#PYOTR495

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PYOTR495 | LGBTQ Horror Short Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia's LGBT Propaganda Law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.

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Blake Mawson is a talented filmmaker creating compelling new work in horror. His first film, PYOTR495, busts genre stereotypes and will stay with you long after the final credits. https://www.border2border.ca/post/director-blake-mawson-on-his-controversial-russian-lgbt-horror-film-pyotr495

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Gay Short Film Showcase: Pyotr495 – Homophobia in Russia gets the supernatural horror treatment

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PYOTR495

Canada/Russia, 2016, 15 min short

Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia's LGBT Propaganda Law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.

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“Pyotr495” a short film.

Description: Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia's LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.

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Film Review: Pyotr495 (2016) – An LGBTQ Horror Short I just discovered this short film by Blake Mawson a week ago while binge-watching short films on…

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Pyotr495

Posted by Short of the Week on Youtube

Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.

Directed by  Blake Mawson Writing Credits    Blake…

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A primera vista podría parecer un corto de terror gay, pero es mucho más que eso. PYOTR495 - Terror LGBT en Rusia bit.ly/3r2cveN

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PYOTR495 nominated for 2 Canadian Screen Awards!

PYOTR495 nominated for 2 Canadian Screen Awards!

#PYOTR495, from our MONSTERS & MEN short film collection has been nominated for TWO Canadian Screen Awards under Digital Media for ‘Best Direction’ by Blake Mawson and ‘Best Lead Performance’ by Alex Ozerov for his wonderful portrayal of Pyotr! 

Congratulations to all the nominees! Canadian Screen Awards#CdnScreenAwards

Watch MONSTERS & MEN now on OUTtv or Vimeo.  https://vimeo.com/ondemand/…

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This year, I’m doing this little Letterboxd Queer Film Challenge because I miss having a prescribed movie to watch each week and because I woke up with a hangover this morning and making pointless lists is always soothing. 

55 films (one a week + 3 bonus picks), 1932 - present, encompassing horror, bro comedies, underground experimental curiosities, staid biopics, music documentaries et alia. My choices are mostly unseen with a few old favourites peppered in. (s/o to Zā / @cherprayers for creating a fantastic set of weekly themes) 

I loved making this list so I thought I might as well post it here too:

Week 1. Queer Essentials (from either this or this list)

– Like Cattle Towards Glow (2015) (dir. Zac Farley & Dennis Cooper)

Week 2. Queer Essentials Part 2 (from either this or this list)

– The Long Day Closes (1992) (dir. Terence Davies)

Week 3. A film about intersex people or a film with an intersex character

– Orchids: My Intersex Adventure (2010) (dir. Phoebe Hart)

Week 4. A film about a fight or fighter for queer civil rights.

– How To Survive a Plague (2012) (dir. David France)

Week 5. A queer film starring a trans actor or actress.

– A Fantastic Woman (2017) (dir. Sebastián Lelio)

Week 6. A film by a trans filmmaker who is not a Wachowski sister

– Strong Island (2017) (dir. Yance Ford)

Week 7. A queer comedy

– Life Partners (2014) (dir. Susanna Fogel) 

Week 8. A film with a queer-coded villain

– Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (dir. James Whale)

Week 9. A film that uses the “bury your gays” trope

– The Children’s Hour (1961) (dir. William Wyler)

Week 10. A queer short film

– PYOTR495 (2016) (dir. Blake Mawson)

Week 11. A film about a polyamorous relationship.

– French Twist (1995) (dir. Josiane Balasko)

Week 12. A film that was nominated for the Queer Palm award

– Beyond the Hills (2012) (dir. Cristian Mungiu)

Week 13. A film starring someone you consider to be a queer icon

– The Scarlet Empress (1934) (dir. Josef von Sternberg)

Week 14. A documentary about a queer person

– Hockney (2014) (dir. Randall Wright)

Week 15. A film voted for BFI’s best LGBT film

– The Phantom (2000) (dir. João Pedro Rodrigues)

Week 16. A film starring an actress from Old Hollywood who was in closet or presumed to be

– Grand Hotel (1932) (dir. Edmund Goulding)

Week 17. A film featured in The Celluloid Closet.

