Best of The Fests

DOVLATOV

• Director: Alexey German Jr.
• RUSSIA, POLAND, SERBIA / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 126´ / Russian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Aleksey German, Yulia Tupikina
• Director of Photography: Lukasz Zal
• Editing: Sergey Ivanov, Darya Gladysheva
• Cast: Milan Maric, Danila Kozlovsky, Helena Sujecka, Artur Beschastny, Anton Shagin
• Producer: Dariusz Jablonski, Violetta Kaminska, Miroslav Mogorovich, Isabella Wojcik
• Production Co.: SAGa Films, Metrafilms, First Channel
• World Sales: Alpha Violet
• Turkish Rights: Bir Film

- 2018 BERLIN Best Artistic Contribution (Costume and Production Design)

Leningrad, 1971. Russian author Sergei Dovlatov, who will gain fame posthumously, spends his days chasing after daily writing jobs and a membership at the Writer’s Union, which is a requirement for getting published. At nights, he gets together with other writers and artists in town at parties where jazz is played. In Dovlatov, which premiered at the Berlinale, director Alexey German Jr. (Under Electric Clouds) chronicles six days in the life of its eponymous protagonist and paints the portrait of the intellectuals of the era and their relationship with Brezhnev-era Soviet Union. The film features references from John Steinbeck to Vladimir Nabokov and mesmerisingly choreographed scenes.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.