22nd Nevermore Film Festival

WE, THE JURY Jury Award-Winning Shorts

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Here is a 92- min collection of this year's Nevermore Jury Award winners and Runners-Up for Best Shorts.


WINNER! Nevermore Jury Award - Best Short (US/Canada)

THE RELIC: Filled with extraordinary FX and an amazing score, The Relic tells the horrifying tale of a group of adventurers who get more than they bargained for in search of an ancient legend.

WINNER! Nevermore Jury Award - Best Short (International)

THE LAST MEN: The last man on earth is running away from the last zombie.

WINNER! Nevermore Jury Award - Best Comedy Short

TEA TIME: While having a tea party, a little girl loses her temper and things get bloody.

WINNER! Nevermore Jury Award - Best Long-Form Narrative Short

EXIT: With their deadline approaching fast, a small team of construction workers isn't too happy to find an anomaly in the house they're renovating. Especially one that breaks the laws of physics. But maybe there’s something to be gained from this? Like a finder's fee…Or nightmare fuel.


Nevermore Jury Award - RUNNER-UP Best Comedy Short

LOGAN LEE & THE RISE OF THE PURPLE DAWN: Logan Lee is in love with his best friend, Beatrice Pan, and tonight, she's throwing a party! That means DJ Logan's Fun is in the HOUSE! Now if only he wasn't so nervous. But not to fear, Auntie Bobbie is here with some of the rarest weed she's ever laid lungs on, Purple Dawn. Unfortunately, Logan soon discovers there's much more to this strain than its soothing effects.

Nevermore Jury Award - RUNNER-UP Best Short (US/Canada)

THEY'RE HERE: Unable to cope with the death of her grandmother, Sam becomes convinced that her body is harboring an alien being that must be removed. There is just one problem, nobody believes her, and instead suspect Sam of trying to murder her grandma.

Nevermore Jury Award - RUNNER-UP Best Short (International)

THE RECYCLING MAN: In an overpopulated and underprivileged suburban neighborhood, Jacob, a boy immobilized on a wheelchair, fights to protect a girl he spots across the courtyard, doing all he can to warn her of the dark figure entering her room - The Recycling Man.

NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!


WINNER! Nevermore Jury Award - Best Long-Form Narrative Short

Nevermore Jury Award Nominee - Best Director (Short Film) - Ivan Basov

Nevermore Jury Award Nominee - Best Actor - Maxim Demchenko ("Yegor") 


With their deadline approaching fast, a small team of construction workers isn't too happy to find an anomaly in the house they're renovating. Especially one that breaks the laws of physics. But maybe there’s something to be gained from this? Like a finder's fee…Or nightmare fuel.

In Russian with English subtitles


Director Biography - Ivan Basov

A filmmaker in the 3rd generation, Ivan Basov started working in the industry in 2005 as a professional interpreter of English language - a path that eventually led him him to other crew positions in the Production and Director's departments of various projects. In 2017, Ivan got into Moscow Film School and finished its directing program under the tutelage of award-winning professionals in the filmmaking field. 2 years of study have yielded a live-action narrative short and a feature-length documentary. And there is certainly more to come.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    21 minutes
  • Language
    Russian
  • Country
    Russian Federation
  • Premiere
    North Carolina Premiere
  • Director
    Ivan Basov
  • Screenwriter
    Ivan Basov
  • Producer
    Elena Kuznetsova
  • Cast
    Maxim Demchenko, Anatoliy Gushchin, Nina Rakova, Vitt Ray
  • Cinematographer
    Nikolay Pavlov
  • Editor
    Ivan Basov, Daria Funtikova