The Legend of Siegfried written and directed by Svetlana Strelnikova was added to long-list Lavr doc (Best Art Film).
A film about the long-term relationship between the director and the character of her first film, the French indie artist, musician and filmmaker Siegfried, known as Sig. The story, told by the author in the first person, is dedicated to the experience of growing up, liberation and finding one’s own identity in life and in art. The film raises questions about the nature of the student/teacher relationship, which inevitably involves submission and conflict, and the nature of the director/hero relationship, which is based on love and a little manipulation.
Flahertiana IDFF
The first round of the annual National Laurel Branch Award has been completed. During a four-hour meeting in the online format the jury of the first round, represented by Alina Rudnitskaya, Andrey Yerastov, Vitaly Mansky, Alexey Khanyutin, Maria Gavrilova, Victoria Belopolskaya and Svetlana Bychenko, identified eight films in five nominations that passed to the next stage of the competition. In the next stage a grand jury of the Prize, consisting of 50 non-fiction film professionals, will determine the winners in all nominations. The three finalists will be announced on November 20, 2021, and the award ceremony will take place on December 9 in Moscow.