The life of Ivan Ilyich

An ordinary literature exam suddenly turns into a clash of two life positions. A young, full of life student and an old conservative professor uncover unexpected sides of each other.

  • Sergey Yurievich Khvostovtsev
    Director
  • Sergey Yurievich Khvostovtsev
    Writer
  • Serafima Mironova
    Writer
  • Egor Derevyanko
    Producer
  • Anastasia Igorevna Slobodich
    Producer
  • Evgeny Khalyavsky
    Director of Photography
  • Veronika Vasilyeva
    Sound engineer
  • Maxim Kulaev
    The second director
  • Philip Zarkov
    Assistant Director
  • Ekaterina Baryshnikova
    Art director
  • Oksana Nikulina
    Make-up artist
  • Ksenia Lapteva
    Sound technician
  • Polina Mineeva
    Slate
  • Anna Kasatkina
    Focus puller
  • Margot Grigoridze
    Camera Mechanic
  • Ilya Novikov
    Gaffer
  • Ulyana Tatarinova
    Dolly
  • Egor Kalensky
    Dolly
  • Ruslan Usmanov
    Lighting designers
  • Daniil Zhuravlev
    Lighting designers
  • Alisa Rafer
    Key Cast
  • Valery Dyachenko
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Жизнь Ивана Ильича
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 31 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 20, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    660 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - SPBGUKIT
  • Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival
    Capri
    Italy
    Official selection
  • Western gate
    Pskov
    Russian Federation
    July 8, 2022
    Russian premiere
    special jury prize
  • the digital gate international film festival

    Algeria
    best screenplay
  • The festival of youth cinema dreamers
    Saint-Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    November 23, 2022
    Best screenplay
Director Biography - Sergey Yurievich Khvostovtsev

Sergey Khvostovtsev was born in 2000 in Tomsk, Russia. He started editing at the age of 12 and after that began to show great interest in cinema. In 2018 he graduated from the Tomsk Humanities Lyceum, and in 2019 he entered the St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television in the workshop of O.A. Kovalov.
Filmography:
2019 - Cage
2022 - The Life of Ivan Ilyich

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