he entered the profession early, started making films early, made his debut in feature films early, and now his film has opened the falling leaves festival. it’s early again, who knows, director kiril khaletsky is my guest today. kiril, hello, kiril, recently your film was shown by filmmakers at the opening of the falling leaves film festival, i remember that when falling leaves was opened with pictures of talkers. todorovsky, yes, it’s a great honor, how did you do it? it seems to me that many circumstances just worked out in our favor. i told this to the film crew, including that everything we ended up here for a number of random reasons, that is, someone was just lucky, someone joined us at the last moment, but nevertheless, these are accidents that were not accidental, also with leaf fall, that is, when we just started with the film, we understood that, in principle, according to the deadline

, we would finish somewhere in october, we need to get to the fall of the leaves, but no one could have predicted it to become an opening film, then the next question: filmmakers - is this your debut in a feature film, as in 22 years to make sure that you are given budget money and are you allowed to make a movie? it seems to me that, again, accidents are not accidental, and it was something like an experiment. that is, i successfully graduated from the academy of arts, i already had some victories in international festivals with my short films, they were also awarded presidential awards, that is, in principle, i was heard somewhere in the ministry of culture, and the moment of distribution came , i don’t, well, i guessed roughly where i could work, but here vladimir mikhailovich korachevsky calls me and offers this the option is that it is possible to assign a young director.

a structural division of the youth film studio will be specially created and that i will be the first to launch this studio, so a small core has gathered for us, i was assigned right away, there was talk that i would have the opportunity to make a debut full-length film, in general i i immediately understood this , i immediately understood the burden of responsibility that falls on me, in the process of filming, the management saw that the young people were able to do it and i would like to note... that this is not only directorial debut, the film has 24 debuts, this is a cameraman's debut, a sound director 's debut, many acting debuts, costume designers - these are all debuts, and the young group did it, and the film is now receiving very favorable reviews, as if from experienced filmmakers, from the management, and you can to say that our film will help other young filmmakers come into this field, that is , they will no longer be so afraid. kiril, well

, in addition to the fact that you got a good reputation, you also won a script competition? yes, if you go straight and clearly in chronology, then in in august i was assigned, and already in september we wrote the first version of the filmmakers, and it was submitted to the ministry of culture for the competition. naturally, we did not know what the results of the competition would be, but when it turned out that they still gave preference to us, well this was already... the first step on the path to a big movie, that is, we rewrote the script 12 times, this is all also connected with approvals, because humor is also a controversial thing, and a young team is writing the script, all this took a long time, we i just wanted to make a movie, but in the end in the end, the twelfth version, it calmed both sides, we came to a compromise, that’s exactly what the viewer should see on the screen, what i had helped a lot. artistic directors

, from the side of the youth film studio it was elena turova, in the picture it was ivan pavlov, so it was like two powerful artists with two different opinions, yeah, and sometimes you just had to navigate somehow, yes, but i really liked this is precisely working with ivan pavlov, because i didn’t know him before, he just acted as such a creative spiritual mentor, that is, he... practically did not try to modify my script, he only tried to improve it, that is, initially there were very heated debates on this topic, but then i realized that after all, a film studio means working in a large team and this already film production, there are workshops here, there are responsible people here, there are contractual relationships between the client and the performers, so the longer i was at the film studio, the more i understood how it should work. kiril, after all, writing a script for you is

was it such a difficult, painful task, or was there some kind of creative inspiration in this? i can say that it’s harder than writing a script, just rewriting a scene. the same applies to editing, i ’m just like an editor, i can say that editing is harder than editing, only re-editing, that’s why writing the first version was quite fun, fervent, as if we were enthusiastic, the second, third, fourth is still okay, but by the twelfth we were already starting to run out of steam, did you perceive something from what was happening there, yes, in general we were just we tried to figure out some tails from previous versions, because in new... versions they might simply not fit, but everything is fine, the main thing is that we did everything, we packed everything, we entered the final period with a calm soul. your film crew is quite young in composition, uh, it turns out that age did matter, including, i

