Witnesses (film series)

Thе trilogy "Witnesses"
Directed by	Konstantin Fam
Produced by	Konstantin Fam Alex A. Petruhin Yuri Igrusha Ian Fisher Romanovsky Egor Odintsov
Written by	Konstantin Fam Maxim Voskoboynikov Sergei Rachlin
Production company	Konstantin Fam Production Russian Film Group Ark Pictures
Country	Russia Belarus Ukraine Poland France Czech Republic Israel

Witnesses (film series) or Thе trilogy "Witnesses" - historical drama directed by Konstantin Fam, consisting of three novellas "Shoes", "Brutus" and "Violin", united by a common concept and dedicated to the memory of Holocaust victims.

Concept

The aim of the project is the story of the tragic events of 1933–1945 years and a reminder to the younger generation of the tragedy with the aim of preventing it in the future.

Konstantin Fam:

-This film I dedicate to the memory of their relatives who were killed or went missing during the Second World War, as well as the memory of the six million victims of the Holocaust. I wholeheartedly wish that such a tragedy does not happen again.^[1]

The project objectives

Creation of the first in the post-full-length feature film about the Holocaust, participated in major film festival, followed by a ride on the territories of Russia, the European Union, Israel, Canada, United States and China.
Creation based almanac together with the Department of Education and the Department of Human Rights Education Program of the city of Nuremberg, in which students from different countries (Germany, Russia, Belarus, and so on.) Will be able to study the history of the Holocaust events.
Create a charity program in which memorials and museums related to the Holocaust, will be equipped with projection equipment and special storage facilities, which will host a regular film screenings as part of museum displays.

History of creation

In 2012 it was created the short film "Shoes", dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust, which was warmly welcomed by the audience and the festival was a success. The film's director Konstantin Fam, decided to develop the idea of "unusual sight" to the Holocaust and to create a full-length Kinoalmanah, which in addition to "shoes" will include two more novels - "Brutus" and "Violin".^[2]

Presentation the Trilogy was held at the 66th Cannes Film Festival,^[3] which is also under the Short Film Corner, were shown the presentation materials to the novel "Brutus."

The producer group the Trilogy includes filmmakers from Russia, Belarus, Israel and the United States.^[4]

November 9 at the 34th American Film Market held a unique special pitching new projects. Kinoalmanah "Witnesses" with the support ROSKINO became the only Russian project, presented at the pitching.^[5]

"Shoes"

Main article: Shoes (2012 film)

"Shoes" The film is the first novel of the Trilogy "Witnesses". The film is set in the 30s-40s of the twentieth century and tells the story of a pair of women's shoes, which story begins in a shop window and was tragically cut short in a mass grave footwear concentration camp "Auschwitz." In the story "Shoes" is the main character shoes - women's shoes. In the picture is not visible persons and the lack of dialogue. The entire film is accompanied by an original symphonic music.^[6]

Status: finished film

The shooting of the film took place on the territory of Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic and France. The picture was a success of the festival, both in Russia and abroad.^[7]

The only Russian short film nominated for the Academy Award in 2013.^[8]^[9]

"Brutus"

Main article: Brutus (2016 film)

Events in the film "Brutus" (from a story by Ludvik Ashkenazy)^[10]^[11] are shown through the dog's eyes.This particular view allows you to see the different human values. War, racial laws, human cruelty are separated a German shepherd named Brutus with his beloved mistress. From kennel it as a watchdog gets to a concentration camp, where in the process of training and psychological manipulation of a harmless pet turns into a killer dog.^[12]

Status: Post-production

There it was reported that the main role in the film can fulfill one of Hollywood actresses, do not hide their Jewish ancestry - Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman June 27, 2013 "Brutus" won a screenwriting pitching the 35th Moscow International Film Festival and received a grant from the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Of the 418 applications submitted for the competition by the selection committee of the Youth Center made the long list of 22 projects of full-length feature films and television projects and 23 short film project. Special guest and expert Pitching was Nikita Mikhalkov.

The script for "Brutus" wrote Sergei Rachlin - the first Russian journalist, received the Association of the Hollywood Foreign Press, today - the executive secretary of the award "Golden Globe".

"The Violin"

World of third novel "Violin" entirely revolves around the unique musical instrument. The third story, "Violin" (from a story by Yossi Tavora) tells about the amazing violin fate, passed through all the horrors of war. The story begins in a violin workshop in Nuremberg, where at the beginning of the XX century, was created a violin, intended as a gift to the Jewish boy, and ends with a hundred years later concert at the Wailing Wall.

Status: Pre-Production

Official partners

Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS^[13]
Center for Documentary Film
Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation
ROSKINO
The film is created with the support of the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture

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