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Pavel Kostomarov

Pavel Kostomarov

Russia

Biography

Pavel Kostomarov was born in 1975 in Moscow, Russia. In 2003 he receives degree as cameraman from VGIK (State Institute of Cinematography), Moscow. He worked on many films as a cameraman and director of photography for S. Loznitsa, V. Manski and A. Utschitel. Pavel was awarded Silver Bear at Berlinale 2010 in cathegory of Cinematography for his camera work in Alexei Popogrebsky´s Kak ya provel etim letom/ How I Ended This Summer.
He Lives in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Filmography:

Transformator - together with Antoine Cattin (16´, Russia/Switzerland, 2003)
Mirnaya zhizn - together with Antoine Cattin (45´, Russia/Switzerland, 2004)
La mère - together with Antoine Cattin (80´, Russia/Switzerland/ France, 2007)

Living in Peace 00

Living In Peace

Mirnaja žizň (Orig.) / 2004 / Russia / 52 min

As of December 11, 1994, the war in Chechnya continued. Sultan's wife was killed and their home was plundered. The husband and the son flee to the Russian countryside, where they are trying to start a new life...

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the mother

The Mother - ENGLISH VERSION

La mère - ENGLISH VERSION (Orig.) / 2007 / Switzerland / 80 min

Liouba escaped from her violent husband with all her 9 children. She raises them along with her daughter Alesia on a farm in Russia where they both work.
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the mother

The Mother - FRENCH VERSION

La mère - FRENCH VERSION (Orig.) / 2007 / Switzerland / 80 min

Liouba escaped from her violent husband with all her 9 children. She raises them along with her daughter Alesia on a farm in Russia where they both work.
FRENCH VERSION

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the mother

The Mother - GERMAN VERSION

La mère - GERMAN VERSION (Orig.) / 2007 / Switzerland / 80 min

Liouba escaped from her violent husband with all her 9 children. She raises them along with her daughter Alesia on a farm in Russia where they both work.
GERMAN VERSION

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News

Crime News from the Alps

Crime News from the Alps

France, the Alps…To most people, this means snow, skiing and holidays. Hardly anyone would think of madness, hatred and crime. However, such is the true nature of the Alps according to living legend of French cinematography Luc Moullet who invites his spectators to the landscape of madness with an ironic smile.

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- 30.1.2012 -

Chinese or Mongolian?

Chinese or Mongolian?

The French documentary film The Arrivals was screened at the Jihlava IDFF 2010. At the end of the festival, it was selected as the best film of the travelling Doc Alliance Selection, winning the prestigious Doc Alliance Award. After its successful festival tour, the film opens the doors to a place where the clash of civilizations is a daily routine to online spectators as well.

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- 23.1.2012 -

A Fly in the Soup – Avi Mograbi

A Fly in the Soup – Avi Mograbi

Mistrust, humiliation, fear, desire for revenge, apathy and mutual unwillingness to forgive… Welcome to the Israeli-Palestinian border! Your guide in the world of permanent conflict will be the “enfant terrible” of Israeli film Avi Mograbi.

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- 16.1.2012 -

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