liked that we didn’t have any negative interactions with each other, no matter how young you listen to us, this didn’t happen , on the contrary, the young learned from the elders, and the elders from the young and i... i liked that the more experienced age part of our group, she was responsible for some technical, some administrative parts, and the younger one was responsible for the creative components and therefore in this tandem we worked very well and there really was an atmosphere on the site, well, semi-family, we all worked very well we became friends, we all communicated well, and most importantly, this atmosphere, kind, light, relaxed, was transferred to all the material, and after watching the audience... now they also note that it’s a super kind, cool movie, very light uh, very it’s nice to hear that, but how did you build your relationship with the actors? for me, it was probably important that there was some kind of star in the film, so that at least at the level of advertising it could hook the viewer, but

realizing that there was not so much funding for a debut, and i was very skeptical about belarusian actors, but in fact, i looked at about two... actors, maybe 250 for different roles, and i realized that in belarus there are a lot of talented, really talented actors, i was able to choose the main character almost immediately i’m sure in some places we immediately wrote for him, everything was fine, it was very interesting with the choice of actor for the role of alena’s father, this is the role of an avid filmmaker who loves to tell stories, this character is a collective image, but i dedicated him.. to his course master, gorovy valery mikhailovich, the character’s name is also valery mikhailovich. there was a week left before filming, we couldn’t choose an actor, we’re just once again opening different theaters in the republic, and i see this type in the vitebsk theater, i’m choosing this one purely based on the photograph

actor, there is no opportunity to come to minsk for auditions, we do remote auditions, the first auditions were simply a failure, but i still believed in him, he is funny, i called him, i... gave him a task, he did the second auditions, one hundred percent trampling. each director has his own method of working with actors, some show it themselves, some try to explain, immerse the actor in the role, some, on the contrary, generally follow the actor’s vision of the role, but what was yours like? , since i wrote the script like me and my co-author, konstantin bakulin, moscow screenwriter, and how some textual things, specifically speech ones, were important to me, so when i was choosing an actor, they came to the set, he and i went over the text, and i understood that this is the intonation that is needed here, here, on the contrary, you need to highlight this particular sound, and even a gesture, even a pause,

we went through all this and i probably came from the actors first of all, i gave absolute freedom in everything, i said, guys, do it if the text doesn’t suit you , make it for yourself. if you don't want to say this phrase, go ahead let's think, everything is fine, if you come up with some kind of improvisation, do it, perhaps it will be very good, what other difficulties did you have to face during filming? most of these creative and technical difficulties arose due to the limited funding of our film, that is, this was another feat that our team accomplished, we shot the film in 21 days, this is something colossal. this is something impossible, and the output of an experienced director is 2-3 minutes per day, the output of a debutant is - it should be even less, about a minute and a half, so that you can swing, think , discuss how it will be edited, because i

edited films, and so we had an output of 5 to 10 minutes a day, that is, this is what you are talking about about screen time, yes yes. i’m talking now about screen time, at this speed it was important not to lose quality, but by the way, the experience of the editor and screenwriter, it gives me a complete picture of my film, that is, i immediately understand how i will edit it, the operator understands this, therefore we understand with him some of the basics of editing , how best to film it, whether it will be edited, in the end i was a little scared to come to the editing, what if we were wrong about something, but during the editing process i realized that we did everything right , everything is very good, and the film came together, well, the film was shot, edited, it needs to be shown to the management, how it all happened, i understood that... from the delivery of the film to the film festival there are a couple of weeks left, by the time

the film is delivered i just wanted to vacation and the picture was accepted without my participation, then there is a group that defended it in front of the ministry and they already told me, that is, later, that the ministry was very pleased, they applauded and laughed, which is important for comedy in one of your interviews, you said that before you start making a film, you need... to decide, we do art or business , filmmakers - this is art or business, it seems to me that here for the most part it is about art, that is, it is at least an order from the ministry of culture, but it was some kind of great freedom in this regard, and i could afford do some original things, then there is this 100% auteur cinema, which is why it seems to me that we were closer to art, but we understood. what for the audience , we are making a movie, i immediately set limits for myself, our film should be 12 plus, so

