“Revansh” By Husky (18+)

In parting with the deceased, a scuffle begins and an awakened deadman escapes from his own funeral. “Revansh” is a metaphorical portrait of modern Russia.

The short film IN MEDIAS RUSH is an experimental cinematic journey into the depths of a manic mind. A poetic retro-sci-fi narrative unfolded in a string of unsettling tableaus that encapsulates the male protagonist’s ambiguous feelings about his birthday. While balancing between realities in his silent struggle with severe mental illness, we plunge into the film at a neatly orchestrated birthday party. The protagonist is accompanied by his girlfriend, and they are drinking cocoa on the couch in their mutual home. The setting breathes pure perfection, but through the voice over we sense that another reality is soon to be revealed. With one foot on the accelerator, he is heading towards the edge. The thematic focal point of IN MEDIAS RUSH is mental health problems among young adults, and the social/personal consequences related to the existing taboo on the subject. The film wishes to formulate an honest cinematic space in which words, sound, and image artistically interprets and articulates some of the perspectives related to especially bipolar, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. IN MEDIAS RUSH was nominated in the category 'Best Danish Short Film' at Copenhagen Short Film Festival in 2020. Original title: IN MEDIAS RÆS Directed by: Esben Persson -------------------- DK: IN MEDIAS RÆS IN MEDIAS RÆS er en filmisk rejse ind i dybderne af et manisk sind. En ung mand fejrer sin fødselsdag, mens hans tanker tordner afsted. Med en uvillig fod på speederen har han kurs mod kanten. FR: IN MEDIA RES IN MEDIA RES est un voyage dans les profondeurs d’un esprit maniaque. Un jeune homme fête son anniversaire tandis que ses pensées se multiplient. Malgré lui, il se dirige vers un point de non-retour. -------------------- Cast: Peter Alexander Bach & Amanda Overby Drew Director // Script writer // Set designer // Costume designer // Editor // Speaker: Esben Persson Photographer // Editor: Lasse Mølsted Producer: Latifa Lykke Ben Mabrouk Assistant producer: Cecilie Creutsberg Music composer: Martin Bejder Sound designer: Mads Hye Chief Lighting Technician: Rasmus Bruun Liboriussen VFX: Jonas Fonnesbæk Lodahl Colorist: Kristopher Paterson Graphic designer: Jakob Toft Kristensen -------------------- Shot on RED Monstro 8K with Lomo Squarefront Anamorphics.

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Credits

Written and Directed by Lado Kvataniya
DOP: Andrey Krauzov
Producer: Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Burya
Co-producer: Elizaveta Chalenko
Executive Producer: Mikhail Novitskiy
Production designers: Anna Karavayeva, Nikita Sysoev
Props: Eugeny Gigiadze
Costume Director: Tatyana Dolmatovskaya
Make-Up artist: Lilya Kiose
Assistant producer: Angelina Gorbunova, Nikita Kvataniya

Starring:
Yulia Aug, Semyon Serzin, Semyon Shteinberg
Alexandr Gorchilin, Varvara Shmykova, Marina Klescheva
Alexandra Revenko, Corpse - Husky, Father Frost - Kirill Serebrennikov
Accordionist - Aydar Salakhov

1AD: Yulia Jerdina
2AD: Anna Jerdina
Casting assistant: Kamilla Kucenko
1st AC: Alexandr Budarin
Camera assistants: Eugeniy Gribkov, Denis Dubitsky
Camera rent YOURRENTAL: Maxim Belitskiy, Alexey Kundrat
Gaffer: Pavel Brukh
Lighters: Alexey Mikhalev, Alexandr Sentyabr’, Artem Tulyshev, Roman Tifteev
Filming equipment provided by CINELAB
Props assistant: Anton Kapitonov, Pavel Borodachev
Assistant Costume Designer: Stesha Ostrova, Ekaterina Petrova
Make-up Assistant: Elena Krotova, Elizaveta Belskaya, Olesya Guseva, Tatyana Kornilova
Stunt coordinator: Oleg Chemodurov
Production Manager: Timur Garifulin
Production Manager assistants: Sergey Samarin, Alexandr Klim, Ruslan Lindsi
Location manager: Anastasia Nikiforova

Post-production producer: Louise Levitina
Edit: Vlad Yakunin
Color grading: Alexandr Zolotarev
SFX: Vladimir Elizarov
Titles design: Andrei Olshevskiy
CG: Roman Nekhoda
Cleanup: BLACK WORK
Sound effects: Freesound.org


16mm / KODAK /// Hype Production
RUSSIA /// 2021

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