
- year : 2022
- country : Ukraine, Russia
- timing : 06:32'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Natalia Bikmullina
written by Natalia Bikmullina
produced by Lyudmila Bikmullina
DoP Daria Nedostup
sound by Adel Ayupov
editor Natalia Bikmullina
production designer Lyudmila Bikmullina
cast: Ahmed El Menshawi, Vadim Pershin, Elena Korovchuk, Lyudmila Bikmullina, Vladislav Fomenko, Denis Semenov, Nicole Kay, Adrian Kay
American-egyptian soccer player comes to Russia to join a team. But witty russian policeman has a different plan for him.
- KONIK Film Festival (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- Austin Comedy Film Festival (2022, United States, Austin)
- Vision International Short Film Festival (2022, Russia, Kemerovo)
- Zolotoe Runo National Film Festival (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Northern Character" (2022, Russia, Murmansk)
- Houston Comedy Film Festival (2022, USA, Houston)
- Author Short Film Festival "Hazelnut" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
My sister’s husband is an Englishman of Egyptian descent. He starred in the lead role. When he was visiting Moscow a few years back, we joked that if he loses his ID, we’ll find him safe and sound, as a construction worker, in about 6 months. Now we live happily together in Moscow, and the family joke found a wonderful manifestation in life.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Natalia Bikmullina was born on 17.02.1988 in Ukraine. Graduated from Ballet school and performed with Kharkov National Ballet and Opera Theatre. In 2007 she moved to Hong Kong and studied at the Academy For Performing Arts. In 2020 she moved to Russia. After suffering from multiple injuries she had to stop dancing and decided to continue her artistic journey by studying movie directing from Higher School of Cinema "Arka" (workshop of Nikolai Lebedev).
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "Ahmed in a wonderland", short student film \ debut