DUEL | ПОЕДИНОК, 2020, directed by Timur Dubro (english subtitles)
After the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 2014, the country was split into two camps by means of television propaganda: TV watchers and Internet users, quilted jackets and "liberalists", conservatives and progressives. Similar splits of society between traditionalists and modernizers often occurred in different countries, and we know many such examples in history, unfortunately, up to civil wars, when the split occurs simultaneously in many families, and literally brother goes against brother, son against father... We have been observing similar phenomena in Russian society since 2014, when the polarization of society on the issue of Crimea became extremely acute. Those who are used to watching official television believe every word of television speakers, and do not accept any criticism. Those who are used to thinking more critically and rationally, from the progressive camp, are not inferior to their opponents in principle and stubbornness. Position against position, principle against principle, retreat is impossible. In the movie our heroes are forced to go to the end, in the heat of the fight, without thinking about the possible consequences. They become like the participants of the Duel talk show, and the open final leaves the viewer a field for reflection, who is right and who is guilty, and on whose side the truth is - the viewer must decide.
Festivals: Alternative Territory of Cinema, Sain-Petersburg, Russia (Best Directors Work), Standalone Film Festival & Awards, Los-Angeles, CA, USA (Nominee for Best Cinematography), Best Shorts Competition, La Jolla, CA, USA (Award of Excellence: Film Short (Student), Award of Excellence: Dramatic Impact (Student), Pune Short Film Festival, Maharashtra, India (Official Selection), Western Gate International Film Festival, Pskov, Russia (Official Selection), KinoLes Film Festival, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (Official Selection), Serbest International Film Festival, Kishenev, Moldova (semi-finalist), Goa Short Film Festival, India (Official Selection), Art Film Fest, Kosice, Slovakia (Official Selection), FotoFilm Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (Official Selection), FotoFilm Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (Official Selection), VI International Russian Festival, Moscow, Russia (Official Selection), 3rd Live Screenings International Film Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia (Official Selection).
Timur Dubro — Director, Writer, Producer
Peter Smirnov — Writer
Natalia Kopchenova — Producer
Aleksandr Krotov — Producer
Grigory Tatarenko — Key Cast «Michael»
Pavel Tatarenko — Key Cast «Aleksandr»
Anastasia Zabirova — Key Cast «Tatiana»
Tatiana Rasskazova — Key Cast «Tatiana’s Mother»
Yuri Tarasov — Key Cast «Taxi Driver»
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