ΗStraDa Films presents a new innovative way to go to the cinema. The A-screening film THE WHALE'S JOURNEY | THE WHALER BOY, the opening film of this year's Thessaloniki Film Festival that moved audiences and critics alike, will be screened from January 21 online and free of charge via the StraDa Films website. Viewers can pre-purchase virtual tickets (e-reservoirs) and thus enhance the room of their choice. A new way to go to the cinema!
After the successful national premiere of the film LARA through the StraDa website that embraced the audience and enabled support in selected partner theatres, we continue dynamically with THE JOURNEY OF THE WHALE. Watch the film digitally (online) by StraDa Films (StraDae-cinema) in cooperation with cinemas. The viewer will be able to watch the film online, without a subscription, by buying a digital ticket (virtual e-ticket) and thus enhancing the cinema of their choice.
StraDa gives the opportunity to its partner halls to participate in the online virtual release of films of the A’ Screening despite the fact that they are still closed due to covid. The spectator can thus also support in practice the hall he/she loves by buying an e-ticket through a special window/”virtualgate” of the partner hall he/she chooses.
A few words about the film
The Whale's Journey - Kitoboy (TheWhalerBoy) Bering Strait, where Russia meets Alaska, in a whaling village where men resort to onlinechat with a camera. Following their lead is Leska, an awkward fifteen-year-old who falls in love with a girl from Detroit. When he finds his «lover» chatting with someone else, clouded by jealousy, Leskka embarks on an unimaginable odyssey. At the symbolic point where past and future merge, this tender coming-of-age story echoes the turmoil of youth and the pulse of first love.
Awards - Official Festival Participations
The film impressed at the 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival as an opening film and won the Emerging Film Award at the Venice Film Festival 2020.
Contributors
Script: Philip Yuryev
Directed by: Philip Yuryev
They play: Vladimir Onokhov, Vladimir Lyubimtsev, Kristina Asmus
Year: 2020
AKA: The Whaler Boy| Kitoboy
Duration: 93′
Country: Russia, Poland, Belgium
Language: russian
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