PYOTR495 | LGBTQ Horror Short

Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT Propaganda Law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.

Written and Directed by BLAKE MAWSON.

Starring ALEX OZEROV (The Americans, Orphan Black, Bitten) as Pyotr.

Original score by Techno producer KONRAD BLACK.
Download the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for free here:
soundcloud.com/pyotr495/pyotr495-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-full-mix-by-konrad-blck

FEATURED ON
Short of the Week
Huffington Post
Bloody Disgusting
DAZED
Out Magazine
Attitude Magazine
Horror Society

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Blake Mawson
PRODUCED BY: Sasha Fisher, Natalie Novak, Lana Mauro, Cam McLauchlin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Lana Mauro, Lauren Corber, Peter Harvey
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Catherine Lutes
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jennifer Morden
EDITOR: Cam McLauchlin
MUSIC: Konrad Black
COSTUME DESIGN: Basia Wyszynski
MAIR & MAKEUP: Jessica Panetta
CASTING: Marsha Chesley
COLOUR: TRICIA HAGORILES
PRACTICAL VFX: Matthew & Lisa DeWilde

SOCIAL:
facebook.com/pyotr495
twitter.com/pyotr495
instagram.com/blakemawson

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & AWARDS INCLUDE:

Flickers’ Rhode Island Vortex (Winner, Grand Prize: Best Horror Short)
Macabro Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror (Winner: Best International Short)
Inside Out LGBT Film Festival (Winner: RBC’s Best Emerging Artist Award, largest award of the festival)
Rio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival (Winner, Best Horror Film)
Corvallis Queer Film Festival (Winner, Audience Choice Award)
Out & Loud – Pune, India International Queer Film Festival (Winner, Most Innovative Film)
Fairy Tales Calgary Queer Film Festival (Winner, Programmer’s Choice Award for Best Short)
Fright Night Theatre Film Festival (Winner, Best Canadian Short)
Iris Prize Cardiff (Shortlisted for the Iris Prize 2016, the world’s largest short film prize)
SITGES Film Festival (in competition for the Brigadoon Paul Naschy Award)
Ploiesti International Film Festival (In Competition, Best Film)
iHorror Awards (Finalist, Best Short)
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival (playing before feature film The Wailing)
Toronto After Dark Film Fest (playing before feature From A House On Willow Street)
Asterisco International LGBTIQ Film Festival (‘Canada In Focus’ section)
Festival Court Métrange Rennes France (in competition for ‘Best Short’)
Courts Mais Trash (‘Canada Speciale’ feature)
Portland Film Festival
Frameline SF LGBT Film Festival
Outfest LA LGBT Film Festival
SHRIEKFEST Los Angeles
Hong Kong International LGBT Film Festival
Puerto Rico Horror Film Festival
Reeling Chicago LGBT Film Festival
Oslo/Fusion Int’l Film Festival
Out On Film Atlanta
Queer Film Festival MEZIPATRA
ImageOut Rochester New York LGBT Film Festival
Twist Seattle LGBT Film Festival
Ottawa LGBT Film festival
Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Fest
Another Hole In The Head SF Film Festival
STUFF Film Festival Mexico City
FKM-Fantastic Film Festival of A Coruña
Grindhouse Planet Film Festival
Roze Filmdagen Film Festival
Festival Asterisco
Out & Loud Pune India International Queer Film Festival
Rooftop Film Festival NYC
Schwule Filmwoche, Freiburg e. V. Festival Germany
StokerCon
Ploiesti International Film Festival
Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival
OutlantaCon
FilmOut San Diego
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival