Cinetrain: Russian Winter (2013)

A unique journey through winter Russia from Murmansk to the Baikal.
Six awarded short films taking a fresh look at the most common stereotypes about Russia: Cold weather, Women, Vodka, Lada cars, Bears and the “Russian soul”… There’s always more to stereotypes than one may think.

www.cinetrain-project.com

Cinetrain is a documentary filmmaking experience. It’s a working method that is inspired by the work of Alexander Medvedkin and his Cinetrain in 1930’s Soviet Russia.
For this project, in January 2013, a group of 21 filmmakers from 14 countries met for the first time in Moscow. On the next day they were sent on a trip to make films that would explore widespread stereotypes about Russia. Over the following month, they shot and edited the 6 short films that compose this almanach. They traveled 10 000 km by train to engage in a dialog with the Russian people and to understand the ideas the Russians have about themselves.
The short films composing this almanach were selected to over 200 festivals and wan over 30 awards at some major festivals (Sundance, Locarno, Chicago)

Here is the list of all the awards:

AWARDS FOR THE ALMANACH
Visions du Réel 2014 – AUDIENCE AWARD
My Planet National Russian Award – BEST FILM ABOUT TRAVELING RUSSIA
Mariupol International Cinema Forum – Best Film

AWARDS FOR “LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.” by Sandhya Daisy Sundaram

Sundance Film Festival 2014 – Special Jury Award for Non-Fiction
Dvijenie Film Festival,Russia 2014 – Best Short Film
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2014 – Jury Honorable Mention
Nashville Film Festival 2014 – Honorable Mention for Best Documentary Short Film
One Voice International Film Festival 2013 – Best Documentary
4th Pune International Film Festival 2014 – Best editing
50th Chicago International Film Festival – Silver HUGO for best short documentary. OSCAR qualifying award.
Milwaukee International Film Festival 2014 – Best short film
Festival International de Percé – Short Film Grand Prix

AWARDS FOR “ZIMA” by Cristina Picchi

Festival del Film Locarno 2014 – Pardino d’Argento for best short film
Festival del Film Locarno 2013 – Pianifica Prize, Short film nominee for the European Film Awards
36e Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2014 – Special Mention of the Jury, International Competition
Oslo Screen Festival 2014 – Honourable Mention
16th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – WWF Award
Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce & Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio 2014 – Premio Emidio Greco
DokuMA 2014 – Best Cinematography
San Gio’ Verona Video Festival – Best Score
Shnit International film festival Moscow - « Made in Russia » Audience award.
Shorts Shorts Film Festival Mexico – Best International Film
Concorto FilmFest – Jury Award

AWARDS FOR “THE GREEN SERPENT” by Benny Jaberg
Festival del Film Locarno 2013 – Boccalina film Critics prize
City of Winterthur prize 2013 – Best short film
SwissFilm Award 2014 – Best short film
Darklight Dublin Film Festival 2014
Expermental film & video festival 2014, Zurich – Special mention of the Jury
12th International Festival Signes de Nuit (Paris) – Night Award for best short film
Bushwick Film Festival 2014 – Best Short Documentary Prize

AWARDS FOR “LADA” by Dieter Deswarte
“In The Palace” International Short Film Festival 2015 – Best short film
Interfilm Berlin – Best documentary audience award

AWARDS FOR “JUST THE WAY IT IS…” by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
Hungarian Independent Film and Video festival – Special prize of the jury

Видео Cinetrain: Russian Winter (2013) канала Cinetrain