- year : 2020
- country : Russia
- timing : 21:00'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Alexey Medvedev
written by Sergey Surzhikov
produced by Anna Rumyantseva, Pavel Yurinov
DoP Alexandra Myasnikova
music by Vadim Mayevsky, Timur Kitov
sound by Lola Bukayeva
editor Pavel Yurinov
production designer Vadim Eremin
cast: Nicholas Machulski, Vitaly Kovalenko, Tatiana Malyarevskaya, Guram Bablishvili, Nikita Tesin, Jana Fomicheva
production company: Academy of Cinematographic and Theatre Arts N.S.Mikhalkov’s
A fatal accident - hostage-taking in a faraway country - brings together an important diplomat, his unfaithful wife and her lover. To be saved, they need to act together, but is it possible when hatred is stronger than the desire to live, a sense of duty is more important than reputation, and betrayal is higher than love?
- SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival (2020, Romania, Bucharest)
- Moscow Shorts International Short Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Portobello Film Festival (2020, UK, London)
- Pune Short Film Festival (2020, India, Pune)
- Kaliningrad Short Film Festival (2020, Russia, Kaliningrad)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- All-Russian Film Festival "Man Who Knows the World" (2020, Russia, Crimea)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short film Festival (2020, India, Madurai)
- International open youth festival of television programs and films "Telemania" (2020, Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg)
- Stalker International Human Rights Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Moscow International Film Festival DetectiveFEST (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Minsk International Short Film Festival "Kinosmena" (2021, Belarus, Minsk)
- Russian National Auteur Short Film Festival “Artkino” (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- International Short Film Festival "Window" (2022, Russia, Omsk)
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Alexey Medvedev was born on 14.06.1979 in Norilsk, Russia. In 2001 graduated from Institute of Contemporary Arts. 1998 - 2004 worked as an actor at Moscow Theater n.a. M. Yermolova. Worked in television and radio. Since 2010 has been working at theatre "Doc" and Center of Dramatic Art and Film Direction n.a. Kazantsev and Roshchina. In 2014 studied at Film Academy n.a. N. Mikhalkov.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - "Freedom of choice", short student film
2017 - "HostageToLike", short film \ debut