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Janek the Plodder

The film takes place in a fictional Russian-European outback, where there are their own customs and mores. Where technologies are developed as if in the last century. In the center of the plot is a young Janek - shirt guy! He works as the main mushroom picker in the mushroom picking and pressing camp. But one day, its place is taken by a mushroom squeezer. Throughout the film, Janek is looking for a way to regain his rightful place. Several times he secretly attempts on the device and even destroys it. And so, having inadvertently substituted his comrades and seeing the consequences, he finally changes his priorities, after which he reassembles the device, sacrificing his workplace. Nevertheless, his labors are not in vain, because from that day Janek becomes the chief mechanic!

This is a story about a person who is able to change and enter a new time.
The story is about the struggle with conservatism in itself.

  • Vladislav Emelin
    Director
  • Milena Ogonovskaya
    Producer
  • Vladislav Emelin
    Writer
  • Evgeny Arkhipov
    Writer
  • Vadim Orischenko
    Director of Photography
  • Darya Strakhova
    Art Director
  • Dmitriy Lobanov
    Composer
  • Aleksander Nasenkov
    Key Cast
    "Janek"
  • Kosntantin Kuleshov
    Key Cast
    "Hunter"
  • Aleksey Petlyura
    Key Cast
    "Chief"
  • Elena Krestianceva
    Key Cast
    "Janek's Aunt"
  • Elizaveta Stolbova
    Key Cast
    "Polinka"
  • Igor Tkachenko
    Second director
  • Elena An
    Costume designers
  • Vasilisa Nahabtseva
    Costume designers
  • Olga Skvortsova
    Make up Artists
  • Marina Romanenko
    Make up Artists
  • Ksenya Nozdrina
    Make up Artists
  • Ilya Zelenin
    Sound operator
  • Andrey Buzmakov
    Line Producer
  • Eva Shimova
    Director's assistance
  • Elena Kulu
    Director's assistance
  • Alex Zhemchugov
    Second director of photography
  • Tatyana Pusheva
    Direcotor of photography's assistance
  • Anton Kalimulin
    Direcotor of photography's assistance
  • Dmitriy Orlov
    Second Kast
    Boy
  • Vladimir Kotlyarov
    Second Kast
    Boy
  • Yuriy Nikiforov
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Yuriy Sevostyanov
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Yuriy Vasiliev
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Evgeny Takuev
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Andrew Mazalsky
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Aleksander Ezhov
    Second Kast
    Musician
  • Roman Zaharov
    Second Kast
    Musician
  • Natalya Nikitina
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Galina Selyutina
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Svetlana Turovskaya
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Elena Kuznetsova
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Viktoriya Telepneva
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Natalya Kopchenova
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Antonina Shabysheva
    Second Kast
    Worker
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Янек Делец
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Saint-Petersburg State University of Cinema & Television
  • XVI International Cheboksary Film Festival
    Cheboksary
    Russian Federation
    May 27, 2023
    Official Selection
  • White Bird - Russian Film Festival
    Kazan
    Russian Federation
    May 6, 2023
    Award - Best Student Fiction Film
Director Biography - Vladislav Emelin

Vladislav Emelin is a film director, screenwriter.

Born on November 9, 1997 in Alapaevsk, Sverdlovsk region. He studied at USPU at the Faculty of Psychology, at the Film School of the Sverdlovsk Film Studio and at Lenfilm, as well as at the Institute of Cinema and Television in St. Petersburg (the Workshop of Directing Feature Films by V.E.Vasiliev and V.E.Zakharov) under a Presidential Grant. More than 5 years in the profession.

Filmography: "The station caretaker» (2021), "Along trodden paths" (2021), "Field dwellers" (2021), "Thursday: Fish day!" (2022), "Janek the Plodder" (2023).

Awards: "Laboratory KOROCHE" for best director, "PeterKiT", "Hazelnut", "Radiant Angel", "Kinosphere", as well as the film "The Station Caretaker" - the owner of more than 70 wins and 130 selections at international film festivals (Russia, China, USA, France, India, Italy, Canada and others).

The rating of the audience vote at the screening of the film "Along trodden paths" is 8.6 out of 10 possible; "Janek the Plodder" is 8.4 out of 10 possible.

The films "The Station Caretaker" and "Along the trodden paths" are available for viewing in the grid of the Russian TV channel of short films called "SHOT TV".

The winner of the «Golden Plate» pitching in Kazan with an amount of 300,000 rubles in 2022 and 2023.

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