Pyotr Lutsik and Alexei Samoryadov were two of Russia’s best screenwriters, starting from their student screenplay for the film Tikhonya (1987) and until their screenplay for the film Outskirts (“Okraina”) produced in 1998 after Samoryadov had already died and Lutsik had only two more years of life before him. Now their work Wild Field (“Dikoye Polye”) is being interpreted as a cluster of energy from a pair of not only talented writers but – and it’s unconditionally more important – wise people. The wild world will burst anyway. But without fail, the white flag with a red cross will return to the field as a reminder of the duty to treat and to save.

Alexei Samoryadov

05.07.1962 — 26.01.1994

Screenwriter, Director. Mr. Samoryadov graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1989. He worked creatively in collaboration with Pyotr Lutsik. He died tragically in 1994.

Pyotr Lutsik

01.01.1960 — 28.10.2000

Screenwriter, Director. Mr. Lutsik graduated from the Technological Department of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. In 1984 and 1985 he worked as an assistant director and chief administrator at the UzbekFilm Studios. In 1990 he graduated from the Screenwriting Department of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography.

Screenwriting Credits:

1987 Tikhonya – feature

1998 Frontier, Film 8: On a Distant Frontier (“Gosudarstvennaya Granitsa, Film 8: Na Dalnem Pogranichiye”), co-written with Oleg Smirnov

1988 Mister Running Away (“Grazhdanin Ubegayuschiy”) – feature

1989 The Eve (“Kanun”) – feature – directors

1990 Savoy – feature

1992 Gongofer – feature

1992 Dyuba-Dyuba – feature

1993 Children of Cast-Iron Gods (“Deti Chugunnykh Bogov”) – feature

1994 Limita (“Limita”) – feature – co-written with Irakli Kvirikadze

1998 Outskirts (“Okraina”) – feature

Prizes for the film Outskirts:

Eisenstein Prize for the film’s screenplay, Moscow

Diploma from the Guild of Russian Film Scholars and Critics at the 1998 Kinotavr FF, Sochi

FIPRESCI Prize, Chicago IFF

Diploma from the jury of the 1998 Molodost IFF, Kiev

1998 Golden Ram for Best Debut from the Guild of Russian Film Scholars and Critics

Don-Quixote prize from the international jury of movie-clubs at 1999 Berlin IFF: Forum

Nomination for the 1998 Golden Rooster for Debut of the Year (P. Lutsik)

Nomination for the Russian Film Academy Award Nika for Best Screenplay (P. Lutsik and A. Samoryadov)

Philip Morris Freedom Award for Best Eastern-European Film, Karlovy Vary IFF

For the film Children of Cast-Iron Gods:

Diploma of the Confederation of Filmmakers' Unions

Best Film Award at the Contest of Author's Films at the 1993 Kinotavr FF, Sochi

1993 Golden Ram for Best Cinematography (S. Kozlov) and Best Screenplay (P. Lutsik, A. Samoryadov)

Grand Prix of the 1994 Independent FF, Budapest

1993 Green Apple Golden Leaf for the best script and for the best cinematography.

1993 Nika for the Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction

Prize from the Society of Film Critics of Portugal at the 1994 Troia IFF