Pavel Khvaleev

Director
Editor
Cinematographer

During the outbreak of a mysterious deadly epidemic devastating a rural European village, sisters Ayia and Mirra promise their dying mother to look after each other to the end of their lives. When Mirra, the younger sister falls victim to the epidemic, Ayia in desperation realizes that conventional medicine will not save her sister. At the local priestÂ’s house Ayia discovers a collection of Shamanic books containing a series of mystic drawings which she deciphers as a ritual for spiritual healing which she believes will save her sister. The Shamanic cure involves a complete immersion into the patientÂ’s mind, a journey into the deepest most hidden depths of their subconscious where terrifying monsters and demons. Will Ayia cope when she faces the obscure depths of her sisterÂ’s subconscious where terrifying monster may lay in waiting? The closer to the bottom of the ocean, the darker it getsÂ…

Play trailer2:16

III (2015)

Pavel Khvaleev was born in Naberezhnie Chelni in Russia, on May 27, 1984. In 2004 he founded the music project Moonbeam with his brother Vitaly. During the following years Moonbeam became a famous international act in the world wide electronic dance scene. In 2000 they entered the DJ Magazine's annual list of the world's best DJs TOP 100! All 40 official Moonbeam music video clips were directed by Pavel. Many of the video's were part of some official European and American film festivals such as Berlin Independent Film Festival, Shockfest Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Pollygrind Underground Film Festival. In 2012 Pavel Khvaleev debuted with his first full-length cinema as the director of the movie "The Random". In the first week of sales on iTunes (Russia) the debut charted the top 50 of the most downloaded movies. Since 2013 Pavel started the creation of his second movie called "III". 2013 Pavel and his team of only 8 people started the creation of his second feature film called «III». The budged contained only EUR 30000. The movie «III» was selected for official screenings in more then 22 International Film Festivals in 2015 and won many awards, such as "Best Foreign Language Film" and "Best Cinematography" in the USA, Australia and Russia.