We Are Not Slaves

·        Awards:

• Best Director Of Photography work – the 4th Kazan International Film festival of independent youth films - Russia, 2012
• Diploma - 10 International festival of military films in the name of Ozerov, Russia, 2012
• Best Director Of Photography work – International youth film festival «New Horison», Russia, 2013
• «Best female part», «best director of photography» - Anna Rozhetskaya - IV short film festival PROview, Russia, 2013
• Special jury's award, special screening - CU - The European Independent Film Festival, France, 2013

Participation:

• IX International charity film festival «Bright Angel», Russia, 2012
• 2 Moscow Youth "We Will Live!", Russia, 2012
• The second International Film Festival "ArtoDocs", Russia, 2012
• 15 International Independent Film Festival «RuffianFilm – Pure Dreams", Russia, 2012
• IV Международный молодежный фестиваль "ДАР – 2012", Russia, 2012
• International Film and TV festival "Radonezh", Russia, 2012
• 18-й International Film Festival «Stalker», Russia, 2012
• 1-й Moscow Cinemarathon «STARTS», Russia, 2012
• IX International Film Festival of cinema schools “CinemaDraft”, Russia, 2012
• Russian Film Festival «REC», Russia, 2012
• Children Film and TV festival «Merry Seal», Russia, 2013
• 23rd MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2013
• Independent Film Festival "Kinolikbez", Russia, 2013
• Russian Film Festival in Tunisia, Tunisia, 2013
• Seoul Int'l Youth Film Festival, Korea, 2013
• KAN Film Festival, Poland, 2013
• Ljubljana International Short Film Festival, Slovenia, 2013
• VIII INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CANDLEMAS FILM FESTIVAL "GATHERING", Russia, 2013
• International Berdyansk Film Festival of CIS countries «Golden Brigandine», Ukraine, 2013
• Annual International Short Film and Video Art and Animation Festival "Vision" – non-competition program, Russia, 2013
• Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco, 2013
• International Festival “A Film for Peace”, Italy, 2013
• XXII-й International Film Forum «Golden Knight», Russia, 2013
• 11th "One Shot" International Short Film Festival, Armenia, 2013
• "ONE Country ONE Film", France, 2013
• The Strawberry Shorts Film Festiva, UK, 2013
• The first open competition of films and scripts «Cinema Call», Russia, 2013
• DC Shorts Film Festival, USA, 2013
• Saint Petersburg International Film Festival «festival Of Festivals», Russia, 2013

Ainur Askarov

Was born on the 1st of August 1987.

In 2008 graduated the Sibay Art College with the “drama actor, the head of creative group” speciality.

In 2013 graduated from Saint Petersburg Government University Of Cinema and TV with the “directing” speciality.

Ainur is a nominee for the Saint Petersburg Government Youth Award for his achievements in the cinema industry. A nominee of the government youth award in the honour of Babich. A nominee for the national award “The country”. Took part in more than 200 cinema festivals and has won grand prizes on 37 of them.

Filmography:

• “A Lady With A Dog” 2009
• “A Pancake Week” 2010
• “Enmesh” 2011
• “We Are Not Slaves” 2012
• “Vladimir Svetozarov. The Artist Profession” 2012
• “Bitter Sweet” 2013
• “Let The Wind Take My Words” 2015
• “Headrig” 2015 (in the process)

• Producers: Ivan Lopatin, Azamat Huzhahmetov
• Director: Ainur Askarov
• Scriptwriter: Shaura Shakurova
• Sound Director: Nazira Hamraeva
• Director Oh Photography: Anna Rozhetskaya
• Editor: Ainur Askarov
• Art Director: Alexey Paderin, Sergey Zaikov
• Starring: Georgiy Tenishev, Nikolay Leontiev, Julia Ivanova, Ludmila Baranova

Special gratitude to:

• TVOROG Media Group, especially Ramil Hairulin and Ilya Kondratyev
• FIC “Tulpar” Ilshat Aralbaev
• “Lenfilm” studio, especially Alexey Radionov
• Elena Klimutka
• Vladimir Svetozarov
• School number 181 and its headmaster Zinaida Voronova
• Actor agency “Next” in the person of Tatyana Saiko
• Cinema Makers Union of Bashkortostan Republic