The Term



About the film

Title: The Term
Title in Russian: Срок
Production company: Aviator Production, Marx Film
Country of production: RUSSIA / ESTONIA
Year of Production: 2014
Duration: 83 min.
Web-site of the film: www.facebook.com

Film crew

Film director: Aleksey Pivovarov, Pavel Kostomarov, Alexandr Rastorguev
Producer: Aleksey Pivovarov, Pavel Kostomarov, Alexandr Rastorguev, Sarkis Orbelyan, Maria Gavrilova, Maxim Tuula
Director of photography: Pavel Kostomarov, Alexander Rastorguev, Alexander Krylov, Maria Kozlova, Ksenia Shkreba, Anton Matyev, Maxim Pakhomov, Elena Khoreva, Antoine Cattin, Zosya Rodkevich, Albina Kirillova, Irina Shatalova, Ksenia Yelyan, Evgenia Montana-Ibanez, Andrei Kiselyov, Kirill Kulagin, Dmitry Kubasov, Dmitry Kuvaldin, Ivan Postoyuk, Beata Bubenets, Maria Pavlova, Katerina Gornostay, Georgy Yermolenko, Konstantin Atamanyuk, Mikhail Kolchin, Anton Yukin, Anna Dombrovskaya, Maxim Sannikov, Artyom Ayvazov, Matvei Krylov, Mitya Aleshkovsky, Andrei Pinchuk, Irina Mishchenko, Artyom Temirov, Isabel Magkoeva, Violetta Volkova, Konstantin Rubakhin, Katerina Shcherbakova, Alexei Fisun, Nikolai Khomenko, Sergei Litvinovich, Zhenya Odesser, Ilya Otrepyev, Vladimir Romensky, Denis Slepov, Askold Kurov, Anna Moiseenko, Alexei Zhiryakov, Almira Koshkina, Svetlana Prokudina, Dmitry Kalyuzhny, Daniil Rodionov, Artyom Zamashnoy, Dmitry Vakulin, Nikita Lychov, Taisia Reshetnikova, Nika Tyron, Lilya Yapparova, Dmitry Model, Marina Potapova, Maria Zavadskaya, Yulia Ruzmanova, Viktoria Rausch, Konstantin Deblikov, Eduard Ilyin, Anton Naumlyuk, Alexander Chernov, Alexei Yurenyev, Susanna Baranzhieva
Distribution Marx Film (festival/theatrical) / TVF (TV, VoD)

Logline

The chess game of Russian politics: a view from the inside how to be an oppositionist in Putin’s Russia.

Synopsis

The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mapping the Russian sociopolitical landscape, Vladimir Putin had just settled into the Kremlin for his third term. The original experimental format of “documentary bulletins,” which were published daily online, allowed for wide-ranging content; in the feature film version, however, the filmmakers focused solely on the members of various opposition groups. Nevertheless, the work’s neutral position remains and viewers have to interpret the objectively presented situations for themselves. The main characteristics of this strongly authentic movie include close contact with the protagonists, precise editing, and an effectively controlled release of information. A comprehensive film with high testimonial value which arches over the lives of men and women for whom protest became their raison d’être, The Term provides a chilling discourse on democratic rights and freedoms, the relationship of state power toward differently thinking groups, and the tendency of the masses to seek out charismatic leaders.

Festival and awards
Date Festival Form of participation Award
13.09.12. Snob. Made in Russia
19.11.12. "TVpress" Russian Television Academy
07.14. Karlovy Vary Film Festival In Competition
09.14 Pacific Meridian (Vladivostok) In Competition
10.14 LET'S CEE Film Festival (Vienna) In Competition
10.14 The Frontline Club (London) In Competition
10.14 Inconvenient Films (Vilnius) In Competition
10.14 DOK Leipzig In Competition
10.14 Molodist Filmfest (Kyiv) In Competition
11.14 Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo In Competition
11.14 CPH:DOX - DK (Copenhagen) In Competition
11.14 IDFA (Amsterdam) In Competition
11.14 Torino Film Festival In Competition
11.14 FestivaldeiPopoli Florence In Competition
12.14 Hamburg Russian FF In Competition
12.14 Tbilisi International Film Festival In Competition
12.14 ArtDocFest (Moscow) In Competition
03.02.15. National Film and TV Award "White Elefant"


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