Artyom Gennadyevich Bogucharsky (

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: Артем Генна́дьевич Богучарский; born 14 August 1989)Profile
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stage, film and television actor who is perhaps best recalled internationally for his role in the 2002 drama, ''

Lilya 4-ever ''Lilya 4-ever'' () is a 2002 tragedy film written and directed by Lukas Moodysson, which was released in Sweden on 23 August 2002. It depicts the downward spiral of Lilja Michailova, played by Oksana Akinshina, a girl in the former Soviet Union ...

''.

Career

Born in

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in 1989, he garnered his first role at age 12 as the doomed Volodya, the young friend of an abandoned teenage girl in the 2002

Lukas Moodysson Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson (; born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish filmmaker, novelist, and short story writer. First coming to prominence as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big domestic and international breakthrough directing the 1 ...

-directed drama ''Lilya 4-ever''. The film received positive reviews. It won five

Guldbagge Award The Guldbagge Awards (, ) is an official and annual Sweden, Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a Cetonia aurata, rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbagg ...

s including Best Film and Bogucharsky was nominated as Best Actor. It was nominated for Best Film and Best Actress at the

European Film Awards The European Film Awards (or European Film Academy Awards) have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in 19 categories, of which the mos ...

. The film also won several awards from film festivals around the world, including Best Film at the

Gijón International Film Festival The Gijón International Film Festival ( or ''FICXixón'') is an annual film festival held in Gijón, a city in northwest Spain. The festival is mainly concentrated on independent and auteur cinema. Gijón's International Short Film Competition ...

and the

Rouen Nordic Film Festival The Rouen Nordic Film Festival () was a film festival hold in Rouen, France for screening and competition films made in Nordic countries, Nordic and Baltic countries, the Netherlands and Belgium. In December 2010, the organizers, in conflict with t ...

.Festival Cinéma Nordique 2003
,

; retrieved 2 July 2015. Following his role in ''

'', Bogucharsky went on to appear in a number of Russian films and television series. He graduated from the

Gnessin State Musical College The Gnessin State College of Music () and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music () comprise a music school in Moscow.Moisenko, Rena. (1949) ''Realist Music: 25 Soviet Composers,'' London: Meridian Book, Ltd. History Originally known as the Gnessi ...

as a

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player. After graduating from the M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow in 2009, he began appearing in a number of stage roles.

Selected filmography

References

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* 1989 births Living people Russian male child actors Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors Male actors from Moscow 21st-century Russian male actors {{Russia-actor-stub