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BIG VILLAGE LIGHTS. FATHER DIONISY’S CHOIR
Documentary
2024

Country: Russia
Runtime: 36 min
Rating: 16+
Director: Yegor Gavrilin
Screenwriters: Yaroslav Lebedev, Darya Safronova
Producers: Stanislav Shapovalov, Darya Safronova
Cameramen: Mikhail Vyborny, Marlene Boutros Yousef
Production: Light Studio Ltd.

Priest, father of 9 children, farmer and blogger Dionisy Solyakov, who lives in a village near Ryazan, becomes a participant of the All-Russian vocal contest together with his family to compete for 3 million roubles.
YEGOR GAVRILIN
DIRECTOR'S BIO:

Yegor studied at the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, majoring in advertising directing, but he has always been interested in cinema. His short films ‘Material Evidence: Computer’ and ‘Knitting Club for Men 40+’ participated in several dozen Russian and international festivals. Now he continues to make commercials, music videos and short films and is developing a project for his first feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY:

2016 – Happiness Is Near at Hand
2024 – Gayatri. She Walks In Beauty, music video
2022 – River WW. Wind Wind, music video
2021 – River WW. Salt, music video
2021 – The BlueStocking. Never Ready, music video
2020 – Knitting Club for Men 40, short film
2019 – Come Back, short film
2014 – Physical Evidence: Computer, short film
2013 – Fairy Tale, short film