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©Rock Films [ru]

The Whaler Boy

    All titles (3)
    Feature Film | 2019-2020 | Belgium, Poland, Russia

    Main data

    DirectorPhilipp Yuryev
    Written byPhilipp Yuryev
    ProductionTPO Rok - Rock Films [ru], Man's Films Productions [be], Orka

    Project data

    Film financing
    Length of movie93 min

    Trailers/Videos

    • Trailer/Video on Youtube

    Posters

    Press images

    Brief synopsis

    Everything changes for young Chukchi hunter Lyoshka when he becomes spellbound by a stunning girl ‘from the computer’. The protagonist’s crush on such a faraway image, the fair stranger’s blurred silhouette, prompts him to the most audacious act in his life.

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Vladimir OnokhovLeshka [L]
    Kristina AsmusGirl from America [SR]
    Maria ChuprinskaiaBlond Girl [SR]
    Vladimir LyubimtsevKolyan [SR]
    Nikolay TatatoGrandfather [SR]
    Arieh WorthalterBorder Patrol Guard [SR]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Postproduction producerKatarzyna Kozłowska
    Vfx supervisorSzymon Kania
    ColoristAleksandra Kraus
    Director of photographyYakov Mironichev
    Director of photographyMikhail Khursevich
    DirectorPhilipp Yuryev
    EditorPhilipp Yuryev
    EditorKarolina Maciejewska
    EditorAlexandr Krylov
    ComposerKrzysztof A. Janczak
    ProducerRadosława Bardes
    ProducerMarion Hänsel
    ProducerMagdalena Zimecka
    ProducerKira Saksaganskaya
    ProducerJacek Kulczycki
    ProducerAlexey Uchitel
    ScreenwriterPhilipp Yuryev

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Man's Films Productions [be]
    Orka
    TPO Rok - Rock Films [ru]

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Philipp Yuryev2021Transilvania International Film Festival [ro]
    Transilvania Trophy    		Transilvania TrophyWinner
    Philipp Yuryev2021European Film Award [eu]
    European Discovery 2021 – Prix FIPRESCI    		European Discovery 2021 – Prix FIPRESCINominated
    Philipp Yuryev2021Mons International Film Festival [be]
    Best Directing    		Best DirectingWinner
    Philipp Yuryev2020Venice IFF [it]
    GdA Director's Award    		GdA Director's AwardWinner
    Philipp Yuryev2020Venice IFF [it]
    Special Mention    		Special MentionWinner
    Philipp Yuryev2020Sochi Open Russian Film Festival [ru]
    Best Director    		Best DirectorWinner
    Philipp Yuryev2020Sochi Open Russian Film Festival [ru]
    Award of the Guild of Film Scholars & Critics    		Award of the Guild of Film Scholars & CriticsWinner
    Vladimir Onokhov2020Sochi Open Russian Film Festival [ru]
    Best Actor    		Best ActorWinner

    Festivals

    YearCountryFestivalComment
    2021GermanySchlingel Int. Film Festival
    2021GermanyBrunswick Int. Festival
    2020PolandIFF New Horizons
    International Competition    		International Competition

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingPolandHBO Go [pl]Tuesday, 18/01/2022