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NIKITA DIAKUR

Nikita Diakur ist in Moskau geboren und arbeitet als Filmemacher in Mainz. Er studierte Regie der Animation am Royal College of Art in London. Sein Abschlussfilm “Fly on the Window” spielte auf diversen internationalen Kurzfilmfestivals, u.a. in Zagreb, Annecy und Edinburgh. Aktuell erstellt Diakur experimentelle, computersimulierte Kurzfilme über virale Internetgeschichten.

* Nikita Diakur is a Russian-born film maker based in Mainz, Germany. He studied Animation at the Royal College of Art in London, where he produced “Fly on the Window” that went on to screen at international film festivals such as Zagreb, Annecy and Edinburgh. Diakur is now making short films influenced by prominent internet stories and animated via the process of computer simulation.

FILMOGRAPHY 2017 UGLY 2009 FLY ON THE WINDOW (Royal College of Art) 2008 LOOKING OUT (Royal College of Art)

S Y N O P S I S

UGLY

Ein hässlicher Kater, verloren in einer fragmentierten und kaputten Welt, findet einen Seelenfreund in Gestalt eines mystischen Indianerhäuptlings. Inspiriert von der Internetgeschichte „Ugly the Cat“.

* An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief. Inspired by the internet story ‘Ugly the Cat’.

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C R E W, F E S T I V A L S & C O.

UGLY

End of production: 06.2017 Short

Director Nikita Diakur Screenplay Nikita Diakur Producer Nikita Diakur

Country Germany Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantastic, Experimental

Festivals 06.06.2017 * 27th ANIMAFEST ZAGREB (International Competition, International Premiere, Zagreb, Croatia) *SPECIAL MENTION* 08.06.2017 * 33rd INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL HAMBURG (German Competition, German Premiere, Hamburg, Germany) 23.06.2017 * 23rd PALM SPRINGS SHORT FEST (Offiial Selection, North American Premiere, USA) 26.06.2017 * 11th RIVER FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Italien Premiere, Padua, Italy) 27.06.2017 * 71st EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (International Animation, Uk Premiere, Edinburgh, UK) 13.07.2017 * 15th SHORTS AT MOONLIGHT (Official Selection, Frankfurt, Germany) 13.07.2017 * 38th DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (African Premiere, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa) 23.07.2017 * 24th OPEN-EYES FILMFEST (Official Selection, Marburg, Germany) 08.08.2017 * 20th RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, New Port, USA) 25.08.2017 * 2nd TURKU ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Finland Premiere, Turku, Finland) 26.08.2017 * ASIFA SOUTH (Official Selection, Atlanta, USA) 28.08.2017 * 43rd ODENSE FILM FESTIVAL (Animation Competition, Odense, Denmark) 05.09.2017 * 6th PIXELATL, CUERNAVACA (Mexican Premiere, Programme Love is in the Air, Mexico) 06.09.2017 * 15th FANTOCHE (Official Selection, Swiss Premiere, Switzerland) *WINNER: NEW TALENT AWARD* 07.09.2017 * 39th PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA (Official Selection, Austrian Premiere, Linz, Austria) *HONORARY MENTION* 14.09.2017 * 6th BOZAR ELECTRONIC ARTS FESTIVAL (Exhibition within the framework of the STARTS Prize of Ars Electronica, Belgium Premiere, Brussels) 19.09.2017 * 2nd CIUDAD DEL ESTE INDIPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Paraguay Premiere, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay) 20.09.2017 * 42nd OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Canadian Premiere, Ottawa, Canada) *WINNER: NELVANA GRAND PRIZE* 22.09.2017 * 23rd ENCOUNTERS (Official Selection, Bristol, UK) *WINNER: GRAND PRIX* 22.09.2017 * 2nd SUPERNOVA OUTDOOR FESTIVAL OF DIGITAL ANIMATION AND ART (Official Selection, Denver, Colorado, USA) *WINNER: THIRD PRIZE* 23.09.2017 * 18th CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Calgary, Canada) 25.09.2017 * 10th PIAFF (Official Selection, Paris, France) 28.09.2017 * 6th WASTELAND FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, USA) 28.09.2017 * 12th LINOLEUM INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ANIMATION AND MEDIA ART FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Kiev, Ukraine) 03.10.2017 * 22nd MILANO FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Milano, Italy) 07.10.2017 * 37th FILMFEST MÜNSTER (Official Selection, Münster, Germany) 08.10.2017 * 3rd MINIKINO FILM WEEK (Official Selection, Bali, Indonesia) 11.10.2017 * 58th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BRNO 16 (Official Selection, Czech Premiere, Czech Republic) 12.10.2017 * 25th FESTIVAL DE CINE DE MADRID (Official Selection, Madrid, Spain) 17.10.2017 * 31st BRAUNSCHWEIG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Braunschweig, Germany) 18.10.2017 * PRIMANIMA - WORLD FESTIVAL OF FIRST ANIMATIONS (Official Selection, Hungarian Premiere, Budaörs, Hungary) 18.10.2017 * CARMEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Carmel, California, USA) 23.10.2017 * 10th BANJALUKA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Banja Luka, Bosnia- Herzegovina) 24.10.2017 * CRAFT INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Digital World Panorama, Yogyakarta, Indonesia) 2

