Arena (2013 film)

Arena (Арена) is a 2013 Russian film, directed by Eduard Bordukov and produced by Khayrulin Ramil. It had its world premiere at the 66th Cannes Film Festival as part of the non-competitive program ShortFilmCorner. One of the main roles in the film played a famous young actor Azamat Nigmanov (Best Actor at the 23rd Kinotavr for the film Convoy by Aleksei Mizgiryov).

Synopsis
This is Moscow. There is a cruel labyrinth of courtyard which is impossible to escape. There are three of them: an Uzbek guy and two policemen. They are victims. Their fate is decided. Nobody will help them - people are thirsting for bread and circuses.

Cast

 * Azamat Nigmanov as Erbalat
 * Vlad Dunaev as Kolia
 * Vadim Dorofeev as Semion
 * Ilya Zhinilo as leader of the skinhead

Accolades

 * 2013 Special Prize "Granat" from partners "KONIK Film Festival" GBUK "Moscow Cinema" on "KONIK" Film-Festival in Moscow, Russia
 * 2013 Member of -competition program "Curiosities" 1st International Short Film Festival "SHORT" in Kaliningrad, Russia
 * 2013 Member of the "NO ANESTHESIA" 9th International short and animation film festival OPEN CINEMA in Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 2013 Member of the "Short and Sweet" VII International Film Festival Andrei Tarkovsky's "The Mirror" in Ivanovo, Russia
 * 2013 66th Cannes Film Festival, program Short Film Corner, France
 * 2013 Member of the festival competition program 8th Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco
 * 2013 Diploma at the 36th Film Festival Grenzland-Filmtage in Germany
 * 2013 Member of the competition program of the 14th KAN Film Festival in Poland
 * 2013 Member of the competitive program 5th Ljubljana International Short Film Festival in Slovenia
 * 2013 Member of the competitive program VII Moscow Short Film Festival "Debut film", Moscow, Russia