that the whole family could come, with parents, maybe with grandparents, everyone had fun, so yes, we got into this age category, price, everything is fine, uh, we weren’t naughty, everything is fine, that ’s why i can say that we tried to please both, but how... the creators tried approaching art, the film has been shot, edited, what is its future fate? is the film expecting a big release? absolutely certain, from december 14 we are going into wide release, and it will not be limited only to belarus, we want to go to russian movie screens, perhaps we will touch on other neighboring countries, it seems to me that the most difficult time for a director is when the film has already been shot . edited when ratings from viewers and critics have already been received, then a very

difficult moment comes, and what next, how, in general, not to fall below that level artistic that you have already achieved? well, of course, the maximum task is to keep the bar in the next projects, but even at the rental stage, that is, right now, i already understand what i will work on next, that is, i already have thoughts, we are already starting to work on the next ones projects, kiril , i can’t help but ask you, this is what, when at 22 you are given the opportunity to make a big movie, but this naturally causes some conversations, there is probably some kind of envy, this is what you went through i heard this and this is kind of about myself, but well, i can say for my part that, as i said earlier, my experience will allow me to attract more young people. in this regard, i do not refuse anyone, on the set we had a lot of students who

were simply interested, we included them in the film crew, as assistants or something, but they were very interested in understanding how cinema works and in general understanding them is this a profession, after the experience on the set, during the editing and training period, they understood, this is 100% great, this is necessary, this is good, so in general, about some request... or something else, i try not to refuse anyone, i can somehow talk with everyone, uh, at least on the level of what i should do, and how, and how it works, i can do something... so let me tell you, have you ever heard a sharply negative attitude towards your work? no , there are no sharply negative ones, but i somehow try to be on contact with everyone, plus or minus, so if some kind of criticism appears, then in quite calm tones we can discuss something, what is clear, what is not clear, somewhere myself i agree, yes, here we have it in the film specific movie blunder, but we couldn’t do otherwise

, something was cut out, something changed during filming, so it had to be this way, but how do you react to hate, i probably don’t try to support any such conversations, if any questions arise there in my company or something else, everything is discussed, and i say, perhaps they can even agree on some things, but in general, bad advertising is also advertising, let them advertise the movie. but hate hate hate, how do you feel about criticism? positively, that is, for me it’s probably more important to hear some kind of well, not to say negative, but some kind of constructive criticism, to put it simply, i don’t like it, but this is subjective , i don’t agree here, well, you mentioned praise, you like praise, does the number of festival awards matter to you,

probably not, well, it’s like, when i started receiving the first awards, that’s when i’ll be , it was an event, on the one hand it stimulates, but at some point, i was chasing some kind of collecting awards, they just ask me, but for what? and a good question, just put it on the shelf, well, well, it’s not for this purpose, probably yes, during some film festivals you meet people, you discover new ones. this is all good, at some point i thought that these awards would help more for producers, when you are already faced with producer cinema, this will also help you, but it helped me just to be noticed in my own country, that is , these awards helped so that they would know about me at the ministry of culture, and later at the film studio, and that’s how they helped me, at

this stage the awards are now, well, mom like. mom has it at home, by the way, who do you show your work to first of all, whose opinion is a priority for you, in any case, i try to make my relatives the first viewers, that is, even to filmmakers, to rough screenings, i invited family members, already there, closer to the acceptance of the film, we showed the commission versions several times , different versions, and i tried to invite, well , for example, my mother, she just wanted to see it only as an example, but i don’t want to see it, only as an example. only a clean option, good, but relatives, it seems to me, cannot evaluate you quite objectively, well, in any case, they love you, everything is fine, you ’re great, ivan pavlov, this was a super expert opinion for me, because an experienced director, again, for me an expert opinion is my course master, valery mikhailovich, also seems to have a lot of experience

in this profession, well, in general, expert opinions at the film studio were enough for me, because filmmakers watched the film, and it was very important what they said. kiril, we talked about your movie, now let's let's talk about other people's movies. i think that any person, director or non-director, is characterized by the kind of films he watches, and that's what films you choose to watch. before we started working on our film, i understood that we are focusing on our viewer first... first of all, i can just name my favorite director, to whom they send a lot, where are the filmmakers, uh, balabans, so if we are talking about domestic, it would probably be a fireman, this is a fireman, this is blind man's buff, this is a brother, very nice french cinema, french comedy, and i can an interesting fact to tell too, when editing the filmmakers, i edited it in 9 days,

