THE BONFIRE
Filmfest 2017
(KOSTIOR NA VETRU)
Russia 2016
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Sakha)
European Premiere
Director: Dmitrii Davydov
Section: International Independents
Winters are long and hard in the Republic of Sacha in Eastern Siberia, and sometimes events make peoples' hearts freeze, too. Widower Ignat keeps his heart warm with hard work, but when his son accidentally kills Ignat's brother's son, Ignat loses his whole family in one cataclysmic moment. Ignat meets ten-year-old Mogotoy, whose name means "chipmunk", and takes him under his wing. But Mikhail still wants revenge for the death of his son.
Cast: Alexei Ustinov, Radislav-Kudai Zakharov, Nikolai Soldatov, Mikhail Lazarev, Feodosia Ivanova
Credits
Screenplay: Dmitrii Davydov
Director of Photography: Ivan Semenov
Film Editor: Petr Struchkov
Composer: Moisey Kobyakov
Production Designer: Sergei Sleptsov
Sound: Sergei Yarmonov, Innokentii Sivtsev
Producer: Sardana Savvina
Production Company: Altan
Director: Dmitrii Davydov
biography
Dmitry Davydov was born in Amga, a village in the Russian Republic of Sacha. He began writing poems and short stories at a young age, soon discovered his love for movies, and began acting as an amateur. He studied education and worked as a psychologist before becoming a teacher. He founded a film club at his school. BONFIRE is his directing debut.
