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'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"[https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/russian-biz-sets-up-shop-at-afm-1200802868/ Russian Biz Sets Up Shop at AFM.variety.com] 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.[http://www.novayagazeta.ru/arts/60491.html Konstantin Fam's film nominated for the Academy Awards at the same time with Feodor Bondarchuk's "Stalingrad".NOVAYAGAZETA][http://ria.ru/culture/20130930/966816068.html Short film "Shoes" will compete for the nomination for "Academy Awards". RIA]

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.[http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/leisure/.premium-1.563764?v=8C548C7FD4201EF6BF07F55FA0D3BC0C By relying on gimmicks and avoiding specific stories, Russian Oscar-contender 'Shoes' betrays the memory of Holocaust victims. haaretz.com][http://desertlocalnews.com/powerful-short-film-shoes-packs-emotional-wallop/ Powerful Short Film Shoes Packs An Emotional Wallop. desertlocalnews.com ]

Film crew



* Original idea: Dmitry Parshkov (Russia)

* Director: Konstantin Fam (Russia)[http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2014/feb/07/shoes-costa-fam/ A filmmaker's silent Holocaust tale. sandiegouniontribune.com]

* Writer: Konstantin Fam (Russia)

* Composer: Egor Romanenko (Ukraine)

* Actors: Uliana Elina (Czech Republic), Tatiana Spyrgyash (Belarus) - Woman; Ilya Uglava (Czech Republic), Alexander Bokovets (Belarus) - Man

* Producers: Konstantin Fam, Uriy Igrush, Mihail Bykov, Alex A. Petruhin, Tanya Dovidovskaya, Krzysztof Wiech, Tania Rakhmanova, Alexey * Timofeev, Aleksandr Kulikov, Igor Lopatonok

* Cameramen: Asen Shopov (Czech Republic), Sergey Novikov (Belarus), Dzmitry Shulpin (Belarus), Otabek Djuraev (France), Marec Gajczak (Poland)

* Production designer: Philip Lagunovich-Cherepko (Belarus), Jarmila Konecna (Czech Republic)

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".[http://www.aen.ru/?page=brief&article_id=68944 Kunstkamera awarded the "Shoes". Jewish News Agency] [http://kunstkamera.ru/en/news/2013_11_15/ Kunstkamera awarded the "Shoes". kunstkamera.ru]

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[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roland-joffe-head-monaco-international-658538?mobile_redirect=false The world premiere of Russian-Vietnamese director Konstantin Fams experimental short Shoes. 'The Hollywood reporter'][http://fr.rbth.com/en_bref/2013/12/11/le_court-metrage_russe_sur_lholocauste_a_recu_le_prix_de_monaco_27005 Russian short film about the Holocaust was awarded to Monaco. fr.rbth.com]

* Grand Prix Video Festival Imperia (Italy)[http://ria.ru/culture/20130430/935398020.html Movie Story about red shoes of the Holocaust presented in Moscow RIA NEWS]

* 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[http://ria.ru/culture/20131108/975635347.html Film Festival "Radiant Angel"'s results. RIA NEWS]

* Artkino Festival (Russia), The best experimental film Award[http://artkinofest.ru/festival/novosti-festivalya/201-pozdravlyaem-pobeditelej-6-go-festivalya-qartkinoq The winners of the 6th All-Russian festival of author's short film ARTKINO. ARTKINO]

* 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[http://www.moviestart.ru/news/itogi_otkrytogo_kinofestivalja_korotkometrazhnogo_nezavisimogo_kino_konik_film_festival/2013-10-08-394Results of the Open Film Festival of short independent film KONIK Film Festival. moviestart.ru]

* Festival KONIK (Russia), the prize For the musical solution

* Opening Film Festival special program in Haifa (Israel)

Participations

* Russian Cinema Week (Israel)[http://ria.ru/culture/20131110/975806278.html Russian Film Week begins in Israel.RIA NEWS]

* Doors to Russian Cinema (USA)[http://roskino.org/news/zavershilas-nedelya-rossiyskogo-kino-v-los-andzhelese-doors-to-russian-cinema Completed Russian Film Week in Los Angeles "DOORS TO RUSSIAN CINEMA". ]

* Clermont-Ferrand (France)

* Listapad (Belarus)

* Badalona (Spain)

* Coniminuticontati (Italy)

* Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (USA)

* St. Anne (Russia)

* Kinotaur (Sochi)[http://ria.ru/culture/20130603/941119554.html Short Film Competition started at "Kinotavr". RIA NEWS]

* Kinolikbez (Barnaul)

* Kinoshock (Anapa)

* Short (Kaliningrad)

* Konik (Moscow) - Moscow Premiere film closing

Official partners



* Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia

* Documentary Film Center

* Youth Center of the Russian Cinema Union

* Roskino

* Belarusian Ministry of Culture.

See also



* Witnesses (2018 film)

* Brutus (2016 film)

* Violin (2017 film)

References




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