Gamer (2011 film)

Gamer
Directed byOleg Sentsov
Written by
  • Oleg Sentsov
Produced by
  • Oleg Sentsov
  • Olga Zhurzhenko
Starring
  • Vladislav Zhuk
CinematographyEgor Petrik
Eugene Vradiy
Gennady Veselkov
Edited byDmitry Kundryutsky
Production
company
  • Cry Cinema
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUkraine
LanguagesRussian
Ukrainian (dubbed)
Budget$20 000[1]
Box office$2 696 [1]

Gamer (Ukrainian: Гамep), alternatively spelt Gámer[2] or Gaamer,[3][4] was a debut feature-length film directed by Oleg Sentsov. It was released in Russian and Ukrainian[5] in 2011. He tells of a young gamer, who lives with his mother in Simferopol. The premiere was held in 2012 in Rotterdam. The film participated in several international film festivals and was a highly marked by the professional community,[6][7][8] in particular, a premium Russian Guild of Film Critics at the festival Spirit of Fire in Khanty-Mansiysk.[6]

  1. ^ a b Гамep
  2. ^ "Russia Sentences Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 Years in Prison" by Joanna Plucinska. Time, 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "The 'bright future' of Oleg Sentsov" by Mike Downey. Open Democracy, 17 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Ukrainian Filmmaker Remains Behind Bars Despite Growing Support" by Lilya Palveleva. Radio Free Europe, 26 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Гамер 2011". Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Западно-восточный диван. GoEast, Висбаден-2012". kinoart.ru. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Цивилизация в гамер-тайме. "Гамер", режиссер Олег Сенцов".
  8. ^ "На Одеському кінофестивалі показали фільм «Гамер» на підтримку кінорежисера Сенцова". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 December 2023.