Shattered Past
Synopsis
A man is writing down his memoirs. In the middle of this he suddenly suffers a stroke. This catapults him back into his childhood during the Russian revolution and his family’s ensuing escape.
Technical info
| Running time | 8’12” |
| Year | 2011 |
| Release format | DigiBeta |
| Other file formats | Betacam, H264 |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 |
| Sound format | Dolby Digital |
| Language | English |
| Subtitles | English, French, Dutch |
| Country | Belgium |
Crew
| Written and directed by | Boris Sverlow |
| Producers | Boris Sverlow & KASK Hogeschool Gent |
| Animation | Boris Sverlow |
| Film Editor | Boris Sverlow |
| Music Composer | Jeroen De Brauwer |
| Piano | Tine Alegaert |
| Cello | Jolien Deley |
| Sound Design | Boris Sverlow |
| Sound Mixing | Patrik Berx |
| Voices | Sergeï Isakov Alina Bondareva |
| Voice-over | Gleb Sverlow |
| Mentor | Luc Degryse |
| Titling | Mario Debaene |
Press
Awards
2012 Jury Honorable Mention. Monstra Festival (PT)
2012 Best Animation Film. Festimages (BE)
2012 Best Belgian Student Short Film. ANIMA (BE)
2011 VAF Wildcard. Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven (BE)
2011 Le Prix Sabam. FIDEC (BE)
Festivals
2014: Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (GB), Boddinale International Movie Festival (DE)
2012: Festival International du Film d’Amiens (FR), International Animated Film Festival Tindirindis (LT), Bradford Animation Festival (GB), Aesthetica Short Film Festival (GB), Anifest Rozafa (AL), Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma (CA), Montreal World Film Festival (CA), Palm Springs International ShortFest (US), Mashrome Film Fest (IT), Brussels Short Film Festival (BE), European Media Art Festival (DE), Silence, On court! (FR), Anifilm (CZ), Monstra Festival (PT), Festimages (BE), Cinequest (US), Festival International du Film d’Aubagne (FR), ANIMA (BE), Travelling Rennes Film Festival (FR)
2011: Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven (BE), Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/Animated Dreams (EE), FIDEC (BE)
Screenings / Exhibitions
2015: Kortfilm Avond Lede (BE)
2014: Kortfilm Festival Kortgeschoten (BE), Nieuwe Antwerpse Filmmakers (BE)
2012: BHART #01 (BE), Red Star Line Festival (BE), Fête de l’Animation (FR)
2011: Artwolf Art Gallery (BE), Cinema Zuid (BE)
Articles
http://cinemagazine.nl/shattered-past-2011-recensie/ Cinemagazine, 05-01-2013
http://www.directorslive.com/cinequest-22/cinequest-director-qa-boris-sverlow-shattered-past. www.Directorslive.com, 04-04-2012
Radio interview at San Jose State University’s KSJS 90.5 FM, California, USA, 09-03-2012
Radio interview at Supo Cultuur, Mechelen. Belgium, 08-12-2011
http://www.kortfilm.be/recensie/shattered-past www.Kortfilm.be, 2011
Contact
Production
KASK Hogeschool Gent
Jean-Marie Demeyer
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Ghent,
Belgium
+32 9 223 81 02 | jeanmarie.demeyer@hogent.be
www.kask.be
Boris Sverlow
bsverlow@gmail.com
Sales
Dalton Distribution
A. Vesaliusstraat 9c
3000 Leuven,
Belgium
+32 16 67 92 49 | info@daltondistribution.be
http://www.daltondistribution.
Folioscope vzw
Stalingradlaan 52
Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 534 41 25 | fvda@folioscope.be
www.animafestival.be