Above the Lake
The movie is based on poetry of russian poet Alexander Blok. It is not just a screen version as usual. It is a reconstruction of a cinema of the beginning of XX century, made by our contemporaries. Being poetical and philosophical reflection of a perception of Blokβs poetry, the film at the same time renders an atmosphere of legendary βSilver Ageβ of russian poetry.
A poor consumptive poet dreams about a meeting with the muse, but it is already impossible for him. Being immersed in mystical catalepsy, he sees her as though in reality. The film is made with the original music, written and performed by Sergey Oskolkov.
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Dmitri FrolovDirector
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Dmitri FrolovWriter
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Dmitri FrolovProducer
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: Peter Kremis, Romil Rachev, Natalya SurkovaKey Cast
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Project Type:Experimental, Feature, Short
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Runtime:10 minutes
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Completion Date:June 7, 2006
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Production Budget:500 USD
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Country of Origin:Russian Federation
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Country of Filming:Russian Federation
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Language:French, Russian
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Shooting Format:35 mm (dumb) or Video
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Aspect Ratio:3:4
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Film Color:Black & White
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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30-th International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January, 2001; X International Festival of Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his friends", St-Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum, Russia, June 2006; 9-th International Independent Film Festival, St.Petersburg, Russia, November, 2006; 16-th Experimental Cinema Week, Madrid, Spain, November, 2006; 3-rd International Festival of Audio-visual Arts "VIDEOLOGIA", Volgograd, December 2006; 5-th Pune International Film Festival, India, January, 2007; 11-th Sergey Kurehina's SKIF international festival, St.Petersburg, April, 2007
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MEDIAWAVE - 6th "On the Road" Online Film FestivalGyΕr
Hungary
March 1, 2019
Official Selection -
Light & Future International Film FestivalHouston
United States
March 31, 2019
Award Winner: π Best Experimental Short -
Once a Week Online Film Festival
United States
September 18, 2019
Official Selection -
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
United States
October 2, 2019
Official Selection, π TOP 10 of Week (5th Rank) of 40th Week of 2019, π TOP 10 of Week (5th Rank) of 41st Week of 2019, π TOP 10 of Week (5th Rank) of 42nd Week of 2019, π TOP 10 of Week (6th Rank) of 43rd Week of 2019, π TOP 10 of Week (8th Rank) of 44th Week of 2019, π TOP 10 of Week (7th Rank) of 45th Week of 2019, π TOP 10 of Week (3rd Rank) of 46th Week of 2019 -
10th international Biennale "Art Bridge-Watercolor 2019"St.Petersburg
Russian Federation
December 7, 2019
Official Selection -
Festival Internacional de Cine SilentePuebla
Mexico
December 7, 2019
π Award Winner -
Madras Independent Film FestivalMadras
India
July 7, 2020
Award Winner - π Special Mention Award -
Global Monthly Online Film Competition
Canada
August 8, 2020
Winner: π 'Best Experimental Short', π 'Best Director Short' -
Kosice International Monthly Film FestivalKoΕ‘ice
Slovakia
January 11, 2021
WINNER: π Honorable Mention: Experimental -
Kino Pleme / Live SoundtrackBelgrade
Serbia
April 30, 2021
Official Selection -
Gralha International Monthly Film AwardsCuritiba
Brazil
May 1, 2021
π BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM -
Hallucinea Film FestivalParis
France
June 21, 2021
Official Selection -
Aurora Film FestivalSan Potito Sannitico
Italy
August 14, 2021
FINALIST -
Accord Cine FestMumbai
India
September 3, 2021
FINALIST -
GUTTERCAST
United States
February 26, 2022
Official Selection -
4th Screen Online Film AwardsKerala
India
July 1, 2022
π BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM -
Indie World Film FestivalKerala
India
July 4, 2022
π Best Editor: Dmitri Frolov; π Special Festival Mention in Acting: Natalya Surkova; π Special Mention In Direction: Dmitri Frolov; π Special Mention In Original Score: Sergey Oskolkov -
BIMIFF - Brazil International Monthly Independent Film FestivalRio de Janeiro
Brazil
February 12, 2024
π Best Cinematography of Short Film
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.