The Last Postmodernist. Andrey Chezhin

2024 | Documentary | 52 min. | Russia

Director: Vladimir Sumashedov
Producer: Olga Michi, Maxim Koveshnikov, Svetlana Ignatenko

ABOUT THE FILM

The documentary tells about the work of the outstanding St. Petersburg artist and photographer Andrey Chezhin. His works are known all over the world. Some are in the collections of leading museums in Russia, including the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow, others are kept in museums and private collections in the USA and Europe. In the film, shot on the initiative of the Béton Center for Visual Culture, Andrey Chezhin talks about how his most famous series of photographs were created, about the origins of his work and those almost magical processes that are usually hidden from the eyes of the audience. Working exclusively with film and without using digital processing, Andrey Chezhin captures the unpredictable and creates his own alternative reality inside each negative.


SHOWN AT DOCUMENTARY FESTIVALS:

  • Winner of the Arte Non Stop Festival in the category of best documentary film. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
  • Finalist at The Fine Arts Film Festival. Venice. USA
  • Finalist at Cinematography & Photography Awards. London. UK
  • Semifinalist at Film Arte Festival. Madrid. Spain
  • Winner of the XVII International Film Festival “Salt of the Earth” in the nomination “Kamo gredeshi?” (“Where are we going?”). Samara. Russia
  • 2nd Prize at Art/Film Festival. Solnok. Hungary
  • Special Prize of the “President of the Film Festival” of the International Festival “Be!" St. Petersburg. Russia
  • Laureate Diploma of the VIII International Film Festival “In Love with Art” “For the integrity of dramaturgical and visual solutions”. St. Petersburg. Russia
  • Participant of the International Multicultural Film Festival. Perth, Australia
  • Participant of the International Documentary Film Festival “We Won Together”. Sochi. Russia
  • Participant of the International telekinofestival of the documentary melodrama "Saratov sufferings". Saratov. Russia

TV screenings

2024 - Public Television of Russia

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