Alikis
Emetjan Memet
Release year: 2019
Run time: 12'13
Film type: Comedy
Synopsis
Director biography
Catalogue of work:
2019.07 short Fruit Garden
2019.11 short Alikis
2020.01 short Blessed Winter
2020.07 short About Donkey
2021.07 The Accordion
2021.09 A Guest
Director's statement
This short film originated as one of my tutor's assignments. This required me to shoot on the theme "one day a man finds out a secret of his wife or girlfriend". I then conceived of the story Alikis.
The style was determined by actual conditions. The original idea was to make a more realist short film, using a common performance style. However, I couldn't find suitable actors. I could only find friends who had no acting experience. I thought about it and decided to try this kind of “performance without performance”. However, with this deadpan performance style I thought long lines weren’t suitable, and so I changed the original lines to make every sentence very concise. In addition, the leading actor had only two days free at that time. In order to save time, I decided to shoot each scene in only one take.
Before shooting, I rehearsed some parts of the film in the evening, and then spent two days shooting the actors. After that, I spent one day shooting street views and scenery, completing the whole shoot in three days, at the total cost of about 6000 yuan.
However, in the end, I was satisfied with the final appearance of the short film.
Awards:
- 3rd Beijing International Short Film Festival, Jury Special Mention for Chinese Short Films.
- Shortlisted for Spotlight Section of Osaka Asian Film Festival
- International Short Film Festival of Canton
- 15th Chinese Youth Film Week