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ABOUT CINEPROMO Catalog A CIRCLE

A CIRCLE

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  • year : 2022
  • country : UK, Russia
  • timing : 24:58'
  • genre : fiction film
  • producer : Maria Lukavskaya

written by Maria Lukavskaya
produced by Polina Kazartseva
DoP Maksim Mikhanyuk
music by Gedminte Samsonaite
sound by Stanislav Paushev
editor Ekaterina Kuchumova
production designer Ekaterina Miller
cast: Varvara Pavlova, Taisia Kotova, Eduard Kalanchuk

During famine in the Sieged Leningrad the mother of two children has no food left to sustain both of them. She has to make a choice.

  • Moscow International Film Festival "8 Women" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
  • Open Russian Film Festival of Patriotic Cinema "Malaya Zemlya", Special Jury Diploma (2022, Russia, Novorossiysk)
  • International Film Forum "Zolotoy Vityaz" (Golden Knight) (2022, Russia, Sevastopol)
  • Pune Short Film Festival (2022, India, Pune)
  • Sol International Film Festival, Best Actress Award (2022, Spain, Torrevieja)
  • Festival of New Cinema (2022, Russia, Volgograd)
  • International Film Festival «East&West. Classics and Avant Garde» (2022, Russia, Orenburg)
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema em Balneário Camboriú, The Grand Prix (2022, Brazil, Balneário Camboriú)
  • Lanzarote International Film Festival (2022, Spain, Lanzarote)
  • Metricamento Corto International Short Film festival, Winner Best First Film (2022, Italy, Veneto CastelFranco)
  • International Film Festival of Student Films PiterKit (2022, Russia, Saint Petersburg)
  • International Student Film and Video Festival of Beijing Film Academy, Best Fiction Film, Outstanding Award (2022, China, Beijing)
  • VGIK International Film Festival (2022, Russia, Moscow)
  • Northern Character International Film Festival (2022, Russia, Murmansk)
  • Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival (2022, Malta, Valetta)
  • Asti International Film Festival, Honorable mention (2022, Italy, Asti)
  • International Festival "Nevsky Blagovest", Special Diploma (2022, Russia, St. Petersburg)
  • Bastau International Film Festival (2022, Kazakhstan, Almaty)
  • Radonezh International Festival of Films and TV programs (2022, Russia, Moscow)
  • Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival (2022, Malta, Marsa)
  • Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, Best student film (2022, India, Mumbai)
  • Shanghai International Short Week, Finalist (2022, China, Shanghai)
  • Russian Elementary Cinema [REC] (2022, Russia, Saint Petersburg)
  • Sedicicorto Forlì International film festival (2022, Italy, Forli)
  • Ouchy Film Awards (2023, Switzeralnd, Lausanne)
  • International Women Filmmakers Festival (2023, Turkey, İzmir)
  • Asia International Film Week (2023, Japan, Tokyo)
  • Prokuplje Film Festival ProFiFest (2023, Serbia, Prokuplje)
  • International film festival MosFilmFest, Finalist (2023, Russia, Moscow)
  • Crossroads International Short Film Festival, Semifinalist (2023, Turkey, İstanbul)
  • Golden Tower International Film Festival (2023, Russia, Ingushetia)
  • International Film Festival “Victory Day” (2024, Russia, Moscow)


Director’s statement

I was deeply affected by the diaries of mothers and children from the Sieged Leningrad and felt this story should be told.


ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:

Mariya graduated from London Film School. Prior to it, she studied Social Psychology at London School of Economics with the focus on ethnic conflicts and racism.
Before this Mariya worked as a commercial development manager in corporations like MasterCard and TripAdvisor.
In parallel to this she has been a founder to several small charitable funds to support sick children from low income families in Eastern Europe.


FILMOGRAPHY:

2022 - "A Circle", short student film \ debut

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