26.10.2017 * 13th INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND OF ANIMATION (Official Selection, Wiesbaden, Germany) *AUDIENCE AWARD: BEST GERMAN ANIMATION* 26.10.2017 * 36th UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (European Film Academy Short Film Nominees, Uppsala, Sweden) 26.10.2017 * 35th FESTIVAL DU CINÉMA INTERNATIONAL EN ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE (Espace Court, Rouyn- Noranda, Canada) 28.10.2017 * 15th MULTIVISION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Russian Premiere, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation) 29.10.2017 * 7th KDIAF - KUANDU INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Taiwan Premiere, Taipei, Taiwan) 01.11.2017 * 27th RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - CURTA CINEMA (Official Selection, Brazilian Premiere, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 01.11.2017 * 20th INDIE MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) 02.11.2017 * 4th NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Hokkaido, Japan) 02.11.2017 * 7th GREEN SCREEN ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) 02.11.2017 * 13th ASIANA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, South Korean Premiere, Seoul, South Korea) 08.11.2017 * 2nd AJAYU INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Peruvian Premiere, Puno, Peru) 09.11.2017 * 24th FREDERIKSTAD ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Oslo, Norway) 10.11.2017 * 3rd HOLLYWOOD NORTH FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Belleville, Canada) 10.11.2017 * ALCINE47 (Official Selection, Madrid, Spain) 10.11.2017 * 3rd KLAPPE AUF! (Official Selection, Hamburg, Germany) 17.11.2017 * 11th KURZFILMFESTIVAL KÖLN (Official Selection, Cologne, Germany) 17.11.2017 * 7th NORWICH FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Norwich, UK) 21.11.2017 * 18th SLEEPWALKERS - INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Tallinn, Estonia) 27.11.2017 * 35th FESTIVAL TOUS COURTS (Official Selection, Aix-En-Provence, France) 29.11.2017 * 10th ANIMASIVO (Official Selection, Mexico City, Mexico) *HONORARY MENTION* 29.11.2017 * ANILOGUE BUDABEST (Official Selection, Budapest, Hungary) 30.11.2017 * FILMZ 2017 (Official Selection, Mainz, Germany) 01.12.2017 * 2nd SACRAMENTO UNDERGROUND FILM & ARTS FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Sacramento, CA, USA) 01.12.2017 * TWO SHORTS NIGHTS (The Outsider Competition Screening, Exeter Phoenix, UK) 05.12.2017 * BOGOSHORTS (Official Selection, Colombia Premiere, Bogotá, Colombia) 07.12.2017 * ANIMATEKA (Best of the World, Slovenia Premiere, Ljubljana, Slovenia) 07.12.2017 * 11th PENTEDATTILO FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pentedattilo, Italy) 09.12.2017 * 30th EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2017 (Shortfilm Competition, Berlin, Germany) *NOMINATION* 16.12.2017 * 4th LEBANON INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Nabatiyeth, Lebanon) 12.01.2018 * HELL CHESS FESTIVAL (Final Event, Teatro Pilar Miró, Madrid, Spain) *BEST DIRECTOR & TECHNICAL MERIT* 12.01.2018 * FLICKERFEST (Official Selection, Sydney, Australia) 17.01.2018 * PRAGUE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Prague, Czech Republic) 19.01.2018 * 29th TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Italy) 20.01.2018 * PETIT BLACK MOVIE (Fables Animalistes, Geneva, Switzerland) 22.01.2018 * TRANSMEDIALE (Truth/Untruth Beauty/Unbeauty, Berlin, Germany) 23.01.2018 * 30th MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Trondheim, Norway) 01.02.2018 * EMMEDIA’S PARTICLE + WAVE MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Calgary, Canada) 02.02.2018 * 40th CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Clermont- Ferrand, France) 04.02.2018 * ARTFOOLS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Larissa, Greece) 08.02.2018 * 14th DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Boulder City, NV, USA) 09.02.2018 * OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Oxford, MS, USA) 14.02.2018 * DC INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Washington DC, USA) 15.02.2018 * FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Flagstaff, AZ, USA) 07.02.2018 * 1st INTERNATIONALER ANIMATIONSKURZFILMABEND 2018 (Official Selection, Konstanz, Germany) 28.02.2018 * 13th ANNUAL DURANGO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Durango, USA) 09.03.2018 * 31st SEMANA DE CINE DE MEDINA DEL CAMPO 2018 (Official Selection, Medina del Campo, Spain) 14.03.2018 * 19th LANDSHUTER KURZFILMFESTIVAL (Official Selection, Landshut, Germany) 14.03.2018 * 11th GLASGOW SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Glasgow, Scotland) 15.03.2018 * 13th ATHENS ANIMFEST (Official Selection, Athens, Greece) 22.03.2018 * GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Los Angeles, CA, USA) 31.03.2018 * 20th MAUFILMMERN KURZFILMFESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Memmingen, Germany) 11.04.2018 * 10th GO SHORT - INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NIJMEGEN 2018 (Official Selection, City, The Netherlands) 11.04.2018 * 20th ISMAILIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Ismailia, Egypt) 16.04.2018 * 22th CINE LA FILA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Valladolid, Spain)

