THE WHALER BOY

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THE WHALER BOY

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THE WHALER BOY

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THE WHALER BOY

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THE WHALER BOY

Film Info

Russia 2020 | 93 min. Director: Philipp Yuryev

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World Sales

Loco Films

Paris

Production Company

Rock Films

St. Petersburg

Studio Orka

Ghent

Man's Films

Brüssel

Project / Host

European Film Awards

THE WHALER BOY

Synopsis

Leshka lives in an isolated village on the Bering Strait, like most men in his village, he is a whale hunter. As internet recently arrived in the village, he encounters a beautiful girl on a webcam site. He is now determined to find the camgirl in the real world, where a crazy journey awaits him.

Cast & Crew

Director

Philipp Yuryev
Producer

Aleksey Uchitel, Radoslawa Bardes, Marion Hansel
Screenwriter

Philipp Yuryev
Director of photography

Mikhail Kursevich, Yakov Mironchev
Main Cast

Vladimir Onokhov (Leshka), Vladimir Lyubimtsev (Kolyan), Kristina Asmus (Girl from America)
Editor (Cut)

Karolina Maciejewska , Alexander Krylov, Philipp Yuryev
Sound

Vasiliy Krasnovskiy
Original Score

Krzysztof A. Janczak
Production Design

George Kolotyygin
Costume Design

Boris Kukolkin
Makeup

Lana Kaun

Biography

Philipp Yuryev was born on 15 January 1990 in Moscow. Even with no prior film experience, he was accepted to the Russian State University of Cinematography. His thesis film, THE SONG OF THE MECHANICAL FISH, was selected for the short film competition programme at Sundance (2013) and in Clermont-Ferrand (2012).

FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - THE WHALER BOY
2013 - THE SONG OF THE MECHANICAL FISH, short
2010 - THE MODIFIED LANDSCAPE, short
2008 - THE MORNING WITH DIFFERENT EYES