIAL MENTION -
Experimental Films OnlineNuevo Léon
Mexico
March 13, 2022
Official Selection -
Ipê Amarelo Film Festival
Brazil
April 30, 2022
🏆 BEST DIRECTOR -
Indie World Film FestivalWayanad
India
April 30, 2022
🏆 SPECIAL FESTIVAL MENTION, 🏆 BEST ACTRESS IN FEATURE FILM ( 1ST RANK ) -
BIMIFF - Brazil International Monthly Independent Film FestivalRio de Janeiro
Brazil
June 20, 2022
NOMINEE - - "Best Director of Medium-Length Film" - "Best Screenplay of Medium-Length Film" - "Best Sound Design of Medium-Length Film" - "Best CInematography of Medium-Length Film" - "Best Editing of Medium-Length Film" - "Best Production Design of Medium-Length Film" - "Best Actor of Medium-Length Film" to Dmitriy Shibanov - "Best Actress of Medium-Length Film" to Natalya Surkova - "Best Supporting Actor of Medium-Length Film" to Dmitri Frolov - "Best Supporting Actress of Medium-Length Film" to Viktoria Zlotnikova - "Best Trailer" - "Best Post-Production"; WINNER - 🏆- "Best Editing of Medium-Length Film" -
4th Screen Online Film AwardsKerala
India
May 31, 2022
Official Selection -
Eastern Europe Film FestivalCraiova
Romania
June 3, 2022
🏆Best Feature Film, Special Award; 🏆Best Editing, Special Award; 🏆Best Actor - Dmitriy Shibanov; 🏆Best Actress, Honorable Mention - Natalya Surkova; 🏆Best Supporting Actor - Dmitri Frolov; 🏆Best Supporting Actress - Viktoria Zlotnikova -
Casablanca Film Factory AwardsKalpetta
India
June 30, 2022
🏆 Special Festival Mention and 🏆 Jury Award in Acting -
Golden Wheat Awardsİstanbul
Turkey
September 20, 2022
🏆 BEST FEATURE FILM -
RAINFOREST INDIE FILM FEST
India
October 22, 2022
🏆 HONORABLE MENTION -
Shockfest Film Festival
United States
December 10, 2022
Official Selection -
Hollywood Cinema Beatz FestivalLos Angeles
United States
December 3, 2022
🏆 BEST DIRECTOR IN FEATURE -
Golden Reel International Film FestivalSingapore
Singapore
March 31, 2023
🏆WINNER - Best Classic Filmmaking 🏆Honorable Mention - Feature Film -
WORLD CINEMA CARNIVALCalcutta
India
August 31, 2023
Official Selection -
Elegant International Film FestivalKolkata
India
September 3, 2023
🏆 BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE -
Humro Cinema Film FestPokhra
Nepal
October 24, 2023
FINALIST -
Hollywood Film Festival of MollywoodKalpetta
India
December 23, 2023
🏆 Best Feature Film, 🏆 Best Director, 🏆 Best Editor, 🏆 Best Actress -
Hollywood A2Z Film Awards
India
December 26, 2023
🏆 Best Feature Film, 🏆 Special Mention in Acting Award -
EMMAS BBC Fest of Multicultural London, United KingdomLondon
United Kingdom
December 28, 2023
🏆 Best Film Production
Dmitri Frolov was born in Leningrad in 1966. He graduated from The Institute of Film & Television in 1990.
He worked at LENFILM Studios and then for the STV film company as a cameraman, in which capacity he has worked with many independent filmmakers.
He began to shoot his own films before the start of perestroika, in the early 1980s, He is one of the leaders of russian movievanguard in postperestroika age. He makes esthetic experiments connecting with return to dumb cinema on new level of movielanguage.
His films he shoots exclusively on film company "Svema". Even despite the fact that the film material, said the factory was left far in the Soviet past, and the film is not released, he revives the footage, while continuing to be faithful to the brand selected more child. When asked why, he replied that only "Svema" because of its unpredictability and non-uniformity of the emulsion, is the living material, which is able to convey the thrill of the character of life and even the seemingly inanimate object.
The Svema Production Association is a Soviet and Ukrainian enterprise for the production of photographic materials.