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Home Film News "Ivan's Ladder": Best film of Mid-Length films Int. competition of the 16th "Cinema Verite" Iran IFF
Wednesday, 21 December 2022 00:00

"Ivan's Ladder": Best film of Mid-Length films Int. competition of the 16th "Cinema Verite" Iran IFF

 

Place: Iran, Tehran

Dates: 11-17.12.2022

 

Nikolay Bem, director of "Ivan's Ladder"

 

Mid-Length Films Interntional competition, Best Film Award: "Ivan's Ladder" (Nikolay Bem, Russia-France).

 

Jury members of Mid-Length films of International competition of the 16th "Cinema Verite" Iran International Documentary Film Festival: Mustafa Ünlü (Turkey), Gulbara Tolomushova (Kyrgyzstan), Atiyeh Atamzaro (Iran).

 

"Ivan's Ladder"

 

"Ivan's Ladder" made by Nikolay Bem, 60', 2022, Russia-France.

 

In a village untouched by time, so isolated that it is not on the map of Russia, Sysoy passes on the tradition of Byzantine chant to his son Ivan. Their hermitic family life finds its cadence in the movements of working the land and a rigorous spiritual practice, which seem intended to prepare the young teenager for an imminent change of life.