- year : 2023
- country : Russia
- timing : 9:26'
- genre : fiction film
written and directed by Olga Sokolova
produced by Regina Burd, Sergey Zhukov
DoPs Evgeny Yavorsky, Ilya Yerofeyev
music by Sid Acharya, Ardie Son
sound by Jerrod Williams
editor Jerrod Williams
production designer Olga Armand
cast: Nica Zhukova
Gaia is a choreographic story that reveals the problems of the ecology of unique protected areas and nature in general. Through the plasticity of the body and breathtaking landscapes, the main character lives a kind of cycle, which for each viewer responds to the heart in its own way. Through multi-dimensional movement, Gaia, like a hero with a thousand faces, invites us to take a deeper look at what is happening around and deep within us.
- Yerevan International Short Film Festival (2023, Armenia, Yerevan)
- KIN International Film Festival (2023, Armenia, Yerevan)
- International Film Festival in Gornji Milanovac (2023, Serbia, Gornji Milanovac)
- CineFem International Women's Film Festival (2023, Uruguay, Maldonado)
- Antakya International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (2023, Turkey, Antakya)
- Northern Character International Film Festival (2023, Russia, Murmansk)
- Amarcort Film Festival (2023, Italy, Ramini)
- Golden Eagle Award, Long list (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- Dance Camera West (2024, United States, Los Angeles)
- Youth Short Film Festival “Hazelnut” (2024, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
The main character of the film, Nika Zhukova, is a bright, deep and unique artist, brilliant in her plasticity, with whom I managed to work as a teacher even before the creation of the film. I have a special subtle connection with Nika, a connection that led to this creative union. It was in her that I managed to see an artist who is able to convey through movements the depth and emotionality of this story, which was originally born in Nika's creative family and took shape already with my arrival in the project.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Olga Sokolova was born on 29.01.1987 in Nakhodka in the Far East of Russia. In 2009 graduated from the Cinevox Junior Company in Switzerland. In 2014 graduated from the American Music and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in Los Angeles, United States.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 - "Gaia", short dance film
