Geboren in 1947 te Dnieprotevrosk, een grote stad in Oekraïne. Hij beëindigde zijn vioolstudie aan de academie van Kazan in 1970, waar hij ook van 1973 tot 1975 muziekles gaf. In 1978, behaalde hij zijn diploma als scriptschrijver en regisseur. Zijn film DEAD MAN’S LETTERS won de “Best First Film price” op het Film Festival… Continue reading Konstantin Lopushansky
Country: Russia
Alexandre Soloviev
THE SWORDBEARER
The near future. Writer Victor Banev travels to a remote Siberian town to see his daughter, who’s a pupil in a boarding school for gifted children. Her teachers are called “aquatters”. They could be mutants or aliens or something else altogether. The climate has mysteriously changed in the town, flooded by endless rainfall. An eerie… Continue reading THE SWORDBEARER
UGLY SWANS
The near future. Writer Victor Banev travels to a remote Siberian town to see his daughter, who’s a pupil in a boarding school for gifted children. Her teachers are called “aquatters”. They could be mutants or aliens or something else altogether. The climate has mysteriously changed in the town, flooded by endless rainfall. An eerie… Continue reading UGLY SWANS
DAYWATCH
The 14th century. Mongol conqueror Tamerlan acquires the Chalk of Fate. Anyone possessing the chalk is able to rewrite his own history and change events. Present day Moscow. Paranormally gifted Anton Gorodensky is training Svetlana, the latest recruit to Night Watch. Anton is a Light Other and Night Watch is dedicated to regulating the activities… Continue reading DAYWATCH
A PLACE ON EARTH
A big dilapidated building in Moscow. The Temple of Love is a commune composed of those who choose to live on the fringes of society and those who are forced there. The many children tottering around belong to everybody and nobody. A relished meal might consists of half-eaten scraps and its charismatic, half-crazed leader urges… Continue reading A PLACE ON EARTH
NIGHTWATCH
When night falls, the domain of evil knows no bounds. Dark wizards, vampires and other monsters come alive. Their strength is great. Ordinary weapons are insufficient in the struggle against them. Yet there are individuals who pursue these nocturnal hunters, who battle and overcome nightfall‘s progeny. They do so in strict observance of the Treaty… Continue reading NIGHTWATCH
THE DOOR
Sometimes even the heaviest load can be light to bear.
OF FREAKS AND MEN
St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century. Johann and his assistants specialise in the fabrication of erotic photographs depicting the flogging of bare-bottomed women. Handsome and secretive, Johann and his creations gradually penetrate the peaceful households of two Russian families. First there are the upper-class Stasovs, who consist of Dr. Stasov, his blind… Continue reading OF FREAKS AND MEN
CLOSE-UP
Sometimes one is tempted to stop a passing moment. But it is dangerous to mess with time, because it could cost you dearly. A young man is taking pictures with a polaroïd camera. Suddenly, the camera starts taking snapshots of an action that doesn’t seen real. A young girl on a bicycle is about to… Continue reading CLOSE-UP