30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: 2020: Back to the Future-Sci-Fi Films for Young Audience

The Bobot (2018) 12

Ukraine | 2018 | 100 min.

Summer camp. Our time. Vadyk, a 12-year old dreamer and little liar, becomes an exile amongst his friends due to a serious mistake. Just yesterday he was a life of the party; today nobody wants to be his friend. Vadyk, not used to being an outcast, is trying to perform a feat so he can gain back the respect of his comrades. Instead, he fatally gets in the middle of a confrontation between two extraterrestrial forces.

CountryUkraine
Year2018
Duration100 min
Rating12
LanguageUkrainian
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Max Ksjonda
Screenplay Ivan Timshyn
Director of Photography Volodymyr Ivanov
Music Oleh Mykhailyuta, Mykola Makieiev
Edited by Denis Zaharov
Contact LevelK

Biography

He is from Ukraine. He was educated at universities in Donetsk and Kiev, where he studied film. He has worked in advertising and is currently a freelancer. He directed the short films Behind the Frames (Za ramkami, 2010) and The Way (Doroga, 2013). His feature debut was the adventure film Bobot (2018).

Science Fiction, Supernatural, Teenagers, Action + Adventure, Friendship