Witnesses (2018)
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Country:
Russia, Belarus, Poland, France, Czech Republic, Israel, Romania, Ukraine
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Duration:
106 min
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Genre:
drama, history
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Director:
Konstantin Fam
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Producer:
Konstantin Fam
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Cast:
Oksana Fandera, Filipp Yankovskiy, Lenn Kudrjawizki
About film
Events of the film Witnesses unfold in the middle of the 20th century in Eastern Europe. The historical drama tells about the Holocaust through the stories of its involuntary silent witnesses. Through a pair of women's shoes, the story of which began in a store window and ended on display at the Auschwitz memorial. Through the eyes of a German Shepherd pup, which turned into a concentration camp killer by training and manipulation. Through a violin, which, together with its owner, went through the horrors of the war.
Rewards and nominations
- Angel Film Awards — Monaco International Film Festival: Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Original Music, Best Producer, Best Cinematographer, Angel Peace Award
- Grand Prix Video Festival Imperia (Italy) — Grand Prix
- San Diego Jewish Film Festival — Best New Emerging Director
- 39th Moscow International Film Festival — Competition program
Director
47-year-old producer, director, and screenwriter. Fam was born to a Vietnamese father and a Jewish mother. 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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Konstantin Fam
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Konstantin Fam
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Director
47-year-old producer, director, and screenwriter. Fam was born to a Vietnamese father and a Jewish mother. 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.
