29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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KVN

Arkadii Faustov / USSR / 1965 / International Premiere / 9 min.


synopsis

A documentary collage consisting of images of fields and housing estates, young people having fun, or a university setting and staged scenes filled with humour and hyperbole, accompanied by a voiceover recalling propagandistic socio-critical documentaries. Though banned in the Soviet Union, the film screened at several foreign festivals.

biography

Arcadii Faustov (1936–2009) never formally studied filmmaking, but worked as a director, cinematographer and screenwriter. A graduate of the Power Engineering Institute, from 1965 he led the Film Studio at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, where he taught aspiring filmmakers. 

more about film

director: Arkadii Faustov

contact

OLEKSANDR DOVZHENKO NATIONAL CENTRE
Vasylkivska str., 1
03040 / Kiev / Ukraine
+38 044 201 65 74 / info.dc@dovzhenkocentre.org

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Conference Fascinations: Ukraine
format:Video File
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Arkadii Faustov
original title:KVN
country:USSR
year:1965
running time:9 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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