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Title: I AM BOY

Reference number: 7848

Date: 2000

Director: d. Mandy McIntosh

Sponsor: Cineworks presents in association with the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund and The Glasgow Film Office

Producer: Jason E. Bowman

Production company: Ham and Enos

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.00 mins

Description: The musical influences on a boy from Siberia, pre and post Perestroika.
[Synopsis taken from the Scottish Screen Short Film Catalogue 2003]

A hybrid documentary which traces the musical influences on a Siberian boy from childhood through to present day. Misha Maltsev wrote to the Beatles from behind the Iron Curtain and made friends with the boy who worked in his village hall so he could use the photo-copier to assemble his punk style fanzine. ( He never actually heard the Sex Pistols until the end of the 1980s because of musical censorship in the former Soviet Union.) The film mixes live 16mm footage from Moscow with 3D reconstructions of Misha's Siberian childhood. "I Am Boy" follows the collapse of the former soviet super power and the resulting freedoms and uprising in traditional music forms, influenced by new access to rock. Misha Maltsev now lives in London and continues to DJ and promote Siberian music. I am Boy was nominated for a BAFTA "Best Documentary" 2001 and has been screened at major festivals throughout the world.
[information from Ham and Enos website at http://www.ham-and-enos.org.uk/iamboy.html, last accessed 15/2/2010]

Short (c. 10 min) and slightly longer (c. 12 min) versions are preserved by National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

Cineworks: Commissions five short films a year by new filmmakers in the genres of drama, documentary and animation. Funded by Scottish Screen National Lottery Fund, UK Film Council and BBC Scotland. Includes a training programme.

Credits: Cineworks presents in association with the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund and The Glasgow Film Office

offline ed. Jake Roberts
online ed. Serious Facilities, Glasgow
titles designed in Lapland by Patrick Macklin
production initiated with Elspeth O'Hare
cinematographer Iain Riddick
animation designer Mandy McIntosh
engineered in 3D by Robotmasters
sd. (Edinburgh) Colin Hood
sd. (Glasgow) Fiona Kelly
camera ass. Neil McCormack
archival footage © Tabbik Festival, Yakutsk, Siberia. © Community Programmes Uni, BBC Television

Track 1: Air Hostess; Track 5: My Love Bought Me a Blue Plastic Watch; Track 6: How Many B Planes © Kaffe Matthews, Annetteworks, London
Track 3: Just What is it That These Tests Measure?; Track 2: Visitations; Track 4: Club States © Jason Sweeney, Pleasurecraft, Melbourne.
Track 7: Anatoly on Horseback performed by Anatoly Kuular originally taken from the recording 'Tuva Among the Spirits' produced by Ted Levin and Joel Gordon
Track 8: Barlyk River performed by Alexei Saryglar. Both tracks [7 and 8] traditionally arranged by Kaigal-ool Khovalyg published by Greenwave Music/Realworld Works Ltd. taken from the album 'Where Young Grass Grows" performed by Huun-Huur-Tu published 1999 by Shanachie Entertainment Corporation
Track 9: Stepanida Song sung by Stepanida Borisova voice recorded by Misha Maltsev music composed by Hubl Greiner and Luigi Archette [HULU]

Thanks Staff and volunteers at GFVW [Glasgow Film and Video Workshop], Sasha at Greenwave, Annie Reed at RealWorld, Misha Maltsev and Ruhi Hamid, Dubhustler/Prettyboy Crossover, Kaffe Matthews

exec. p. Cordelia Stephens
© Jason E. Bowman, Mandy McIntosh, Cineworks 2000.

Supported by Banff Centre for the Arts, British Council Canada, British Council Russia, Glasgow Film Office, Scottish Screen Training Bursary, Scottish Arts Council