
Dmitri Frolov
Dmitri Frolov was born in Leningrad in 1966. He graduated from The Institute of Film & Television in 1990. He worked at LENFILM Studios and then for the STV film company as a cameraman, in which capacity he has worked with many independent filmmakers. He began to shoot his own films before the start of perestroika, in the early 1980s. One of his first films, The Battle of Borodino, caused a furore and did much to determine the development of the folkloric trend in cinema. He is one of the leaders of russian movievanguard in postperestroika age. He makes esthetic experiments connecting with return to dumb cinema on new level of movielanguage. His films he shoots exclusively on film company "Svema". Even despite the fact that the film material, said the factory was left far in the Soviet past, and the film is not released, he revives the footage, while continuing to be faithful to the brand selected more child. When asked why, he replied that only "Svema" because of its unpredictability and non-uniformity of the emulsion, is the living material, which is able to convey the thrill of the character of life and even the seemingly inanimate object.
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Best Film Awards | Winner Best Director Award | Semi-Finalist (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Brazil International Monthly independent Film Festival | Winner August Award | Best Experimental Film (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Dreamanila International Film Festival | Winner Grand Jury Award | Best Film (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Dreamanila International Film Festival | Winner Jury Award | SEMI-FINALIST (Dmitri Frolov, Yuri Jadrovsky, Vladimir Zolotar, Natalya Surkova, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Dreamanila International Film Festival | Winner Jury Award | FINALIST (Dmitri Frolov, Yuri Jadrovsky, Vladimir Zolotar, Natalya Surkova, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Prague International Monthly Film Festival | Winner July Award | FINALIST (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Short CineFest | Winner Best Experimental Film | (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Varese International Film Festival | Winner Best Cinematography | (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | 12 Months Film Festival | Winner November Award | Best Experimental Film (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | AltFF Alternative Film Festival | Winner Winter Award | Semi Finalist (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | Buenos Aires International Film Festival | Winner BUEIFF Award | Best Poster (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | Lisbon Film Rendezvous | Winner Jury Prize | Semi-Finalist (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | Lisbon Film Rendezvous | Winner Jury Prize | FINALIST (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival | Winner Special Mention | Closing short film (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival | Winner Jury Prize | FINALIST (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2018 | OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival | Winner Special Mention | Closing short film (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Aphrodite Film Awards | Nominee April Edition Award | Best Director - Experimental (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | CineToro Experimental Film Festival | Nominee Santoro Award | Official Selection - International (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Direct Monthly Online Film Festival | Nominee August Award | Best Short Film (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Dreamanila International Film Festival | Nominee Grand Jury Award | Best Director (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Dreamanila International Film Festival | Nominee Grand Jury Award | Best Film (Dmitri Frolov, Yuri Jadrovsky, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | International Queer Film Festival Playa Del Carmen | Nominee Best International Short Film | Fiction (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Prague International Monthly Film Festival | Nominee July Award | Best Trailer (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Queer Lisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer | Nominee Jury Prize | Best Short Film (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Stuff MX: Festival de cine bizarro en Ciudad de Mexico | Nominee Best International Short Film | International Short Film Competition (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Stuff MX: Festival de cine bizarro en Ciudad de Mexico | Nominee Best International Short Film | EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION (Dmitri Frolov, Yuri Jadrovsky, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Stuff MX: Festival de cine bizarro en Ciudad de Mexico | Nominee Best International Short Film | QUEER SHORT FILM (Dmitri Frolov, Yuri Jadrovsky, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2020 | Varese International Film Festival | Nominee Best Short Film | (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Alexander Scriabin) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | 12 Months Film Festival | Nominee November Award | Film of the Month (Dmitri Frolov, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Yuri Jadrovsky, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | 12 Months Film Festival | Nominee November Award | Best Experimental Film (Dmitri Frolov, Yuri Jadrovsky, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | 12 Months Film Festival | Nominee November Award | Fiction of the Month (Dmitri Frolov, Yuri Jadrovsky, Natalya Surkova, Vladimir Zolotar, Darya Alymova) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | AltFF Alternative Film Festival | Nominee Festival Prize | Best Poster (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival | Nominee Jury Special Mention | Short Film (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | Cefalù Film Festival | Nominee Best Film Award | Best Short Film (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | Lisbon Film Rendezvous | Nominee Jury Prize | Best Short Film (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival | Nominee Special Mention | Best Experimental Film Short (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2019 | ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival | Nominee Jury Prize | (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |
| 2018 | ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival | Nominee Jury Prize | (Dmitri Frolov) | Moonlight People |