17th of August
17 Avgusta, Poland, Russia, 2009, 62 min, Digi Beta, Personal View, Portrait, Social Issues
The first prison in Russia for those sentenced to life terms. A single cell. "Prisoner Boris Bezotechestvo. Life sentence. Article 102. Triple murder." Communing with a God who is indifferent to his fate. He prays, but is not a believer. His words filled the air of the cell. He talks and listens to himself. The space within the cell consumes him. His world is four walls and the view from the window. The prison physically thrusts the prisoner into TIME. A long succession of days and nights allotted to him, after which comes “hell” or “heaven”.
Director:
Alexander Gutman
Producer:
Alexander Gutman
Co Producer:
Krzysztof Kopczyński, Witold Bedkowski
Executive producer:
Agnieszka Janowska
Screenplay:
Alexander Gutman
Director of photography:
Maksim Efros, Nikolaj Wolkow, Alexander Gutman
Editor:
Alexander Gutman
Sound:
Leonid Lerner
Music:
Vladimir Tarasov
World Sales:
Rose Hughes
Languages:
Russian
Subtitles:
English
Eureka Media
Inżynierska 5/41
03-410 Warsaw, Poland
Atelier-Film-Alexander
Kolomenskaya 28 apt 9
191119 St.Petersburg, Russia
TVP S.A. - Telewizja Polska
ul. J.P. Woronicza 17
00-999 Warsaw, Poland
Journeyman Pictures
4 High Street
KT7 0RY Thames Ditton, Surrey, United Kingdom
Honorary Mention -
DOK Leipzig 2009, Germany
Special Mention -
Triest Film Festival 2009, Italy
Best Documentary -
M.I.F.F., India
Doc Point Helsinki 2009, Finland
Tessaloniki IDFF, Greece
BAFICI, Argentina
Planete Doc Review, Poland
ZagrebDOX 2011, Croatia
- YLEISRADIO (Finland)
Ikka Vehkalahti
- Sankt Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
Wiaczesław Tielnow
- Russian Culture & Art Fund
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation