Roman Shumunov

Roman Shumunov (Hebrew: 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, Hebrew: סל"ה מיר)[1] 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. It a number of his films Shumunow attempts to raise the awareness of the life of young immigrants to Israel.[2][3] In his interview to a Russophone TV program "Day" of Channel 9 Shulumov 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.[4]

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.[5]
    • 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.[6]
  • 2018: Here and Now (Hebrew: כאן ועכשיו), full feature film debut [7]
    • 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.[8]
  • 2020: Back to Chernobyl, documentary
  • 2021: Bernshtein - The last Partisan (Hebrew: ברנשטיין — הפרטיזן האחרו), drama film
    • Based on a real story of Leonid Bernstein (1921–2019), commander of a partisan battalion, who discovered the secret test site of a Nazi "doomsday weapon", V2-rocket[9]
  • 2022 As Long as in the Heart (Hebrew: כל עוד בלבב)[10], 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.[11][12]

Awards
  • 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."[6]
    • 2017: Best Documentary Film Award: KIFF Kiev International Film Festival, Ukraine[6]
    • 2017: Audience Award for Best Film at the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival[13][6]
    • 2018: Winner in section "We are changing" "(Mi változunk)" at the Budapest International Documentary Festival[14]
  • 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.[15] Jury's opinion: "The film has the potential to be a unique, sensitive and authentic voice of an important ethnic group in Israel"[16]
    • 2018, Best Music Award and the Ophir Awards[8]

References
  1. Note: "Selah" stands for "Students before Parents", a Jewish Agency for Israel program
  2. "FILM SCREENING: HERE AND NOW BY ROMA SHUMUNOV", Pushkin House
  3. "«Здесь и сейчас» – новый фильм Романа Шумунова – с 24 октября в кинотеатрах Израиля", Israeli Culture Info
  4. "Интервью в программа ДЕНЬ - фильм "Здесь и Сейчас" "
  5. Roman Shumunov at IMDb
  6. " Documentaries: Society & Ethnology"
  7. Sarah Ward, "'Here and Now': Jerusalem Review", August 7, 2018, Screen Daily
  8. כאן ועכשיו 2016, Israel Film Fund
  9. Bernstein film website
  10. Note: "As Long as in the Heart" is from the first line from Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel
  11. Nadav Menuhin, הסדרה "כל עוד בלבב" מזמינה את הצופים לחוש בנוח עם המבוכה (The series "As Long as in the Heart" invites viewers to feel comfortable with the embarrassment), Walla!, April 25, 2022
  12. Maya Kohen, איך עושים סדרה לנוער, שהיא גם מצחיקה, על השואה? (How do you make a youth series about the Holocaust, which is also funny?), April 24, 2022 Israel Hayom
  13. " News", J.M.T. Films (retrieved April 30, 2022)
  14. "Babylon Dreamers Mr. Roman Shumunov - 87'"
  15. "Jerusalem Pitch Point set to welcome seven projects for 12th edition", Screen Daily
  16. "Atia, Hamoud, Shumunov triumph at Jerusalem Pitch Point", Screen Daily
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