''Pyotr495'' is a Canadian short horror film, directed by Blake Mawson and released in 2016. An exploration of anti-LGBT violence in
Russia
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, the film stars Alex Ozerov as Pyotr, a young gay man in
Moscow
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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
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campaign on
Indiegogo
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in 2015.
Mawson won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016
Inside Out Film and Video Festival
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. After the film was released to digital platforms in 2017, it received two
Canadian Screen Award
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nominations at the
7th Canadian Screen Awards
The seventh annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.Boys on Film'' anthology of gay-themed short film DVDs.Pip Ellwood-Hughes "Boys on Film 16: Possession DVD review" ''Entertainment Focus'', June 27, 2017.