Who If Not Us

Who If Not Us (Russian: Кто, если не мы, romanized: Kto, esli ne my) is a Russian drama film by actor and director Valeriy Priyomykhov.^[1]

Who If Not Us
Directed by	Valeriy Priyomykhov
Written by	Valeriy Priyomykhov
Produced by	Galina Shadur Karen Shakhnazarov
Starring	Yevgeny Krainov Artur Smolyaninov Valeriy Priyomykhov
Cinematography	Aleksandr Nosovsky
Edited by	Lyudmila Sviridenko
Music by	Vladimir Martynov
Production companies	Courier Film Studio Mosfilm
Release date	1998 (1998)
Running time	89 min.
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Filming began in 1993, but due to lack of funding the film didn't appear on the screen for 5 years.^[2]

Plot

Dreaming to get rich, teenagers Snakes and Tolya plunder the city's department store and as a result one find themselves in a colony, another in a lycee, which differs little from a colony. Having learned truly what solitude is, Snake accidentally gets acquainted with Gennady, an old man just like him, alone and difficult, dismissed from the police.

Cast

• Yevgeny Krainov as Snakes
• Artur Smolyaninov as Tolya
• Valeriy Priyomykhov as Gennady Samokhin
• Lyanka Gryu as Irochka
• Tatyana Dogileva as head of parent committee
• Albert Filozov as class teacher Anatoly Ignatievich
• Yekaterina Vasilyeva as mother at the parents' meeting
• Aleksei Panin as policeman
• Nikolai Chindyajkin as colony supervisor
• Ivan Okhlobystin as pathologist
• Nadezhda Markina as Tolya's mother
• Oleg Marusev as head teacher
• Tatyana Kravchenko as Samokhin's girlfriend

Awards and nominations

• Taormina Film Fest: Special Jury Prize (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win
• Kinotavr: Full-Length Film — nom; Prize of Presidential Council (Valeriy Priemykhov)^[3]
• Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival: Starboy Award (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — nom
• Nika Award: Best Screenplay (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win; Best Director (Valeriy Priyomykhov), Best Actor (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — nom^[2]
• Artek Film Festival: Young Artist Awards (Artur Smolyaninov) — win