Country: Ireland
Year: 2008
Duration: 30'
July 15, 2006, Saint Petersburg. The heads of state of the seven richest “During this time the life of normal people became very unpleasant,
nations of the western world arrive and the G8 summit begins.
Three days of meetings, dinners and official photos which, in order to
guarantee the comfort and safety of the world’s most important
political leaders, transform the city into a militarized zone in which
the daily life of normal people is turned completely upside down.
i.e. military patrols in the streets, checking of passports, barred roads,
helicopters continuously flying overhead, the howling of sirens, armed
escorts. All this created the impression that the city was under siege.
Unfortunately the largest cemetery in the city is situated on the way
to the meeting place. In order not to confront the honorable guests
with the sight of mortality, this cemetery was closed for the duration
of the summit. With typical Russian resignation and understanding
numerous relatives were waiting patiently until the end of the summit
to be able to bury their deceased.”
Biography
film director
Pavel Medvedev
Pavel Medvedev (Orenburg, Russia, 1963) in 1990 specialized in film production at the Leningrad Krupskaja Institute of Culture. From 1991 till 2000 he worked for several TV and radio companies of Saint-Petersburg and in 2001 produced the serial of documentaries Petersburg’s short stories. In 2002 he made his first documentary film, Vacation in November, that won the Best Film Official Prize at 2003 Belo Horizonte
International Film Festival, followed by The Very Best Day (2002), that won the
Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary at 2003 IDFA. In 2003 he directed Wedding of Silence, Best Documentary Award at 2004 Karlovy Vary. In 2007 he won the Gran Prix at the Oberhausen Film Festival with On the Third Planet from the Sun.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Very Best Day (cm, doc., 2002), Vacations in November (cm, doc., 2003), Wedding of Silence (mm, doc., 2003), Real Man’s Game (2004), Final (2004), Zero Hour (2005),
On the Third Planet from the Sun (mm, doc., 2007), Symbols of Russia: Gymn. Flag. State Emblem (video, 2008), Nezrimoe (doc., 2008), Voschozhdenie (2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura, produttore/director, story, screenplay, producer Pavel Medvedev
fotografia/cinematography Artem Ignatov
montaggio/film editing Svetlana Pechennykch
suono/sound Aleksandr Dudarev
vendita all’estero/world sales St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
fotografia/cinematography Artem Ignatov
montaggio/film editing Svetlana Pechennykch
suono/sound Aleksandr Dudarev
vendita all’estero/world sales St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio