Maxim Bessmertny
Nascimento : 1988-12-24, Vladivostok, Russia
História
Maxim Bessmertny (b. 24th December 1988, Russia) is a Macau based director, screenwriter and producer. He is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of The Arts with an MFA in Film Production. Maxim’s narrative short film, the noir mystery ’Tricycle Thief' was the first Macau made short film to World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. It won the 2015 Kodak Gold Award for best short film and has played at numerous festivals worldwide. He has worked with numerous clients on commercials and advertisements including Zouk Singapore, Pacha, City of Dreams and Wynn Resorts. Maxim’s latest documentary effort is entitled Douro Boys, a documentary about the leading winemakers of Portugal and their wine revolution. His first solo exhibition show was held in 2018 and showcased creative works and short films from the past decade. His short film Sampan, shot entirely on Kodak Super 16mm film, world premiered in his birth town of Vladivostok at the Pacific Meridian International Film Festival in September 2018. In 2017, Maxim was invited to take part in Years of Macau, an omnibus feature film showcasing Macau in the 20 years since its handover in 1999. The film, produced by Tracy Choi, won the Cinephilia Critics award at the 2019 International Film Festival of Macau. That same year, Maxim and his writing partner Jorge Santos won a competitive bid to produce a short feature for Macau Cultural Center’s Local Viewpower competition. Maxim’s feature film project entitled “Investigator Mendonza” was selected by the Torino Film Lab to take part in its extended and creative producing workshops and was also part of the 4th IFFAM Film Market. Maxim moved to Macau with his parents when he was 4 years old and grew up speaking Portuguese, English and his mother tongue, Russian. He grew up in a creative family - his mother is a pianist and his father is a renown artist, painter and sculptor. Having started his career as a video maker for a Hotel Casino, where he studied all of the different departments (kitchen, housekeeping, security, engineering) Maxim quickly took a loving for stories about ordinary everyday people that are somehow involved in a challenging or threatening situation. With an aesthetic that pays homage to classical cinema and some narrative originality, his films are vividly entertaining and slightly melodramatic. Over the last years his work has become more complex and challenging.
Producer
On the day they move apartments, a couple struggles to get everything in order before the landlord arrives for a final inspection.
Writer
On the day they move apartments, a couple struggles to get everything in order before the landlord arrives for a final inspection.
Director
On the day they move apartments, a couple struggles to get everything in order before the landlord arrives for a final inspection.
Producer
Two millennials: Richard, a film studies student, and Ethan, a music producer preparing to launch his own startup—share a flat in Macau with a cherished washing machine, affectionately named R3D2. When they suddenly need to dispose of it, though, the two Westerners embark on a nine-minute journey of desperation, misdemeanors, and language barriers that folds the history of Macau into a dryly funny take on the myth of Sisyphus.
Writer
Two millennials: Richard, a film studies student, and Ethan, a music producer preparing to launch his own startup—share a flat in Macau with a cherished washing machine, affectionately named R3D2. When they suddenly need to dispose of it, though, the two Westerners embark on a nine-minute journey of desperation, misdemeanors, and language barriers that folds the history of Macau into a dryly funny take on the myth of Sisyphus.
Director
Two millennials: Richard, a film studies student, and Ethan, a music producer preparing to launch his own startup—share a flat in Macau with a cherished washing machine, affectionately named R3D2. When they suddenly need to dispose of it, though, the two Westerners embark on a nine-minute journey of desperation, misdemeanors, and language barriers that folds the history of Macau into a dryly funny take on the myth of Sisyphus.
Producer
In the Douro, five winemakers get together with the aim of exporting Portuguese wine to the world.
Director
In the Douro, five winemakers get together with the aim of exporting Portuguese wine to the world.
Writer
In the Douro, five winemakers get together with the aim of exporting Portuguese wine to the world.
Music
In the Douro, five winemakers get together with the aim of exporting Portuguese wine to the world.
Director of Photography
In the Douro, five winemakers get together with the aim of exporting Portuguese wine to the world.
Writer
"Years of Macau" is an anthology film consisting of nine short films set in different years and locations in Macau. They include "Go Back Home", "REC-Last Days", "Sparkling Mind", "The Last Show", "Till the End of World", "The First Cigarette", "A Moment", "Dirty Laundry" and "Summer". All nine directors are from Macau, most of whom were born and raised here. The stories of each film share what the directors feel about Macau using the language of cinema to convey their love for the city.
Director
"Years of Macau" is an anthology film consisting of nine short films set in different years and locations in Macau. They include "Go Back Home", "REC-Last Days", "Sparkling Mind", "The Last Show", "Till the End of World", "The First Cigarette", "A Moment", "Dirty Laundry" and "Summer". All nine directors are from Macau, most of whom were born and raised here. The stories of each film share what the directors feel about Macau using the language of cinema to convey their love for the city.
Producer
A feudal lord bans an assassin from the garden of earthly delights until he fulfills an order.
Writer
A feudal lord bans an assassin from the garden of earthly delights until he fulfills an order.
Director
A feudal lord bans an assassin from the garden of earthly delights until he fulfills an order.
Editor
A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?
Producer
A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?
Director
A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?
Writer
A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?
Banker
A single banknote travels through town and clears all debts. Where does it end up?
Producer
A 64 year old cardboard collecting grandmother and a Brazilian bodybuilder reveal the identity of Macau through the pointillist minutiae of their life experience, emotional strength, and driving passions.
Editor
A 64 year old cardboard collecting grandmother and a Brazilian bodybuilder reveal the identity of Macau through the pointillist minutiae of their life experience, emotional strength, and driving passions.
Director
A 64 year old cardboard collecting grandmother and a Brazilian bodybuilder reveal the identity of Macau through the pointillist minutiae of their life experience, emotional strength, and driving passions.
Music
A fisherman, a banker and an actress are involved in a love triangle in the middle of the ocean.
Editor
A fisherman, a banker and an actress are involved in a love triangle in the middle of the ocean.
Producer
A fisherman, a banker and an actress are involved in a love triangle in the middle of the ocean.
Writer
A fisherman, a banker and an actress are involved in a love triangle in the middle of the ocean.
Director
A fisherman, a banker and an actress are involved in a love triangle in the middle of the ocean.
Writer
O Cravo (The Carnation) revisits the old streets of Macau, from the point of view of film noir: a passionate Portuguese man, a broken heart, an intrigue, a dark alley, memories of a lost territory.
Songs
A group of studio executives cast for the replacements of a band gone missing.
Director
A group of studio executives cast for the replacements of a band gone missing.
Solo Guitarist
A group of studio executives cast for the replacements of a band gone missing.
Editor
After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.
Producer
After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.
Writer
After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.
Director
After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.
Producer
Cheng, an ambassador of Peranakan Culture in Singapore discovers a painting that propels him to leave Singapore.
Director
Cheng, an ambassador of Peranakan Culture in Singapore discovers a painting that propels him to leave Singapore.
Editor
Cheng, an ambassador of Peranakan Culture in Singapore discovers a painting that propels him to leave Singapore.
Writer
Cheng, an ambassador of Peranakan Culture in Singapore discovers a painting that propels him to leave Singapore.
Producer
A Hmong guide's daily life in the mountains of Sapa, North Vietnam.
Cinematography
A Hmong guide's daily life in the mountains of Sapa, North Vietnam.
Editor
A Hmong guide's daily life in the mountains of Sapa, North Vietnam.
Director
A Hmong guide's daily life in the mountains of Sapa, North Vietnam.
Producer
A laundry cleaner named Wonton falls for a prostitute.
Writer
A laundry cleaner named Wonton falls for a prostitute.
Director
A laundry cleaner named Wonton falls for a prostitute.
Director
Everything that can go does go wrong in a five star hotel.
Cinematography
Everything that can go does go wrong in a five star hotel.
Editor
Everything that can go does go wrong in a five star hotel.
Writer
Everything that can go does go wrong in a five star hotel.
Producer
An artist tries to convince a group of casino executives to finance his art project.
Writer
An artist tries to convince a group of casino executives to finance his art project.
Director
An artist tries to convince a group of casino executives to finance his art project.
Ludovico
An artist tries to convince a group of casino executives to finance his art project.
Cinematography
A young man falls while jogging.
Writer
A young man falls while jogging.
Director
A young man falls while jogging.
Writer
Two roomates become acquainted during a game of chess.
Director
Two roomates become acquainted during a game of chess.
Philosopher
Two roomates become acquainted during a game of chess.
Editor
A monument handcrafted by Konstantin Bessmertny is exhibited at Venice Biennale 2007.
Director
A monument handcrafted by Konstantin Bessmertny is exhibited at Venice Biennale 2007.
Writer
The sevn sins of a group of hotel employees.
Director
The sevn sins of a group of hotel employees.
The sevn sins of a group of hotel employees.