by the way, i edited 117 minutes in 9 days, you left the editing room, naturally, there were nine workers... in it, so, but when i edited, how once the hollywood film opener came out in theaters, and the cameraman and i came to the screening, he even watched it three or four times, that is, he liked it so much, i only watched one, and i was just worried about my editing, what if i did something too early? then, suddenly, and i saw a hollywood montage, how clear, sharp it is, this is a mess of shots, plans, and i realized , here i am literally... i was sitting in the cinema studying editing, after watching it i came in the morning and reassembled some scenes, the film, it became more dynamic and yes, the cinema became, but it’s possible to say that it was this film, in general, that somehow gave you direction, it made such a positive impression on you, absolutely, yes, on the cameraman it showed one hundred percent

colossal visual impression, on me dramatic and, first of all, editing , installation, that’s just...... and what’s it about? the teachers at the academy of arts say, you can do nothing, just watch a movie, only now i understand how it should have been watched, do your filmmakers have more uh, gaiety, humor or sadness? you know, from scene to scene, it’s just possible that somewhere there is not such a super peak of humor, we have specific jokes and gags, but the face doesn’t leave... the feeling of some kind of bright smile, here you just feel good, so i would call the filmmakers a lyrical comedy, like this, perhaps even somewhat similar to soviet comedies, when you just...' it’s good and very difficult for a director to watch his films as a viewer, because they worry about something, they’re offended by something, it didn’t work out here, but i tried just when

watching some of the final , to switch off as a director to turn on the viewer, but what do you think is more difficult, to make the viewer laugh or to make him cry? make you laugh, 100% make you laugh, many people ask me about this too, why exactly with comedy, comedy is the most difficult genre to start with, but he just showed me... what exactly starting this path to feature-length films with a comedy would be somehow more correct, because this is the atmosphere i wanted to be a little frivolous and well, after such a feeling, maybe in life everything is not so bad, maybe it’s just me as a person as a director i try to find only the positive in everything and even in a negative situation i can notice some kind of humor, maybe not, but still there is something good in any case, well, you’re probably already approaching the last question, the end of our conversations, and there is such a concept in directing as super-tasks, that’s what you decided for yourself, what should the viewer leave the hall with?

i really liked that ivan pavlov, after watching the film, he said: please note, and thank you very much to kirill for the fact that after these 12 scripts, a difficult filming period, intense editing, he did not lose the most important thing in his film , this is love. and pavlov believes that , first of all, this is a film about love, love for each other, love in cinema, that’s probably the most important thing, that it’s just to love each other, yes to be human, to love each other, everything, well, like mathematics is very simple, at the end of the film, preference is given not to awards, but to the family of this love, this warmth between each other, that is, this is the moral, that cinema... it’s still some kind of thing, well, it’s more about work, but most importantly, i ’ll say this too, again, when we meet the group, once again, cinema is not made by the director,

cinema is made by the group, this one this is a group, these are these connections, you can’t lose this and you can’t, you can’t spoil this, the program is called the meaning of life, for you, what is the meaning of life? it seems to me that the meaning of life is to find your happiness, and it is different for everyone. but to try to find your happiness, i really like how leonov, evgeniy leonov talks about it, that happiness is when you want to go to work in the morning and go home in the evening, raise your family, constantly be in contact with your family, because we now they have become very rare to meet, call each other, sms, sms everything, there is no time, and then you may not even become a person, probably this is it the meaning of my life, happiness and some kind of inner zen for doing what i like, and there are people nearby whom i love and who love me, thank you very much, this was

the meaning of the life of kirill khaletsky. the skin begins to grow dull every day. the world of meats, rich, glorious, with which belarus is so rich, there is always a lot of adzina, i pray for it. you yourself see, what beautiful meats we have here, i like this life, why should i change it? yana is talented and beautiful. we show master classes on this machine, many are suitable and they say that oh, but our grandmother had it, for the initial rough work you need two tools, this. the instrument is called kapyl. it’s inappropriate to lock up your little family’s history. glyadzitsa project

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