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Home Short Films The Seagull

The Seagull (Chayka)

 

  

Director:  Elizaveta Stishova 
Type: feature short film
Director of photographer:  Alexander Pochepko
Editor:  
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Scriptwriter:  Alisa Khelnitskaya
Sound:  Andrey Gur'yanov
Producer:  Sadyk Sher-Niyaz & Maria Avakova
Head of the filmmaking:  Vladimir Men'shov 
Actors:

 Asan Amanov, Aydana Satybekova, Yunus Tekche etc.
Art-designer:
 Pavel Eyler
Shooting:  spring-summer 2012
Length:  30 min. 
Release date:  14.12.2012
Synopsis:
 
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Awards & Prizes:

 1) Prize for the best direction at the short films festibal, Bishkek, 12-15.12.2012

 2) Grand-Prix at the Forum for the Young cinema, 12-15.03.2013

 3) Three awards at the St.Anna film festival, Moscow (04-12.04.2013):

  for the best direction, for the best script and for the best camera.

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Review:

  

Aytysh-film & Seepwell Pictures 

 

 The Hope of the Last Teacher