– The Boys in the Band (1970) (dir. William Friedkin)

Week 18. A film post-1980 with queer subtext

– A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) (dir. Jack Sholder)

Week 19. An Asian Queer Film

– Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) (dir. Toshio Matsumoto)

Week 20. A queer biopic

– Tom of Finland (2017) (dir. Dome Karukoski)

Week 21. A film for which a queer person was nominated for an Academy Award

– Women in Love (1969) (dir. Ken Russell)

Week 22. A film directed by Gregg Araki

– The Living End (1992) (dir. Gregg Araki)

Week 23. A film starring a drag performer or prominently features drag performance

– Polyester (1981) (dir. John Waters)

Week 24. A gay interest film that was shown on Logo’s Cocktails and Classics

– Clue (1985) (dir. Jonathan Lynn)

Week 25. A film distributed by Strand Releasing

– Tropical Malady (2004) (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Week 26. A pre-Stonewall queer film.

– Un Chant d’Amour (1950) (dir. Jean Genet)

Week 27. A controversial queer film/a film controversial for its treatment of queer identity.

– 4th Man Out (2015)  (dir. Andrew Nackman)

Week 28. A Middle Eastern queer film

– The Bubble (2006) (dir. Eytan Fox)

Week 29. A film starring Ian McKellen

– Bent (1997) (dir. Sean Mathias)

Week 30. A film featured in The New Queer Cinema: The Directors Cut by B. Ruby Rich.

– Sebastiane (1997) (dir. Derek Jarman & Paul Humfress)

Week 31. A film featuring a transman/transmasculine person.

– 52 Tuesdays (2014)  (dir. Sophie Hyde)

Week 32. A film featuring young queer characters.

– Water Lilies (2007) (dir. Celine Sciamma)

Week 33. A film by a queer POC director.

– Spa Night (2016) (dir. Andrew Ahn)

Week 34. A film by a queer female director.

– Mosquita y Mari (2012) (dir. Aurora Guerrero)

Week 35. A Queercore film.

– Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band (2008) (dir. Michael Carmona)

Week 36. A queer film with a happy ending.

– Maurice (1987) (dir. James Ivory)

Week 37. A Teddy Award Winner.

– Silence = Death (1990) (dir. Rosa von Praunheim)

Week 38. An experimental queer film or a queer film with an unorthodox narrative to it.

– The Last of England (1987) (dir. Derek Jarman)

Week 39. A sapphic film.

– Go Fish (1994) (dir. Rose Troche)

Week 40. A film with bisexual characters.

– Teorema (1968) (dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini)

Week 41. A queer film focusing on a character who isn’t in the LGB acronym, but in one of the others. (asexual, pansexual, gender fluid, etc.)

– Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger (2013) (dir. Sam Feder)

Week 42. A movie with a romantic subplot involving a trans character.

– M. Butterfly (1993) (dir. David Cronenberg)

Week 43. A queer horror or science fiction film

– Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008) (dir. Bruce LaBruce)

Week 44. A French queer film.

– The Blood of a Poet (1932) (dir. Jean Cocteau)

Week 45. A Latinx queer film

– Strawberry and Chocolate (1993) (dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío)

Week 46. A film about the AIDS crisis

– BPM (2017) (dir. Robin Campillo)

Week 47. A queer film starring a queer POC actor

– Bessie (2015) (dir. Dee Rees)

Week 48. A film directed by Cheryl Dunye

– Stranger Inside (2001) (dir. Cheryl Dunye)

Week 49. A film where a majority of the characters in the film are queer.

– Flaming Creatures (1963) (dir. Jack Smith)

Week 50. A film starring gay camp and sexually ambiguous (probably bi though) icon Joan Crawford

– Strait-Jacket (1964) (dir. William Castle)

Week 51. A film made by someone on this list whose work isn’t anywhere else on your challenge list.

– Tom at the Farm (2013) (dir. Xavier Dolan)

Week 52. Watch a queer friend’s favourite queer film

– Female Trouble (1974) (dir. John Waters)

BONUS: Week 53. A film used in the last challenge that doesn’t seem quite queer.

– Misery (1990) (dir. Rob Reiner)

BONUS: Week 54. A queer musical

– The Adventures of Iron Pussy (2003) (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Michael Shaowanasai)

BONUS: Week 55. A film by a director that was showcased in the 2017 challenge (Xavier Dolan, James Whale, Pedro Almodovar, Jodie Foster, Andy Warhol, John Waters, Bruce LaBruce, the Wachowskis, Todd Haynes or George Cukor)

– Law of Desire (1987) (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)

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Alex Ozerov in the movie Natasha. Now available to rent or purchase on itunes!

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PYOTR495

Russia/UK, 2016, 15 min short

Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is anticipating a hookup that doesn't go to plan, even putting his life in danger, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret...

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PYOTR495 from DRIVE-IN/KEEP OUT Productions on Vimeo.

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Award-winning Horror Short ‘PYOTR495’ Tackles Russia’s Homophobia

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