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CONFERENCE

KONFERENTSIYA

Russia, Estonia, United Kingdom, Italy

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Synopsis

Synopsis

Natalia, a nun from a remote Russian monastery, comes to Moscow 17 years after the terrorist attack in Dubrovka Theatre. She was sent there to organise a memorial evening for the victims of the attack that happened in October 2002. We soon learn that Natalia and her family were witnesses of the attack. Almost forgotten now by the outside world, the organisers and participants of the memorial evening or the Conference (as they were asked to call it officially) are made to feel like a burden by the rest of the society. Following the chronology of the events as told by a few participants in the memorial evening we learn the dark details of Natalia’s personal story.

Biography

Ivan I. Tverdovskiy is a Russian writer/director who was born in Moscow on 29 December 1988 and graduated from the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK, Moscow), workshop by Alexei Uchitel. CONFERENCE is his fourth film.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - CONFERENCE
2018 - JUMPMAN
2016 - ZOOLOGY
2014 - CORRECTION CLAS

Natalia, a nun from a remote Russian monastery, comes to Moscow 17 years after the terrorist attack in Dubrovka Theatre. She was sent there to organise a memorial evening for the victims of the attack that happened in October 2002. We soon learn that Natalia and her family were witnesses of the attack. Almost forgotten now by the outside world, the organisers and participants of the memorial evening or the Conference (as they were asked to call it officially) are made to feel like a burden by the rest of the society. Following the chronology of the events as told by a few participants in the memorial evening we learn the dark details of Natalia’s personal story.

Selections

  • Feature Film Selection

Cast & Crew

  • Directed by: Ivan Tverdovskiy
  • Written by: Ivan Tverdovskiy
  • Produced by: Katerina Mikhaylova, Konstantin Fam, Egor Odintsov
  • Cinematography: Fedor Glazachev
  • Editing: Ivan Tverdovskiy
  • Production Design: Vanya Bouden
  • Costume Design: Lena Litvinuk
  • Make-Up Artist: Anastasiya Haretdinova
  • Original Score: Sten Sheripov
  • Sound: Horret Kuus
  • VFX: Hendrik Proosa, Jan Viljus
  • Cast: Natalya Pavlenkova (Natasha), Ksenia Zueva (Galya), Aleksandr Semchev (Oleg), Olga Lapshina (Sveta)
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Director's Statement

CONFERENCE is the story of one fragile family against the backdrop of one of the major tragedies of the 21st century in Russian history. The film is an attempt to create a cinematic reflection of the tragic events that begins as a private family story but goes beyond that. Exploring the nature of fear is my main focus in the film. The protagonist, Natasha, seems to take the participants of the memorial evening hostages, again, in order to remember and re-live in detail that terrible moment of her life. Will she, and will we, overcome fear and find a way to move on?

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