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19.04.2018 * 4th EARTH DAY FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Chico, CA, USA) 25.04.2018 * 7th KYIV INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2018 (Official Selection, Kiev, Ukraine) 25.04.2018 * 6th DAYS OF GERMAN & RUSSIAN SHORT FILMS „VKRATZE!" (Official Selection, Volgograd, Russia) 27.04.2018 * 19th ANIMATRICKS ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Helsinki, Finland) *BEST FILM INTERNATIONAL* 01.05.2018 * ANIFILM - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILMS (Official Selection, Třeboň, Czech Republic) 02.05.2018 * 14th PICTOPLASMA CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Berlin, Germany) 23.05.2018 * 8th NORTHWEST ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Portland, OR, USA) 28.05.2018 * 7th CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE (Official Selection, Minsk, Belarus) 29.05.2018 * 15th VIS VIENNA SHORTS 2018 (International Animation Avantgarde, Vienna, Austria) 30.05.2018 * 4th LONGUE VUE SUR LE COURT - INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 01.06.2018 * 8th ODERKURZ-FILMSPEKTAKEL (Official Selection, Oderaue, Germany) *BEST FILM NATIONAL COMPETITION* 21.06.2018 * 3rd DOC SUNBACK FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Mulvane, Kansas, USA) 26.06.2018 * 2nd SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Santiago del Estero, Argentina) 11.08.2018 * 14th AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Amsterdam, Netherlands) 17.08.2018 * 8th ANNUAL WE LIKE ‘EM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Baker City, OR, USA)

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the main actor Redbear Easterman

Department Activity Name

Screenplay Screenplay Nikita Diakur

Production Producer Nikita Diakur

Crew Director Nikita Diakur Director of Photography Nikita Diakur Art Direction Nikita Diakur Costume Design Nikita Diakur Sound Nicolas Martigne, David Kamp, Bernd Thurig

Postproduction Editor Nikita Diakur Sound Design Nicolas Martigne, David Kamp Music Enrica Sciandrone, Cédric Dekowski, Felix Reifenberg

Shooting days 4 years production time

Location Mainz, Berlin, Dessau, Frankfurt, Germany & Sardinien; Italy Running time 11:54 min. Shooting Format Digital 2048X1080 Screening Format DCP, BluRay, DVD, .mov, mp4 (HD)

Sound 5.1/ Stereo Animation Techniques Computer Simulated Puppeteering Aspect Ratio 1.9:1 Colour or BW Colour

Language / Subtitles No dialogue Date of Birth 14.11.1982, Moskau, Russia

C O N T A C T

FILM FESTIVAL AGENCY DIRECTOR Markus Kaatsch Nikita Diakur aug&ohr medien Riemannstr. 21 [email protected] 10961 Berlin, Germany http://ugly-film.com http://facebook.com/uglyshortfilm

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+49 (0)30 61620068 [email protected] www.augohr.de

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