Dmitry Davydov (filmmaker)
Dmitry Leonidovich Davydov (Russian: Дмитрий Леонидович Давыдов, Amga, Sakha Republic, Russia;[1] was born February 22, 1983) is a Russian film director. His first film, Bonfire, was screened at the 21st Busan International Film Festival, and won an award for best dramatic feature at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto.[2] It was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[3] This is the first film produced in the Sakha Republic which won a festival award outside of Russia. On April 29, 2017 he won an award best film director at the national filmfestival named #DVIZHENIE (Omsk city).[4]
Davydov was born in Amga and graduated from a university in Neryungri. He subsequently returned to Amga and took a job as a schoolteacher. He now works in Chapchylgan, Amginsky District, Sakha Republic, as the director of the Filipp Lobanov Chapchylgan School.[5] He is married and has two children.[6]
Davydov has no training in cinema, except for attending several master classes in Yakutsk.[7] He produced the screenplay for Bonfire himself, writing it in Russian; the screenplay was later translated to Sakha.[2] To produce the film, Davydov had to take a loan. The characters are played by inhabitants of Amga, who by no means are professional actors.[7]
References
- ^ "Bonfire". imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ a b Anton, Dolin (27 April 2017). ""Костер на ветру" Дмитрия Давыдова: сенсационный фильм, открывший миру якутский кинематограф" (in Russian). Meduza. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ "Nominees & Winners 2016". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ April 2017
- ^ "Образование" (in Russian). Government of the Sakha Republic. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Костер на ветру" (in Russian). hotu.su. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ a b Abikeyeva, Gulnara (8 January 2017). "Bonfire, or Why Yakut Cinema is on the Rise". Kinokultura. Retrieved 27 April 2017.