Roman Shumunov

Roman Shumunov ( he, רומן שומונוב) (born 1984) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Roman Shumunov was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1984. In 1993, after the Russia-Georgia War, his family moved to Russia. In 2001 he immigrated to Israel at the age of 17 as part of the students' preparation program Selah mir (russian: СЭЛА МИР, he, סל"ה מיר) and was trained at the University of Tel-Aviv. In 2004 he enlisted in the Israeli Air Force. During 2008-2011 he graduated with honors from the Sapir Academic College. In a number of his films Shumunow attempts to raise the awareness of the life of young immigrants to Israel. In his interview to a Russophone TV program "Day" of Channel 9 Shumunov says that the three films, ''No One But Us'', ''Babylon Dreamers'', and ''Here and Now'' are a kind of a trilogy, an evolution of the same idea.

Filmography

*2011: ''No One But Us'', short, 35 min, diploma work.
*2012: ''Eyes'', short
*2015: ''Red Echoes of War''
*2016: ''Babylon Dreamers'', documentary, 90 min.
**Summary: A breakdancing team formed by immigrants from the former Soviet Union in a poor neighborhood in Israel plan competing in the International Breakdancing Competition in Germany.
*2018: ''Here and Now'' ( he, כאן ועכשיו), full feature film debut
**Summary: A social drama evolving around a rap band of young immigrants from the former Soviet Union who live in the poor neighborhood of Ashdod and are rehearsing for auditions for an international music festival.
*2020: ''Back to Chernobyl'', documentary
*2021: ' ( he, ברנשטיין — הפרטיזן האחרו), drama film
** Based on a real story of (1921–2019), commander of a partisan battalion, who discovered the secret test site of the Nazi "doomsday weapon", V2-rocket
*2022 ',; English-language version: '' Memory Forest'', a TV series in four 34 minute parts aired by Kan Educational about a group of Israeli teenagers on an educational trip to Poland to gain an experience about the Holocaust.
*2022: ''One and a Half Generation'', TV mini series produced by Kan 11.

Awards

*''No one but us''
**2012: Best Short Film, at the Mexico International Film Festival.
**2012: Best Actor Award and Honorable Mention Prize: Haifa International Film Festival.
**2011: Best Original Music, Cinema South Film Festival, Israel.
*''Babylon Dreamers''
**2016: Best debut film, at the DocAviv, Tel-Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
***Jury Rationale: "The best debut prize is given to Roman Shumunov, a young filmmaker who brings his great rebel spirit to his film Babylon Dreamers. His fresh approach in portraying a group of tough and sensitive breakdancers opens up a window of hope and new possibilities for underground culture."
**2017: Best Documentary Film Award: KIFF Kiev International Film Festival, Ukraine
**2017: Best First Film Award at
**2017: Audience Award for Best Film at the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival" Documentaries: Society & Ethnology"
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**2018: Winner in section "We are changing" "(Mi változunk)" at the
*''Here and Now''
**2015, At the project stage, under the tentative title ''No Future'', the film won the Jerusalem Film Festival Pitch Point’s Van Leer Foundation Award. Jury's opinion: "The film has the potential to be a unique, sensitive and authentic voice of an important ethnic group in Israel"
**2018, Best Music Award and the Ophir Awardsכאן ועכשיו 2016

**2019, Best Screenplay Award Zabaikalsky International Film Festival.Итоги VIII фестиваля
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*''Berenshtein - The Last Partisan''
**2022, Best Feature Film Award at Montreal Israeli Film Festival. LES GAGNANTS DES LYS D'OR 2022
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**2022, Best Director Award at Montreal Israeli Film Festival.

References

External links

Shumunov's website

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1984 births
Living people
Israeli film directors
Israeli male screenwriters
Sapir Academic College alumni