Mikhail Krichman
Russia, Moscow
  • Worldwide
PRO
From ten commercials or music videos or one feature film
Cinematographer / DOP

The Return

Film > Full-length fiction
106 min 2003 year

The Return

Film > Full-length fiction
106 min 2003 year
Credits
Awards
Backstage
Specifications
Main positions

Main positions

Cinematographer / DOP

Music composer

Golden Globe Award (2004)
Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film, both American and International, and the American television.

Лучший иностранный фильм — selection
Camerimage (2003)
Camerimage
Camerimage

Plus Camerimage is the biggest international film festival devoted to the creation of a film image by the cinematographers. Their profession, so important to the film work but underestimated for many years, has found its place at Plus Camerimage.

Golden Frog — selection
Venice IFF (2003)
Venice IFF
Venice IFF

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the most prestigious. The Festival was organised for the first time in 1932, under the auspices of the President of the Biennale, Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the sculptor Antonio Maraini, and Luciano De Feo and obtained a great popularity, so as to become an annual event from 1935 onwards.

The Venice Film Festival is today a prestigious event that presents every year a selection of world-class films, bringing some of the most successful directors and actors of our time on the red carpet at Lido di Venezia, continuing the tradition that adds the glamour charm that always marked the Festival to a high artistic value program.

Первый лучший фильм — winner
Golden Lion — winner
Luigi De Laurentiis Award — winner
SIGNIS Award — winner
Sergio Trasatti Award — winner
Chlotrudis Awards (2005)
Chlotrudis Awards
Chlotrudis Awards

The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films is a nonprofit organization that honors outstanding achievement in independent and world cinema. The organization gives out the Chlotrudis Awards. Founded in 1994.

Лучший кинооператор — winner
Cottbus Film Festival (2003)
Cottbus Film Festival
Cottbus Film Festival

Festival of East European Cinema based on the GDR film movement, the Cottbus film festival has developed into one of the most important crossroads between the East European and the West European feature film industries in all of Europe. Founded in 1991.

Приз экуменического жюри — winner
Специальный приз — winner
César Awards (2004)
César Awards
César Awards

The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the Nuit des César ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Ministry of Culture. The nationally televised award ceremony is held in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris each year in February.

Лучший иностранный фильм — selection
European Film Awards (2003)
European Film Awards
European Film Awards

The European Film Awards have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in 19 categories, of which the most important is the Best Film. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.

Фильм - открытие года — winner
Gijon IFF (2003)
Gijon IFF
Gijon IFF

The Gijón International Film Festival aims to present the newest trends of young cinema worldwide from 1963.

Специальный приз жюри — winner
Лучший сценарий — winner
Лучший фильм — selection
Golden Eagle Award (2004)
Golden Eagle Award
Golden Eagle Award

From NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF RUSSIA

Лучший фильм — winner
Лучший кинооператор — winner
Лучший звук — winner
Лучший режиссер — selection
Лучший монтаж — selection
Locarno IFF (2003)
Locarno IFF
Locarno IFF

The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in August in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history. The main feature of the festival is the open-air screening space in the astonishing Piazza Grande, with room for over 8,000 spectators, and with one of the largest open air screens in the world (26x14 metres). 

Golden Leopard — selection
Nika Awards (2004)
Nika Awards
Nika Awards

The Nika Award is the main annual national film award in Russia presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. It was established in 1987 in Moscow by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the Oscars. The Russian Academy Award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory. 

Лучший фильм — winner
Лучший кинооператор — winner
Открытие года — selection
Лучший режиссер — selection
Palm Springs IFF (2004)
Palm Springs IFF
Palm Springs IFF

The Palm Springs International Film Festival is one of the largest film festivals in the country. The Festival brings together industry reps and executives from Los Angeles, film aficionados from across the country and filmmakers from around the world. 

Приз FIPRESCI — winner
Russian Guild of Film Critics (2003)
Russian Guild of Film Critics
Russian Guild of Film Critics
Лучший дебют — winner
Лучший фильм — winner
Лучший кинооператор — winner
Лучший режиссер — selection
POFF (2003)
POFF
POFF

The biggest festival in the Baltic and one of the largest in Eastern Europe. Unique event combining a feature film festival with the sub-festivals of animated films, student films and children/youth films. The festival aims to present Estonian audiences a comprehensive selection of world cinema in all its diversity with the emphasis on European films, providing a friendly atmosphere for interaction between the audience, Estonian filmmakers and their colleagues from abroad. Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival consists of the main programme, three sub-festivals, as well as film and co-production markets. 

Приз FIPRESCI — winner
Thessaloniki IFF (2003)
Thessaloniki IFF
Thessaloniki IFF

Thessaloniki is the most important film festival in Greece with familiar atmosphere and interesting sidebars and special events. Founded in 1960.

Специальный приз FIPRESCI — winner
Tromsø IFF (2004)
Tromsø IFF
Tromsø IFF

The Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) is an annual film festival held during the third week of January in Tromsø, Norway. The inaugural Tromsø International Film Festival was held in 1991.

Приз зрительских симпатий — winner
Main
Skills
Image specs
Visual style
Additional equipment

Main

Film
  • Full-length fiction
Genre
  • Drama
Distribution
  • Film, Internet, TV
Type
  • Auteur
Additional
  • Modern

Skills

on water
driving shooting
filming children
filming animals

Image specs

Frame format
  • 2.35:1
Color
  • Colorful
Filmed on
  • film 35mm → Arri
Lenses
  • Spherical

Visual style

Type of location
  • On location
Style of light
  • Natural
Color
  • Saturated

Additional equipment

dolly
stedicam operator
crane
car mount / platform
underwater filming