Children 404



About the film

Title: Children 404
Title in Russian: Дети 404
Production company: Askold Kurov, Pavel Loparev
Country of production: Russia
Year of Production: 2014
Duration: 76 min.

Film crew

Film director: Askold Kurov, Pavel Loparev
Director of photography: Askold Kurov, Pavel Loparev
Composer: Sorin Apostol

Logline

It takes guts to range against the institutionalized homophobia in Russia. When President Putin signed the law that forbids spreading “propaganda” for “non-traditional sexual relationships” to underaged, citizens got practically a state permission to ostracize LGTB people. Teachers and nurses have been fined for supporting teenagers belonging to sexual minorities.

Synopsis

It takes guts to range against the institutionalized homophobia in Russia. When President Putin signed the law that forbids spreading “propaganda” for “non-traditional sexual relationships” to underaged, citizens got practically a state permission to ostracize LGTB people. Teachers and nurses have been fined for supporting teenagers belonging to sexual minorities. 

Children 404 is a web project founded by journalist Elena Klimova. The aim of the project is to give a voice and peer support to teenagers in sexual minorities. At the page young people share anonymously their stories and video diaries about the hatred and discrimination they have encountered. The documentary is shot in a straightforward style with a hand-held camera, and the front stage is given to young people’s images and experiences. As Children 404 did not pass the authorities’ inspection in Russia, it was “screened” in a Russian documentary film festival Delai Film by handing the film out to the audience on USB sticks.


For more information, please read:
https://www.facebook.com/children404film,
http://youtu.be/RaUucGoErnw


Festival and awards
Date Festival Form of participation Award
28.04.2014 Hot Docs Special Presentations
22.06.2014 OPEN CITY DOCS FEST Closing Gala Film
11.09.2014 Milano Film Festival
30.10.2014 Filmfest Hamburg Competition
25.09.2014 Budapest International Documentary Festival Competition
14.06.2014 Tarkovsky International Film Festival Special screening
17.09.2014 International Film Festival "Pacific Meridian" Special screeening


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