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«THE BLIND» script of short feature film

This story is about a Muscovite Georgy Abaev, who dreamed of becoming a famous film director since childhood and shooting a picture of his dreams, which will receive the main prize at a prestigious international film festival.
— Georgy, a student of the directing faculty of the VGIK Film University named after S. A. Gerasimov, accidentally falls into disgrace with the master of the course Gleb Glebovich and goes to military service, where he gets to serve in a special purpose unit of the GRU (The Main Intelligence Agency).
— George's place of service will be the Syrian Arab Republic.
— In one of the battles, George is seriously wounded, as a result of which he goes completely blind.
— The moral overcoming of a physical illness, the return to normal life become difficult for George, associated with vicissitudes.
— His beloved girl Lisa, with whom George studied together, was waiting for him from the army, but after suffering a severe injury, she realizes that she is not ready to shoulder the burden of dedication to a disabled person.
— George is getting depressed; fate is going to hell....
— Blind George, standing at the edge of the abyss, is being tested in an emergency situation already in peaceful life, shows bravery in saving children in a fire.
— The desire for a full-fledged life, the desire to stay in the profession, the participation and mentoring of the former master of the course Gleb Glebovich, the promise of the realization of a cherished dream mobilize George to work and high creative achievements.
— Georgy moves from the director's workshop to the playwrights' workshop, writes the script for the film "The story of the rescue of a Syrian family by the Russian military", which was awarded the prize of the Venice Film Festival.

  • ILIYAS DAUDI
    Writer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    «СЛЕПОЙ» (2023) Сценарий
  • Project Type:
    Student, Short Script
  • Number of Pages:
    15
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - VGIK
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • * «INDO MALAYSIA FILM FESTIVAL» IMFF-2023
    Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia
    December 11, 2023
    Winner «BEST SHORT SCRIPT»
  • * «KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL» Korea ISFF-2023
    Seul, South Korea
    October 3, 2023
    Finalist «BEST SCREENPLAY»
  • * «THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION» TSIC-2023
    Singapore
    December 22, 2023
    Winner «BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCRIPT»
  • * «STOCKHOLM CITY FILM FESTIVAL» SCFF-2023
    Stockholm, Sweden
    January 29, 2024
    Winner «BEST SCREENPLAY»
  • * «MADRID SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL» MSFF-2023
    Madrid, Spain
    February 12, 2024
    Winner «BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY»
  • * «BRANDENBURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL» BIFF-24
    Berlin, Germany
    February 13, 2024
    Winner «BEST SHORTS SCRIPT»
  • * «SWEDEN FILM AWARDS» SFA-2025
    Stockholm, Sweden
    June 25, 2025
    Finalist «BEST SCREENPLAY»
  • * «London International CINEVERSE Film Festival» LICFF-2025
    London, UK
    November 2, 2025
    «Nominee» Short Feature Film
Writer Biography - ILIYAS DAUDI

ILIYAS DAUDI — Russian writer, member of the «Union of Writers of Russia», screenwriter, film director, clipmaker, producer, soldier of the Afghan War (1979-1989), Hero of the Russian Federation. Laureate of International Film festivals and International screenwriting competitions.
IMDb nm 15078873 — https://m.imdb.com/name/nm15078873/
ISA — https://www.networkisa.org/profile/iliyas-daudi
— Author of novels about the Afghan War (1979-1989).

Bibliography
• «In the Kunduz Circle» military historical novel-trilogy
• «The Great Game in Afghanistan» monograph
• «We'll all be back!» novel
• «Not by the front corridor» military novel
• «The Zugzwang of Ober lieutenant Bruno Thevs» a military novel.

— In 2024 he graduated from the 2-year Higher Courses of directing and producing films and television of the S.A. Gerasimov's All-Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK). At the same time, he continued his studies at the VGIK, in the master's degree of the screenwriting and Film studies faculty.
— The author of the script, director and actor of the Short Films — «SELF-PORTRAIT», «THE BLIND». The author of the Screenplays and Web/TV series «MY exciting AFGHANistan», «KIPLING'S SOLDIER», «BACK TO BASICS», «AFGHAN SYNDROME», «ZUGZWANG of Ober-Lieutenant BRUNO THEVS», «IN THE CIRCLE OF KUNDUZ», «THE LONG ROADS OF WAR», «AFGHANISTAN IS NOT LETTING US GO», «AFGHANISTAN HURTS IN MY SOUL», «THE BLIND», «YOU'LL SEE, IT WILL HAPPEN!» and other. The clipmaker of the Music Videos — «SULTONI QALBAM» HIMN OF LOVE (2024), «THE BETROTHED» (2024), «SULTAN OF MY HEART» (2024), «ETERNAL LOVE» (2024), «EVERY MUSIC HAVE J.S. BACH» (2024), «DEDICATION» to JALALADDIN RUMI trilogy (2025), «SHOUDY» by JALALADDIN RUMI (2025), «OSHIQONAKHO» by JALALADDIN RUMI (2025) , «NAI NOUMIE» by JALALADDIN RUMI (2025), «EY YARE MAN» by ANOUSHIRVAN ROHANI (2025), «THE PALADIN» (2026), «About CINEMA and life... general SHAMANOV» documentary (2025), «About CINEMA and life... general OCHIROV» documentary (2026), «About CINEMA and life... Sadyq IDRISOV» documentary (2026)

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