The Frescoes (0+)
Grand Prix
Russia, 2002, colour, 96 min.
Director: Alexander Gutman
Director: Alexander Gutman
At the cemetery of Armenian town Gjumry one can meet a teenage boy who works as a grave cleaner along with grownup colleagues.
AWARDS
Best long documentary of the XIV Open Festival of documentary films “Russia” (Ekaterinburg, 2003); award of the Jury of Film Festival “Poslanie r cheloveku/ Message to the Man” (“For vital view of present-day reality and fine image development” (St. Petersburg, 2003); Best long documentary of the IV National Competition of non-fiction films and television “LAVR” (2003); nomination of National Academy of Cinematography “Nika” (2003).
Alexander Gutman
Alexander Gutman
(1945). Training: the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (1968), VGIK (1978). Director, scriptwriter and cameraman (since 1971). Currently lives in St. Petersburg.
FILMOGRAPHY
“The Russians are gone”, 1991; “1244…1245…1246…”, 1993; “The Clock History: From Vitebsk to This Day”, 1995; “A Body Sans Head Or the Bodybuilding”, 1997; “Dave Brubeck. Back to Moscow”, 1998; “For Three days and Never Again”, 1999; “Vinton Marsalis in Russia”, 2000; “A Journey to Youth”, 2001.
Grand Prix
Russia, 2002, colour, 96 min.
Director: Alexander Gutman
Director: Alexander Gutman
At the cemetery of Armenian town Gjumry one can meet a teenage boy who works as a grave cleaner along with grownup colleagues.
AWARDS
Best long documentary of the XIV Open Festival of documentary films “Russia” (Ekaterinburg, 2003); award of the Jury of Film Festival “Poslanie r cheloveku/ Message to the Man” (“For vital view of present-day reality and fine image development” (St. Petersburg, 2003); Best long documentary of the IV National Competition of non-fiction films and television “LAVR” (2003); nomination of National Academy of Cinematography “Nika” (2003).