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Short Film Based on Beholder Game Released

The official short film produced and directed by Nikita Ordynskiy and Liliya Tkach at KINODOM, a Russian Production Film studio is available on YouTube for free. The lead role of a Landlord is by actor Evgeniy Stychkin.

Beholder is a multi-award winning Orwellian themed game launched back in November of 2016 and quickly amassed a growing number of fans that continues to grow worldwide. Alawar is releasing an official sequel naturally titled Beholder 2 focused more on the Ministry side of the dystopian world.

In the Photo (left to right): Eugene Sister (producer of the game), Lily Tkach (film producer), Nikita Ordynskiy (Film Director), Natalia Ogloblina (Head of the studio Warm Lamp Games), Evgeny Seryshev (Head of Development of Warm Lamp Games)

“We are preserving the approach that we have developed while working on the Papers, Please adaptation: we try to vividly depict the original game and avoid adding any imagined details,’ says Nikita, ‘That’s why we’ve decided to go with a black-and-white reproduction, drop the dialogues and stick to a silent movie. We believe that this approach will help us convey the grim atmosphere of the game best.” – Nikita Ordynskiy, Founder at KINODOM

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