- year : 2017
- country : Russia, Uzbekistan
- timing : 23:36'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Kirsten Gaynet
written Kirsten Gaynet
produced by Minnikhan Gainetdinov
DoP Kirsten Gaynet
music by Afarim Akchurin
sound by Pavel Bogushevich
editor Seyran Tevfikov
production designer Marina Veter
Back in 1941 in an small village club the men of a theatre went to battle-front and asked their loved ones to save it, promising to come back in 3-4 months with victory. And 7 actresses swore to perform every day on their front-line - stage. Rising national spirit, making people believe and hope became their aim. But they didn't know that war would last for long 4 years. But notwithstanding all the difficulties they stayed true to their oath. There're only 4 theatres left out of 36 in Bashkortostan. There's also the theatre of 7 girls which still exists. This is Salavat state Bashkir drama theatre - the theatre that must live despite everything as a reminder of the war that impossible to forget.
- Film Festival "Native Trails" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- Kazan International Film Festival (2017, Russia, Kazan)
- Experimental Film Festival "PURE" (2017, Russia, St. Petersburg)
- Russian Film Festival "Man Investigating the World" (2017, Russia, Simferopol \ Evpatoria \ Yalta)
- North Caucasus Open Film Festival and TV "Kunaki" (2017, Abkhazia, Sukhumi)
- International Film Festival "Radiant Angel" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- Film Festival "Fathers & Sons", Best Foreign Documentary (2017, Russia, Orel)
- Turkish World Documentary Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (2017, Turkey, Istanbul)
- Russian Film Festival, Best Documentary (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- International Festival of Patriotic films "Volokolamsk line", Special Jury Diploma (2017, Russia, Volokolamsk)
- International Festival of Amateur Films "Bereginya" (2017, Russia, Arkhangelsk)
- Russian Film Festival "ARTkino" (2017, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival International Peace & Film Festival (2018, USA, Florida)
- International Film Festival "Rendezvous with Russia" (2017, Russia, Vologda region)
- IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival (2018, India, New Delhi)
- International Film Festival "Eight Women" (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- Film Festival "ZA", Best Documentary (2018, Russia, Chelyabinsk)
- Open Film Festival of Student and Debut Films "St. Anna", Special Prize "Patriot" of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Window" (2018, Russia, Omsk)
- International Film Festival "The Light of the World", Diploma of the 1th degree, Best Scenario in a Documentary Film (2018, Russia, Yaroslavl)
- Uçan Süpürge Uluslararası Kadın Film Festival (2018, Turkey, Ankara)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Kirsten Gaynet was born on 12.09.1989 in the village of Inzer (Bashkortostan, Russia). In 2005 she moved to Ufa, (Russia), where she gained medical education, though she has always dreamt to become an actress. In 2015 she graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (DoP Faculty) and St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts (Faculty of Cinema and Photo Arts). Kirsten Gaynet is keen on artistic photography and got 2 personal exhibitions. At the present moment she lives in Istanbul, engaged in the development of author's ethnic and national cinema.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2017 - 7 MAIDEN’S THEATRE, documentary
2014 - LIVE, SOLDIER, LIVE, short student film / debut
