Private Project

Deja Vu

A boy Maxim, lesbian-teenager Nika, young rap-star LilGri and businessman Oleg are seating in a big room and telling life stories connected together by the same deja vu effect - cry of the "rooks". That moment is quite familiar to all of them, like they've already seen it before. The host of the meeting - wealthy old man Konstantin - knows the reason for those feelings and wants to use it to help them all.

  • Artur Matveev
    Director
  • Artur Matveev
    Writer
  • Artur Matveev
    Producer
  • Stanislav Khatyukhin
    Producer
  • Alexander Yakovlevich Mikhailov
    Key Cast
    "Konstantin"
    Love and Doves , Muzhiki!
  • Vladislav Stroganov
    Key Cast
    "Maxim"
  • Kristina Garifullina
    Key Cast
    "Nika"
  • Aleksey Mironov
    Key Cast
    "Lil Gri"
  • Roman Romanov
    Key Cast
    "Oleg"
  • Aleksey Pashchenko
    Key Cast
    "Robber"
  • Artur Matveev
    Composer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Дежавю
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Social, mystery, thriller
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.40:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Alexander Mitta film school
  • SHORT to the point Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    March 9, 2021
    Semi-Finalist
  • THE CRIME STORY FEST
    Los Angeles
    United States
    March 7, 2021
    Best Student Film
  • PopCon FIlm Festival
    Indianapolis
    United States
    July 11, 2021
    Best Student Film
  • East&West. Classics and Avant Garde
    Orenburg
    Russian Federation
    August 27, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Silver SCAD Film Festival
    Sevastopol
    Russian Federation
    September 3, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Paragon Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    September 25, 2021
    Audience Award
  • Los Angeles Crime &Horror Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    November 7, 2021
    Best Original Score
  • Direct Monthly Online Film Festival

    United States
    November 1, 2021
    Best Student Film
  • First Monthly Film Festival
    Belgrad
    Serbia
    November 9, 2021
    Serbian Premiere
    Best Thriller
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival
    Los-Angeles
    United States
    December 5, 2021
    Best Thriller
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival
    Los-Angeles
    United States
    December 5, 2021
    Best Actor
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival
    Los-Angeles
    United States
    December 5, 2021
    Best Acting Ensemble
  • Hollywood Blood Horror Film Festival
    Los-Angeles
    United States
    December 5, 2021
    Best Young Actor
  • First-Time Filmmaker Sessions By Lift-Off Global Network
    London
    United Kingdom
    December 14, 2021
    United Kingdom Premiere
    Best Student Film
  • Short Shot Fest
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    January 14, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Amazing Shorts! Film Festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    January 17, 2022
    Premiere in Spain
    Best Short Horror
  • Amazing Shorts! Film Festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    January 17, 2022
    Spain Premiere
    Best Screenplay in Short Film
  • The Need For Thrill
    Los Angeles
    United States
    February 12, 2022
    Audience Award
  • FLICKFAIR Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    January 1, 2022
    Official Selection
  • RED MOVIE AWARDS
    Reims
    France
    March 25, 2022
    France Premiere
    Finalist
  • Phoenix Shorts
    Ottawa
    Canada
    December 25, 2021
    Premiere in Canada
    Semi-Finalist
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival

    April 29, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Esoteric International Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    February 22, 2022
    Best Director
  • Asia Film Art International Film Festival
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    July 7, 2022
    Hong Kong Premiere
    Official Selection
  • SHORT Film Factory
    Bucharest
    Romania
    February 27, 2022
    Honorable Mention
Director Biography - Artur Matveev

Artur was born in 1992 in Naberezhniye Chelny city. Moved to Saint-Petersburg to study for a pilot, when he was 17 years old. Currently he is a captain of Boeing 737NG. During free time he writes books and music. In 2020 graduated "A.Mitta Film School" and made his first short movie "Deja Vu», now it’s been showing on festivals around the world. Then in collaboration with producer and director Andrey Lisyanskiy shot next short-movie «Bluff». Now he works on a full-length film.

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Director Statement

The idea of that film - basically my book, which I started to write, but later I decided to make a short film about it. It's a social movie: stories shown in that movie are very familiar for each human, all of us had something similar in our life, or saw that. And all of us always had to choose what to do. Sometimes before act, that can influence our life we can notice signs of destiny, but we don't pay attention to that for different reasons, e.g. because of the circumstances. Deep and saturated by meanings movie will make you think about the life itself, signs of destiny and choices we have to make.