Brutus (2016)
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Country:
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, USA, Israel
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Duration:
35 min
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Genre:
history, drama
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Director:
Konstantin Fam
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Producer:
Konstantin Fam, Ian Fisher Romanovsky
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Cast:
Oksana Fandera, Filipp Yankovskiy, Vladimir Koshevoy
About film
The film tells about the Holocaust through the eyes of a German shepherd. Brutus lives in the city with a Jewish woman, but the Nuremberg Laws separate him from his beloved mistress. Training and manipulation then turn Brutus into a concentration camp killer dog.
Rewards and nominations
- The Nevada International Film Festival 2016 (USA) — Platinum Reel Award Winner
- Sochi International Film Awards 2016 (Russia) — Special Prize
- The Golden Eagle Award 2017 (Russia) — nominee: Best Short Film
- 38 Moscow International Film Festival (2016) — Official Selection
- Best Shorts Competition 2016 (USA) — Best Jewish Film
Director
was born in 1972 to a Vietnamese father and a Jewish mother, producer, director, and screenwriter. Fam graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, then entered the New York Film Academy. Fam’s thesis project Hedgehog was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. The Trilogy Witnesses includes three short films - Shoes, Brutus, and Violin. Shoes was added to the Yad Vashem's Visual Center (Israel) alongside the films by Spielberg, Polanski, Benigni. Violin premiered at the MIFF in 2017. Konstantin Fam is one of the creators and the producer of the Moscow Jewish Film Festival.
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Director
was born in 1972 to a Vietnamese father and a Jewish mother, producer, director, and screenwriter. Fam graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, then entered the New York Film Academy. Fam’s thesis project Hedgehog was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. The Trilogy Witnesses includes three short films - Shoes, Brutus, and Violin. Shoes was added to the Yad Vashem's Visual Center (Israel) alongside the films by Spielberg, Polanski, Benigni. Violin premiered at the MIFF in 2017. Konstantin Fam is one of the creators and the producer of the Moscow Jewish Film Festival.
