Pechorin

Language: Russian

Country: Russian Federation

Runtime: 01:34:40

Genre: Drama

Production budget: 750 000 USD

Pechorin

Based on the Russian classic Mikhail Lermontov novel “The Hero of Our Time”.
All events shown as they are reflected in the mind of the dying hero, as a series of irrevocable mistakes and interpreted anew: it is either reconsideration or repentance. Recollections make main hero torment himself over his own past pretenses that seem ridicules now agonize and despair over his perfect indifference to everything except himself, see the horrible aspect of killing his friend, a greenhorn and a show-off. The final action of an intelligent and outstanding man is judging oneself without mercy.

Information for the audience:

Pechorin is a smoky, contemplative journey into the human soul. Our hero is dying on a rickety cart. The scene around him: nothing but desert. But the life he has led has been anything but barren. Hasn’t it? A bon vivant and debauchee who has lived only for the moment, he is suddenly grappling with questions that long evaded him: what is life all about, and because it only ends in death, are its trials and pleasures even worth the effort? His past indifference to everything except himself, when contrasted with the surrounding, windswept sands that he will join soon enough, make him appear, on reflection, at best a greenhorn and a show-off. Pechorin deems this unacceptable. So, unable to lift his body a single paid, he will instead raise his spirit by choosing the final action of an intelligent, and indeed outstanding, man: to judge oneself without mercy.

Directors: Roman Khrushch

Writers: Roman Khrushch

Producers: Leonid Litvak

Key cast: Stanislav Riadinskiy, Dmitriy Podnozov, Irina Savitskova, Iliya Shcherbinin, Klaudia Korshunova, Alexander Korshunov

Director: Roman Khrushch

Roman Khrushch was born in Kharkov (Ukraine) in 1960 in a family of the Soviet technical intelligentsia. His father Boris was the researcher in area of physics of low temperatures, and mother Lubov - the engineer-programmer. As a child he was fond of photography and that passion led him to VGIK (All-Union State Institute of Cinematography) at the age of 16. After graduation in 1981 he filmed documentaries as a director and cameraman. 15 years later, he decided to try his hand at feature films and graduated from Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors in 1998 as writer and director in studio of Vladimir Motyl, well-known russian director. His feature film debut was in 2001 (a short story "Cross-and-nought" in the almanac "Two paper Soldiers".
Now Roman Khrushch known as the writer and director of several films, TV-movies and documentaries, including feature-length movies Luck (2005), Black Lamb (2009), Pechorin (2011).

Screenings / Awards:

PECHORIN - AWARD & NOMINIE LIST

WINNER

* BEST DIRECTOR - New Hope Film Festival, USA, July 12-21, 2013

* BEST DIRECTOR - Brazil International Film Festival, BRAZIL, May, 2016

* BEST FEATURE FILM - London Film Awards, UK, December 15, 2012

* BEST FEATURE FILM - American Film Awards, USA, Feb 05, 2016
* BEST FEATURE FILM - The Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston, USA, Apr 2016
* BEST FEATURE FILM - Brazil International Film Festival, BRAZIL, May, 2016
* BEST FEATURE FILM - Girona Film Festival, SPAIN, July 15-17, 2014
* BEST FEATURE FILM - PICKNIC Film Festival, SPAIN, June 24-28, 2014

* BEST FEATURE FILM - Down East Flick Fest, USA, April 24-28, 2015

* BEST FEATURE FILM - Interurban Film Festival, USA, May 29-30, 2015

* BEST FEATURE FILM - Festival Brasil de Cinema Internacional, BRAZIL, Aug, 2015

* BEST FEATURE FILM - CEBU IFF, PHILIPPINES, Aug, 2015

* BEST FEATURE FILM - Blackbird Film Festival, USA, Dec, 2015

* BEST FEATURE FILM - Los Angeles Urban Film Festival, USA, Dec, 2015

* BEST FEATURE FILM - Festival Internacional de cine Nunes, SPAIN, Dec, 2015

* BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE - Cutting Edge Film Festival, USA, Dec, 2015
* BEST NARRATIVE - Skyline International Film Festival, USA, Apr 23, 2016

* BEST NARRATIVE FILM - George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, USA, 2014

* BEST FEATURE DRAMA - The Indie Gathering Film Festival, USA, August 15-17, 2014

* BEST FOREIGN FILM - Flagler Film Festival, USA, January, 09-11, 2015

* BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM - Philadelphia Independent Film Awards, USA, May, 2016

* BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - Valle d'Itria Film Festival, ITALY, September 2014
* BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - IFF for Religion,
Spirituality & Visionary, INDONESIA, November, 13, 2013

* BEST IN CINEMATOGRAPHY – CEBU IFF, PHILIPPINES, Aug, 2015
* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - The Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston, USA, 2016

* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Brazil International Film Festival, BRAZIL, May, 2016

* BEST PHOTOGRAPHY - Girona Film Festival, SPAIN, July 15-17, 2014

* BEST PHOTOGRAPHY – Bar International Film Festival, MONTENEGRO, Oct, 2013

* BEST ART DIRECTOR - Under the Moonlight International Film Festival, SPAIN, 2015

* BEST ART DIRECTOR - Festival Brasil de Cinema Internacional, BRAZIL, Aug, 2015

* BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - The Atlas Awards Film Festival, USA, Jan, 2016

