Violin (2017 film) explained

Violin
Director:	Konstantin Fam
Producer:	Konstantin Fam Alex A. Petruhin Boris Mints Egor Odintsov
Music:	Egor Romanenko
Starring:	Lenn Kudrjawizki Vladimir Koshevoy Mikhail Gorevoy Vyacheslav Chepurchenko Maria King Marusya Zykova Alexey Petrukhin Anzhelika Kashirina Alim Kandur Vyacheslav Ganenko
Runtime:	35 minutes
Country:	Russia

Violin (Russian: Скрипка) is the final novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses".^[1] The film opens at the beginning of the 20th century in a violin shop, where an instrument was created as a present for a Jewish boy. Later that violin became a witness to the tragic events that took place during the Holocaust. When the instrument turned a hundred years old, its journey ended a concert at the Wailing Wall.^[2]

Cast

• Lenn Kudrjawizki as Leonid Shtiller
• Vladimir Koshevoi as Leo Shtiller
• Mikhail Gorevoy as Richard
• Vyacheslav Chepurchenko as Kurt
• Maria King as Rachel
• Maria Zykova as Ada
• Alex A. Petruhin as Otto
• Anzhelika Kashirina as Katya
• Alim Kandur as Shlomo
• Vyacheslav Ganenko as Moshe

Production

Filmmakers from Russia, Israel, the United States, Belarus and the Czech Republic participated in the production. The filming took place in Moscow, New-York, Prague, Brest, Minsk and ended in Jerusalem with accordance of the novel's plot.^[3]

The film was created with the financial support of the Ministry for Culture of Russia, as well as private philanthropists.

Confession

Film premiered as part of the competition program of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival in June 2017.^[4] It is also longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.^{[5] [6]}

Accolades

Awards

• 39th Moscow International Film Festival, Competition program^[7]
• The film is longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, 2017^{[8] [9]}
• The film was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award of National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia for Best Short Film, 2017^[10]
• Sochi International Film Awards (Russia), the award of the name of Vera Glagoleva; the special award of the Short Film Contest "For the Preservation of Historical Memory"^[11]

Official partners

• Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia^[12]
• Russian Jewish Congress
• Chabad Odessa

See also

• Witnesses (2018 film)
• Shoes (2012 film)
• Brutus (2016 film)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Лучшие фильмы о Второй Мировой. Afisha.uz. 21 February 2018.
2. Web site: Fam: a short meter boom is on its way. souzveche.ru. 21 February 2018.
3. Web site: В рамках ММКФ в Доме кино прошла "Неделя белорусских фильмов в России". 28 June 2017. 21 February 2018.
4. Web site: Кинобизнес / 39-й ММКФ: третий день. 21 February 2018.
5. Web site: Российский фильм о Холокосте поборется за "Оскар". 21 February 2018.
6. Web site: Музыка перед расстрелом: интервью с режиссером короткометражки "Скрипка" о Холокосте, которая выдвинута от России на "Оскар". TV Rain. Inc.. 11 October 2017. 21 February 2018.
7. Web site: СКРИПКА :: Каталог фильмов :: Московский Международный кинофестиваль. 39.moscowfilmfestival.ru. 21 February 2018.
8. Web site: Российский короткометражный фильм "Скрипка" поборется за "Оскар". 21 February 2018.
9. Web site: Шнейдеров: Короткометражка "Скрипка" имеет все шансы на статуэтку "Оскара". 21 February 2018.
10. Web site: Номинанты премии "Золотой Орел" за 2017 год. www.kinoacademy.ru. 21 February 2018.
11. Web site: Короткометражный фильм "Скрипка" режиссёра Константина Фама получил награду имени Веры Глаголевой. glasnarod.ru. 20 December 2017. 21 February 2018.
12. Web site: Премьера фильма "Свидетели", созданного при поддержке ФЕОР, состоится в День памяти жертв Холокоста — Лехаим. lechaim.ru. 15 January 2018. 21 February 2018.