Clownery (, translit. Klounada) is a black-and-white and colour 1989 Soviet independent film directed by Dmitrii Frolov. It is based on Daniil Kharms novel Situations.
Plot Various works of Daniil Kharms are connected by means of a character dressed in a sailor's pea coat, which roams from the "case" to the "occasion", getting into various stories and leaving unscathed from the most incredible situations. The character is a nice embodiment of the revolutionary sailor in reserve, what was filled with Russian society in the early 30-ies. He is quite a good-natured "lumpen", not devoid of features of his class: impudence, self-will and unceremoniousness. In the film the works of Harms are screened: "Noise", "Victory of Myshin", "Grigoriev and Semyonov", etc.
Cast Dmitrii Frolov as Daniil Kharms Dmitri Shibanov as Myshin Natalya Surkova as Marya Ivanovna Mark Nahamkin as Pushkin
Details The intimate scene in "Clownery" was one of the first in the domestic cinema (a little earlier the sensational film "Little Faith" was filmed). In September 1989, when the first screening of "Clownery" for friends took place, this moment produced the effect of a bomb exploding. The film was looking for a long way to the viewer, and was officially released in February 2005. Counting from September 1989, the picture material was waiting for this hour for about 16 years. For as many years they waited on the mezzanines of the publication of Kharms's manuscript after his death in 1942, while Yakov Druskin did not start publishing them. The premiere of the film was held at the 11th Russian Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" on February 26, 2005, on the eve of the director's birthday. SEE IT PRESENT. Interview with the director
Festivals
XI Russian Film Festival "Literature and Cinema", Gatchina, February–March 2005; IX International Festival of Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his friends", St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum, June 2005; International St. Petersburg "HARMS-Festival-5", St. Petersburg, Russia, June–July 2005; Vll International Biennale "DIALOGI", CEH Manege, St. Petersburg, August 2005; Club "SINEFANT", Moscow, August 17, 2005; 8th International Festival of Independent Cinema "Clear Dreams", St. Petersburg, November 2005; X International Art Festival "Sergey Oskolkov and his friends", St. Petersburg, Peterhof, Oranienbaum, June 2006; "ARTKONCEPT 2006" - 3rd International Festival of Tendentious Art, St. Petersburg, August 2006; INTERZONE, St. Petersburg, July 2008 The Flight Deck Film Festival, New York City, NY, United States, July 2020 Global Monthly Online Film Competition, Canada, September, 2020 Madras Independent Film Festival, Chennai, India, November, 2020 Best Director Award, London, United Kingdom, November, 2020 Kosice International Monthly Film Festival, Košice, Slovakia, December, 2020 Aurora Film Festival, Caserta, Italy, November, 2020 Cinemaking International Film Festival, Bangladesh, December, 2020 Standalone Film Festival & Awards, Rancho Cucamonga, United States, February, 2021 Oasis Inter Continental Film Festival, Mumbai, India, February, 2021 Gralha International Monthly Film Awards, Curitiba, Brazil, February, 2021 Accord Cine Fest, Mumbai, India, April, 2021 Gutterbliss Temporary Testival, United States, May, 2021 Continental Film Awards, India, May, 2021 SonderBlu Film Festival, New York, United States, September, 2021 The World's Best Self Funded Films - CPFF Qualifying Film Festival, October, 2021 CINEMA OF NATIONS, Potsdam, Germany, December, 2021 Paradise Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, December, 2021 Hamburg Film Awards, Hamburg, Germany, January, 2022 Shiny Sparkle Independent Online Film Festival, January, 2022 Art Gallery Film Festival, Chennai, India, February, 2022 Hallucinea Film Festival, Paris, France, February, 2022
Awards Special prize "Through the thorns to the stars" for a new language in the cinema at International Festival of Independent Cinema "Clean Dreams - VIII", November 2005 FINALIST on The Flight Deck Film Festival, New York City, NY, United States, July 2020 Best Experimental Feature, Best Director Feature, Best Actor Feature, Best Actress Feature, Global Monthly Online Film Competition, Canada, September, 2020 Best Experimental Feature, Best Editing at Madras Independent Film Festival, Chennai, India, November, 2020madrasindependentfilmfestival Best Director Experimental Film at Best Director Award, London, United Kingdom, November, 2020 Honorable mention at Cinemaking International Film Festival, Bangladesh, December, 2020 Best Cinematography of Feature Film 🏆 Best Sound Design/Mix of Feature Film 🏆 Best Production Design of Feature Film 🏆 Best Costume Design of Feature Film 🏆 Best Feature Film Poster at Gralha International Monthly Film Awards, Curitiba, Brazil, February, 2021 Best Experimental Feature at Accord Cine Fest, Mumbai, India. April, 2021Winners on the festival's website Best European Experimental Feature at Continental Film Awards, India, May, 2021 Nominee at The World's Best Self Funded Films - CPFF Qualifying Film Festival, October, 2021 Finalist at Shiny Sparkle Independent Online Film Festival, January, 2022 Best Experimental Film at Art Gallery Film Festival, Chennai, India, February, 2022 Special Mention at Hallucinea Film Festival, Paris, France, February, 2022
References
Official site of the film «Clownery» on FACEBOOK In the club "Sinefantom" About the film on the site "CINEFANTOM" About the film on the site "Another movie" Sobaka.Ru St. Petersburg in the thrash cinema InoyeKino List of the best avant-garde films Movie Magic Films USSR Daniil Kharms Dmitry Frolov and the editing film Pushkinskaya 10. Film screening Kinorium SMAE letterboxd.com
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