Shoes (2012 film)

Shoes is a 2012 international short film directed, written and produced by Konstantin Fam. The film is the result of a joint effort by professional team from Russia, the USA, the Czech Republic, Poland, France, Belarus and Ukraine. The film is the first novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses"[1] dedicated to the memory of victims of the Holocaust. It was the only nominee from Russia for the Academy Awards in the short film category in 2013.[2][3]

Shoes
Directed byKonstantin Fam
Written byKonstantin Fam
Produced by
  • Konstantin Fam
  • Uriy Igrushа
  • Miсhail Bykov
  • Alex A. Petruhin
  • Tanya Dovidovskaya
  • Krzysztof Wiech
  • Tania Rakhmanova
  • Alexey Timofeev
  • Aleksandr Kulikov
  • Igor Lopatenok
Starring
  • Uliana Elina
  • Tatiana Spyrgyash
  • Ilya Uglava
  • Alexander Bokovets
CinematographyAsen Shopov
Sergey Novikov
Otabek Djuraev
Marec Gajczak
Music byEgor Romanenko
Running time
20 minutes
CountriesPoland
Russia
Belarus
Czech Republic
France
Budgetclosed

Plot

The first installment traces the personal history of a Jewish girl in 1930s-1940s from the point of view of a pair of red shoes. Starting from the shop window where the shoes were purchased and ending at a mountain of discarded shoes of the victims in a mass grave of the Auschwitz concentration camp.[4][5]

Film crew

Art features

The main object in a shot is a pair of the shoes. There are no dialogues in a shot and we see no human faces but only their shoes. The film is accompanied by an original soundtrack inspired by Jewish folk motives.

Cultural effect

In 2013 the Deputy Director of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Efim Rezvan on behalf of the Museum presented the film an honorary diploma from "for bright creative contribution to the museum's exhibition program and the preservation of memory".[7][8] Together with the Department of Human Rights and the Department of Education Nuremberg plans to create an educational program for school children in Germany.

Accolades

Awards
  • Monaco International Film Festival (Monaco), Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Original Music, Best Producer, Best Cinematographer, Angel Peace Award[9][10]
  • Grand Prix Video Festival Imperia (Italy)[11]
  • Pitching project was held at the 65th Cannes Film Festival
  • The film is invited to a collection of Yad Vashem (Israel) reference number is V-6195
  • Radiant Angel Festival (Russia), Best Live Action Short Film Award[12]
  • Artkino Festival (Russia), The best experimental film Award[13]
  • 1st place of the festival "Vstrechi na Vjatke" (Russia, Kirov)
  • Special prize magazine "NewMag", the festival "Golden Apricot" (Armenia)
  • Festival KONIK (Russia), the prize For the contribution to the short film development in Russia[14]
  • Festival KONIK (Russia), the prize For the musical solution
  • Opening Film Festival special program in Haifa (Israel)

Participations

Official partners

See also

References
  1. Russian Biz Sets Up Shop at AFM.variety.com
  2. Konstantin Fam's film nominated for the Academy Awards at the same time with Feodor Bondarchuk's "Stalingrad".NOVAYAGAZETA
  3. Short film "Shoes" will compete for the nomination for "Academy Awards". RIA
  4. By relying on gimmicks and avoiding specific stories, Russian Oscar-contender 'Shoes' betrays the memory of Holocaust victims. haaretz.com
  5. Powerful Short Film “Shoes” Packs An Emotional Wallop. desertlocalnews.com
  6. A filmmaker's silent Holocaust tale. sandiegouniontribune.com
  7. Kunstkamera awarded the "Shoes". Jewish News Agency Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Kunstkamera awarded the "Shoes". kunstkamera.ru
  9. The world premiere of Russian-Vietnamese director Konstantin Fam’s experimental short Shoes. The Hollywood reporter
  10. Russian short film about the Holocaust was awarded to Monaco. fr.rbth.com
  11. Movie Story about red shoes of the Holocaust presented in Moscow RIA NEWS
  12. Film Festival "Radiant Angel"'s results. RIA NEWS
  13. The winners of the 6th All-Russian festival of author's short film «ARTKINO». ARTKINO
  14. of the Open Film Festival of short independent film «KONIK Film Festival». moviestart.ru
  15. Russian Film Week begins in Israel.RIA NEWS
  16. Completed Russian Film Week in Los Angeles "DOORS TO RUSSIAN CINEMA". РОСКИНО
  17. Short Film Competition started at "Kinotavr". RIA NEWS
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