For the first time in its relatively short existence (after it began operations in 2012), and after having previously boasted several titles in the parallel sections of the major international festivals, Paris-based international sales agent Alpha Violet now has a feature film selected in competition at one of the “Big Three” (Cannes, Berlin, Venice) on its line-up. The gem in question is Dovlatov [+lee también:
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entrevista: Milan Maric
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Selected three times at Venice (Special Mention for the Lion of the Future in 2003 with The Last Train, in competition in 2005 with Garpastum and in 2008 with Bumazhnyy soldat, which was singled out with the Osella for Best Technical Contribution), the Russian filmmaker is back in competition at Berlin for the second time, following Under Electric Clouds [+lee también:
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Dovlatov, his fifth feature, was produced by Russia’s SAGa films, Metrafilms and First Channel, co-produced by Poland’s Message film and Serbia’s Art & Popcorn, and backed by Eurimages. Starring Serbian actor Milan Maric, Poland’s Helena Sujecka, and Russia’s Danila Kozlovsky, Artur Beschastny and Anton Shagin, the film (the very first images of which were shown in Work in Progress at the Les Arcs European Film Festival) charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 1970s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky while watching his Soviet artist friends get crushed by the iron-willed state machinery. Interestingly, the cinematography has been entrusted to Poland’s Lukasz Zal (Oscar-nominated in 2015 for Ida [+lee también:
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At Berlin, Alpha Violet will also be screening three films as market premieres: Crater [+lee también:
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entrevista: Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino
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ficha de la película] by Georgia’s Zaza Khalvashi (which had its world premiere at Tokyo) and Nina [+lee también:
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entrevista: Juraj Lehotský
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entrevista: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
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entrevista: Martina Apostolova
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