''Pyotr495'' is a Canadian short horror film, directed by
Blake Mawson and released in 2016. An exploration of
anti-LGBT violence
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people frequently experience violence directed toward their human sexuality, sexuality, gender identity, or gender expression. This violence may be enacted by the state, as in laws LGBT rights by co ...
in
Russia, the film stars
Alex Ozerov
Alex Ozerov (born 1992) is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance in the short film '' Pyotr495'', for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Digital Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awar ...
as Pyotr, a young gay man in
Moscow who is lured into a dangerous situation by anti-gay extremists but turns the tables on them with a dark secret that turns them into the prey.
Background
The film was funded partially by a
crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by crow ...
campaign on
Indiegogo in 2015.
Mawson won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016
Inside Out Film and Video Festival. After the film was released to digital platforms in 2017, it received two
Canadian Screen Award nominations at the
7th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series (Ozerov) and Best Direction in a Web Program or Series (Mawson). Ozerov won the award for Best Lead Performance.
The film was subsequently included in ''Possession'', the 16th volume of the ''
Boys on Film
''Boys on Film'' is a Peccadillo Pictures DVD series of compilations of independent LGBT-themed shorts.
Chronology DVD
* 2009: ''Boys on Film 1: Hard Love''
* 2009: ''Boys on Film 2: In Too Deep''
* 2009: ''Boys on Film 3: American Boy''
* 2010 ...
'' anthology of gay-themed short film DVDs.
[Pip Ellwood-Hughes]
"Boys on Film 16: Possession DVD review"
''Entertainment Focus'', June 27, 2017.
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 horror films
2016 LGBT-related films
Canadian monster movies
Canadian LGBT-related short films
LGBT-related horror films
2016 drama films
Canadian horror short films
2010s Canadian films
Canadian Screen Award winning digital content
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