Alexandr Vartanov

Aleksandr Rubenovich Vartanov (born March 13, 1977, Moscow, USSR) - Russian director, screenwriter and actor. In 1995-2000 he studied at Moscow State University. MV University at the Faculty of Journalism. In parallel with his studies at Moscow State University, he entered VGIK on directing to the workshop of Gennady Poloka. Education in VGIK - unfinished. One of the first participants of “Teatr.doc”, in which he took an active part from the day of its foundation (2002) until 2006. As a director, he staged about two hundred readings and special festival events at the “Lyubimovka” and “New Drama” festivals. From Wikipedia (ru), the free encyclopedia

Loafers‎ (2011)

The film is based on the early songs of Viktor Tsoi. This is a story about a young slacker, easy and fun going through life. He strumming a guitar and composing songs. Drinks with idle friends. The usual, almost domestic, history of betrayal changes everything ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrey Zaytsev
CAST:  Anton Shagin  •  Andrey Shibarshin  •  Alexandra Tyuftey  •  Polina Filonenko

The film is based on the early songs of Viktor Tsoi. This is a story about a young slacker, easy and fun going through life. He strumming a guitar and composing songs. Drinks with idle friends. The usual, almost domestic, history of betrayal changes everything ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrey Zaytsev
CAST:  Anton Shagin  •  Andrey Shibarshin  •  Alexandra Tyuftey  •  Polina Filonenko

You I Love (2004)

Vera and Tim are successful young professionals. Everything changes one night when Tim hits a young Kalmyk immigrant to Moscow, Uloomji, with his car. The two men begin a affair while Vera struggles to comprehend their bond and her boyfriend's erratic behavior. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dmitry Troitsky  •  Olga Stolpovskaya
CAST:  Damir Badmaev  •  Lyubov Tolkalina  •  Evgeny Koryakovsky  •  Nina Agapova

Vera and Tim are successful young professionals. Everything changes one night when Tim hits a young Kalmyk immigrant to Moscow, Uloomji, with his car. The two men begin a affair while Vera struggles to comprehend their bond and her boyfriend's erratic behavior. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dmitry Troitsky  •  Olga Stolpovskaya
CAST:  Damir Badmaev  •  Lyubov Tolkalina  •  Evgeny Koryakovsky  •  Nina Agapova

Dubrovsky (2014)

A modern take on the classic novel by Alexander Pushkin. Vladimir is a successful banker and a regular at trendy night clubs. Masha is a diligent graduate of a British college and a loving daughter. It looks like they have bright future ahead. However, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Mikhanovsky  •  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Danila Kozlovsky  •  Yuriy Tsurilo  •  Klavdiya Korshunova  •  Aleksandr Mezentsev

A modern take on the classic novel by Alexander Pushkin. Vladimir is a successful banker and a regular at trendy night clubs. Masha is a diligent graduate of a British college and a loving daughter. It looks like they have bright future ahead. However, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Mikhanovsky  •  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Danila Kozlovsky  •  Yuriy Tsurilo  •  Klavdiya Korshunova  •  Aleksandr Mezentsev

Bullet Collector (2012)

A haunting, violent tale of a youth lost in an uncaring world, Bullet Collector is visual, nightmarish masterpiece. A shy 14-year-old boy, disconnected from home life and school, and sent to a hellish reform school, eventually lashes out on the injustices of his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ruslan Nazarenko  •  Alexandr Userdin  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Pyotr Ivanov

A haunting, violent tale of a youth lost in an uncaring world, Bullet Collector is visual, nightmarish masterpiece. A shy 14-year-old boy, disconnected from home life and school, and sent to a hellish reform school, eventually lashes out on the injustices of his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ruslan Nazarenko  •  Alexandr Userdin  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Pyotr Ivanov

Blueberry Fields (2016)

After a chance meeting with a girl, a nameless boy becomes her lover and guardian angel. Together they avenge the girl’s rape, fleeing into the woods in an attempt to escape the modern world and civilization. They commit more crimes, killing encountered people at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ekaterina Steblina  •  Aleksey Maslodudov  •  Arthur Beschastny  •  Anatoly Khropov

After a chance meeting with a girl, a nameless boy becomes her lover and guardian angel. Together they avenge the girl’s rape, fleeing into the woods in an attempt to escape the modern world and civilization. They commit more crimes, killing encountered people at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ekaterina Steblina  •  Aleksey Maslodudov  •  Arthur Beschastny  •  Anatoly Khropov

Romance For A French Horn (2019)

A tragicomedy about a talented, but not very successful musician, Kolya, who plays the French horn and desperately tries to find a place in a well-known orchestra. He defends his right for victory with a complicated deal with his own conscience…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irina Kireeva
CAST:  Nikolay Orlovskiy  •  Anastasiya Lapina  •  Sergey Pioro  •  Mikhail Danilyuk

A tragicomedy about a talented, but not very successful musician, Kolya, who plays the French horn and desperately tries to find a place in a well-known orchestra. He defends his right for victory with a complicated deal with his own conscience…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irina Kireeva
CAST:  Nikolay Orlovskiy  •  Anastasiya Lapina  •  Sergey Pioro  •  Mikhail Danilyuk

Точка РФ (2018)

Documentary montage film by Alexander Vartanov, a subjective look at the beginning of the 21st century in Russia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ramzan Kadyrov  •  Mikhail Khodorkovsky  •  Filipp Kirkorov  •  Dmitry Kiselyov

Documentary montage film by Alexander Vartanov, a subjective look at the beginning of the 21st century in Russia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ramzan Kadyrov  •  Mikhail Khodorkovsky  •  Filipp Kirkorov  •  Dmitry Kiselyov

Happiness in Other Words (2009)

Veterans are selected for filming an “artistic provocation” dedicated to the image of an unprotected human body during a war. Only one agrees. In the pavilion, when he is painted in gold and removed, he tells what he was thinking when he went to the front in 1944, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valeriya Gay Germanika  •  Dmitry Grachev
CAST:  Alexandr Vartanov  •  Daniil Spivakovskiy  •  Olga Kabo  •  Agniya Kuznetsova

Veterans are selected for filming an “artistic provocation” dedicated to the image of an unprotected human body during a war. Only one agrees. In the pavilion, when he is painted in gold and removed, he tells what he was thinking when he went to the front in 1944, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Valeriya Gay Germanika  •  Dmitry Grachev
CAST:  Alexandr Vartanov  •  Daniil Spivakovskiy  •  Olga Kabo  •  Agniya Kuznetsova

Hidden Space (2021)

The life of a middle-aged, lonely businessman is filled with children’s dreams about outer space. The only opportunity for him to go to stars is an MRT device, only there the hero feels zero gravity. In the attempt to find as effective a remedy for his “flights”, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anton Fomochkin  •  Denis Vilenkin
CAST:  Dmitry Endaltsev  •  Ivan I. Tverdovsky  •  Anna Chipovskaya  •  Yekaterina Shcheglova

The life of a middle-aged, lonely businessman is filled with children’s dreams about outer space. The only opportunity for him to go to stars is an MRT device, only there the hero feels zero gravity. In the attempt to find as effective a remedy for his “flights”, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anton Fomochkin  •  Denis Vilenkin
CAST:  Dmitry Endaltsev  •  Ivan I. Tverdovsky  •  Anna Chipovskaya  •  Yekaterina Shcheglova