Brutus () is a short film directed by Konstantin FamWorld War Two Film Brutus, shooting in Romania. filmneweurope.com of 2015, the second novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses"Russian Biz Sets Up Shop at AFM. variety.com and the sequel of the "Shoes",Shoes,’ in just 18 minutes, quite a feat. www.sdjewishworld.comFam’s Holocaust film ‘Shoes’ makes big impact. rbth.com dedicated to the memory of Holocaust victims.
Plot Brutus continues the concept of the Witnesses trilogyBrutus, short film about WWII filming in Romania. hotnews.ro and tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of a German Shepherd dog named Brutus. The Nuremberg Laws have separated the dog from his favourite mistress, a Jewish woman. In the process of training and taming, Brutus becomes a concentration camp beast-killer. The film is based on a novel by the Czech writer Ludvik Ashkenazy.Oksana Fandera and Filipp Yankovsky will play in a movie about the Holocaust. www.jewish.ru Oksana Fandera and Philip Jankowski will appear on the screen together again. people talk.ru
Crew Director: Konstantin Fam Composer: Egor Romanenko Producers: Konstantin Fam, Ian Fisher Romanovsky, Alexey A. Petruhin, Yuri Igrusha, Egor Odintsov Script: Konstantin Fam Cinematography: Giora Bejach
Cast Oksana Fandera- Rosanna Filipp Yankovsky - Horst Vladimir Koshevoi - Leo Anna Churina - Clara Maria Zykova - Ada Marta Drozdova - Martha
Production Filmmakers from Russia, Romania,"Brutus", short film about World War II, filming in Romania. aarc.ro Crew of the second novel of the Trilogy "Witnesses" work in Romania. cinemaplex.ru Israel, the United States, Moldova, Belarus and the Czech Republic participated in the production.Film about the Holocaust is shooting in Russia. echo.msk.ru
The film was created with the financial support of the Ministry for Culture of Russia, as well as private philanthropists.
Art features The crew used a variety of filming techniques. The main aim was to show the events through the dog's eyes.
Konstantin Fam: Upcoming film captures the Holocaust through eyes of dog. calvertjournal.com
-Our film will be tough, but entirely pacifist in nature. My task is to make the viewer see things from the dog’s point of view, to show how quickly somebody can be brainwashed and turn into a monster
Confession Film premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival in June 2016.Short film competition. 38 MIFF
Accolades
Awards The Nevada International Film Festival (USA), Experimental Film Competition, Platinum Reel Award Winner (2016) Sochi International Film Awards (Russia), Special Prize Award winners. Sochifilmawards.com (2016) Film was longlisted to the 89th Academy Awards by Academy Award for Live Action Short Film (USA) The Golden Eagle Award of National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of RussiaAdvisory List of Advisory Board for 2016. Kinoacademy.ru (Russia) Best Shorts Competition - "Best Jewish film" The season's winners. Bestshorts.net (USA)
Participations Hong Kong World International Film Festival (Hong Kong) International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema London (UK) Sedona Film Festival (USA) PUFF Film Festival Hong Kong Best Shorts Competition (USA) New Haven International Film Festival (USA)
Official partners Federation of Jewish Communities of RussiaThe feature film about the Holocaust was withdrawn supported by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Documentary Film Center Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation ROSKINO
See also Witnesses (2018 film) Shoes (2012 film) Violin (2017 film)
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