* BEST COSTUME DESIGN - The Atlas Awards Film Festival, USA, Jan, 2016

* BEST ACTOR - New-York Eurasian Film Festival, USA, October, 2014

* BEST ACTOR - MICA Film Festival, BRAZIL, December, 02-28, 2014

* GOLD WINNER FEATURE DRAMA - TrindieFest, USA, September, 18-21, 2014

* PLATINUM REMI AWARD - 46th WorldFest-Houston, USA, April 12-21, 2013

* DIMOND AWARD WINNER - Filmmakers World Festival, INDONESIA, March 2015
* WINNER - The Rio Festival (CINEVANA RIO), BRAZIL, April, 2015

* PALMARÉS - CINEMÍSTICA, SPAIN, March 23, 2015
* PLATINUM AWARD WINNER - International Independent Film Awards, USA, June, 2014

* AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - San Francisco Film Awards, USA, February 28, 2015

* BEST FEATURE FILM AWARD - 12 Months Film Festival, ROMANIA, July 31, 2015

* HONORABLE MENTION - ART DIRECTION - Oregon Underground FF, USA, Nov, 2014

NOMINATED

* La Rioja es de cine, SPAIN, Oct, 2016

* Gettysburg International Film Festival, USA, Sep, 2016

* The New York Film Week, USA, Oct, 2016

* Toronto Film Week, CANADA, Sep, 2016

* Venice Film Week, ITALY, Sep, 2016
* Cordoba International Film Festival, COLOMBIA, Aug, 2016

* Vermont Film School Festival, USA, June, 2016
* World Festival of Emerging Cinema, TRINIDAD and TOBAGO, May, 2016

* Near Nazareth Festival, ISRAEL, May, 2916

* World Festival of Emerging Cinema, TRINIDAD and TOBAGO, May, 2016
* Indiepossible International Film Festival, USA, May, 2016

* Eastern NC Film Festival, USA, Apr, 2016

* Independent Days International Film Festival, GERMANY, Apr, 2016

* UN*DEPENDENCE Film Festival, UK, Mar, 2016

* Rapid Lion International Film Festival, SOUTH AFRICA, Mar, 2016
* Lyon International Film Festival, FRANCE, Mar, 2016

* Macabre Faire Film Festival, USA, Jan, 2016

* BLOWUP - Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest, USA, Dec, 2015

* The Strange Film Awards, USA, Nov, 2015

* Macaé Cine International Film festival, BRAZIL, Nov, 2015

* Central Wisconsin Film Festival, USA, Nov, 2015

* Los Angeles CineFest, USA, Nov, 2015

* Barcelona Planet Film Festival, SPAIN, Nov, 2015

* Sose International Film Festival, ARMENIA, Oct, 2015

* Cabo Verde International Film Festival, CABO VERDE, Oct, 2015

* Indie Film Festival, SWITZERLAND, Oct, 2015
* Semana Internacional de Cine de autor de Lugo, SPAIN, Sep, 2015

* CinemaFest, MEXICO, Sep, 2015

* Knoxville Film Festival, USA, Sep, 2015

* Cincinnati Film Festival, USA, Sep, 2015

* Mar del Plata Film Festival, ARGENTINA, Aug, 2015

* MiddleCoast Film Festival, USA, Aug, 2015

* Miami Independent Film Festival, USA, Aug, 2015

* New York - Audience Now, USA, May, 2015

* Rendezvous Festival, USA, May, 2015

* Frame by Sound Festival (Three Cities Festival), DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, May, 2015

* Southeastern Film Festival, USA, April, 2015

* Oklahoma Urban Cinema Festival, USA, April, 2015
* Oklahoma Urban Cinema Festival, USA, April 10-16, 2015
* Silk Road Film Festival, IRELAND, March 18-22, 2015
* FANTASPORTO, PORTUGAL, February, 2015
* Berlin Underground Film Festival, GERMANY, March 8-14, 2015

* Overlook Film Festival, ITALY, December, 12-21, 2014
* East Lansing Film Festival, USA, November, 01-07, 2014

* Baghdad International Film Fest, IRAQ, October 15-19, 2014
* FFOCOL (Film Festival of Columbus), USA, October, 9-16, 2014
* Louisville's International Festival of Film, USA, October 9 -12, 2014
* El Dorado Film Festival, USA, September, 18-20, 2014

* CINEWEST, AUSTRALIA, September, 19-21, 2014

* Access Code Long Film Festival, INDIA, September 20, 2014

* Gwinnett Center International Film Festival, USA, August 01-03, 2014
* FICEE (festival internacional de cine educativo y espiritual), SPAIN, July 22-26, 2014
* Barcelona International Film Festival, USA, June 17, 2014
* Colortape International Film Festival, AUSTRALIA, May 30, 2014

* Sedona International Film Festival, USA, February 22 - March 03, 2014

* Beaufort International Film Festival, USA, February 12-16, 2014

* American Online Film Award, USA, December, 2013
* The Loft Film Festival, USA, November 8-15, 2013

* Laughlin International Film Festival, USA, October 11-14, 2013

* PollyGrind Underground Film Festival, USA, October 10-13, 2013

* FERFILMFEST, Republic of Kosovo, October 02-06, 2013

* Naperville Independent Film Festival, USA, September 14-21, 2013

* Salento International Film Festival, ITALY, September 7-14, 2013

* Long Island Film Festival, USA, August 30 – September 9, 2013

* The Boonies International, USA, August 14-17, 2013

* Maine International Film Festival, USA, July 12-21, 2013

* SouthSide Film Festival, USA, June 11-15, 2013