ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Vostok N°20
Overview
ENGLISH
Daily life in a third-class Transsiberian wagon named Vostok N 20. Between discomfort, shared meals, boredom and confessions to strangers, people spend their time as they can. In the form of literary counterpoint, poems of Marina Tsvétaeva told by Fanny Ardant illuminates the feelings of passengers: their loneliness, their desires for freedom and love.
Director Biography — Elisabeth Silveiro
ENGLISH
Elisabeth Silveiro is a French filmmaker with Russian-Cuban origins.
She studied Editing at IAD Belgium Cinema School and received her diploma in 2011.
In parallele of her work as an editor, she co-wroted a script for a feauture film « Stray Cats », actually in development. In 2018, she directed the documentary « Vostok n°20 » and she co-directed the short film « The lost ones », produced by the G.R.E.C. Elisabeth loves intimate universes and her projects often approach the themes of self-seeking and of old age.
Saulius Lukosevicius AFI cinematography fellow 2018-2020.
Credits
- Director
- Elisabeth Silveiro
- Producer
- Claire Chassagne
- Key Cast
- Fanny Ardant
- Writer
- Saulius Lukosevicius
Specifications
- Original title
- Vostok N°20
- Project type
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 50 minutes
- Completion date
- August 1, 2018
- Production budget
- 33,000 EUR
- Country of origin
- Russian Federation
- Countries of filming
- Russian Federation
- Language
- Russian
- Shooting format
- Digital
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- Yes
- Student project
- No
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
Le festival États généraux du film documentaire
Lussas
France
August 24, 2018
7 Hills Films festival
Pecs
Hungary
September 3, 2018
Meilleur Documentaire
Beijing International short film festival
Pekin
China
September 14, 2018
Prix spécial du jury
Off cinéma international films festival
Poznan
Poland
October 17, 2018
La Cabina
Valence
Spain
November 14, 2018
Festival international du film de Pau
Pau
France
October 19, 2018
RIFF
Rome
Italy
November 1, 2018
FIFIB
Bordeaux
France
October 9, 2018
Escales documentaires
La Rochelle
France
November 6, 2018
Traces de vie
Clermont Ferrand
France
December 18, 2018
Festival du Cinéma russe à Honfleur
Honfleur
France
November 23, 2018
Inshort Film Festival 2018
Lagos
Nigeria
December 27, 2018
Artdocfestival
Moscou
Russian Federation
December 6, 2018
Russian Premiere
Fipadoc
Biarritz
France
January 22, 2019
Big Sky
Montana
United States
February 20, 2019
North American Première
Festival International de Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tetouan
Tetouan
Morocco
March 29, 2019
Prix spécial du jury
XVIII Euganea Film Festival.
Eugania
Italy
June 20, 2019
A special mention by the jury
Edera Film Festival
Treviso
Italy
July 31, 2019
Audiance Favourite
Images et palabres
Tailhac
France
July 6, 2019
Cineaste International Film Festival
Amity University, Noida
India
April 20, 2019
Almaty Indie Film Festival
Almaty
Kazakhstan
September 6, 2019
26 Festival du film de Lama.
Lama
France
July 27, 2019
9th István Bujtor Film Festival
Balatonszemes
Hungary
July 20, 2019
Special Award
WOW Film Festival Tunisia
Maison De Culture Ibn Zaydoun
Tunisia
August 11, 2019
Festival del Cinema Italo-Russo Premio Felix
Milan
Italy
September 17, 2019
International Road Movie Festival (IRMF)
Pilsen
Czech Republic
October 11, 2019
Carnet de voyage
Clermont-Ferrand
France
November 15, 2019
FIDBA
Buenos Aires
Argentina
September 7, 2019
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival
Moscow
Russian Federation
January 26, 2019
Finalist
Architecture Film Festival
Rotterdam
Netherlands
August 9, 2019
Après Varan
Paris
France
September 7, 2019
17e Rencontres Cinématographiques de Bejaia
Bejaia
Algeria
September 21, 2019
Jahorina Film Festival
Pale
Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 25, 2019
Art for Peace Festival” (IRAN A.F.P.F)
Teheran
Iran, Islamic Republic of
September 14, 2019
Best documentary by the audience
Cineaste International Film Festival of India
Delhi
India
April 17, 2019
Médiathèque Municipale de Paimpol.
Paimpol
France
November 26, 2019
CINÉMONDES
Berck-sur-Mer
France
October 12, 2019
Crystal Pine Award
Croatia
October 19, 2019
Certamen de Cine de Viajes
Spain
November 9, 2019
Festival Mente Locale
Vignola and Valsamoggia
Italy
November 17, 2019
FIORENZO SERRA FILM FESTIVAL
SASSARI
Italy
November 24, 2019
СВИДАНИЕ С РОССИЕЙ
в городах Вологодской области
Russian Federation
November 20, 2019
Mon Premier Film Documentaire
Tunis
Tunisia
December 26, 2019
Intimalente Film festival
Caserta
Italy
December 20, 2019
The BeBop Channel Content Festival 2020
New York
United States
June 15, 2020
Echo BRICS Film Festival (Echo BRICS FF).
Moscou
Russian Federation
Roma Cinema DOC
Rome
Italy
5th "Beyond Borders" International Documentary Festival 2020
Castellorizo island
Greece
August 16, 2020