A film with Derevianko and Mikhalkova will open the One Sixth festival

MOSCOW, July 23. More than 30 films by Russian and foreign directors will be shown at the International Film Festival of Debuts of the Eurasian Continent «One Sixth», which will be held from August 2 to 7 in Yekaterinburg.
“The competition program of the festival will feature 12 Russian and 12 foreign feature and documentary films,” the press service of the show reported
The program directors of the festival will be film critic Egor Moskvitin (fiction films) and film critic Maria Gottlieb (documentary films).< br />
The jury will select winners in nine categories: “Grand Prix” of gaming and non-fiction competition; «Best national gaming debut»; «Best national non-fiction debut»; «Best foreign gaming debut»; «Best foreign non-fiction debut»; «Best Acting Ensemble», «Best Debut at the Festival» and «Audience Award». Guests of the festival will also be able to choose the winner in the last category.
“The theme of the festival remains “the benefits of mentoring” — we remember and appreciate how our senior comrades brought us into cinema and must pass this baton to young actors, directors, screenwriters and other industry professionals. We want to create opportunities for creative fulfillment. The slogan of the festival 2024 is — «How do we create value? We create opportunities!» — shared the president of the «One Sixth» festival Evgeny Grigoriev
This year, films from the competition and non-competition program will be shown simultaneously in several cinemas in the city. There will also be fan meetings with the actors and public lectures on cinema.

The screening will open with a screening of the criminal tragicomedy “Head Headlong” directed by Evgeny Grigoriev.

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The main character of the film, a talented but modest teacher of ancient literature Andrei (Egor Koreshkov), witnessed a robbery bank and suspects in committing this crime. This is how Andrey met the brutal head of the bank’s security service, Sergei (Vladimir Bitokov). Together they will unravel this case, getting into a series of various tragicomic and strange events.

The film stars Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Pavel Derevyanko, and the leader of the band «Zveri» Roma Zver as the owner of a cafe on the city embankment. He also wrote the music for the film.

«We discussed how difficult it is for a modern man to exist in today's reality. What he is ready for in certain life circumstances and what indifference can lead to,» the director said.
The premiere of the film will soon take place in Russian cinemas and in the online cinema KION.

You can attend the screenings and take part in all the events of the festival for free, upon registration, which will open a day before the start of the festival on its website.

The One Sixth Festival was first held in 2022 in Yekaterinburg on the initiative of the Sverdlovsk Film Studio. Already in 2023, 49 films from Russia, Sri Lanka, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, China, Israel, and France were presented there.