Director
Blake Mawson
Contact email
blakemawson@gmail.com
Release date
2016
Format
ShortRecent Addition
Genre(s)
DramaCivil rightsGayLGBTQHomophobia
Synopsis
PYOTR495 is a short film set in Russia in the year 2014. The country has invaded the Ukrainian territory of
Crimea, the newly instated LGBT propaganda law makes it illegal to present gay life as normal, while Russian
President Vladimir Putin's approval rating is at a 6 year high. We begin in the run-down, white Soviet-era tower
blocks in the Cheryomushki district of Moscow, and follow our character, Pyotr, as he leaves his apartment and
ventures out into the night on his scooter and under the passing lights of the city streets as he is baited into a
dangerous scenario at the sprawling apartment of a member of one of Moscow’s financial elite. 15 mins. Canada. (Russian with English subtitles)
Trailer link
https://vimeo.com/136079097