- year : 2021
- country : Russia
- timing : 01:10'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Anatoly Tarabrin
written by Roman Trifonov
produced by Olga Paleva, Anatoly Tarabrin
DoP Vadim Belov
sound by Artur Shadrin
editor Ruslan Isaev
cast: Ivan Vlasenko, Ivan Starinoy, Svetlana Akunevich, Ekaterina Bychkova, Sergey Kharkov
production company: Higher School of Cinema "Arka"
Before the new year, a young guy goes to the store to buy children's gifts. Right in front of his nose, a woman with a child takes the last two remaining gifts. The guy, noticing that there is only one child with the girl, asks to give him a gift, but receives a categorical refusal. The situation is complicated by the fact that the young man needs gifts for orphans from the orphanage. One of the guys will now be left without a gift for the new year.
- KinoDUEL International Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Radiant Angel International Charity Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Pune Short Film Festival (2021, India, Pune)
- New Harvest Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Gorodets Film Festival named after St. Alexandr Nevsky (2021, Russia, Gorodets)
- Festival of social advertising in defense of life and family "Ladoshka", Best Short Film (2021, Belarus, Minsk)
Director’s statement
Not so long ago I came across a short script for a film. It was very kind, reverent and real, this film — it is a study, where kindness, morality, love and the most valuable and beautiful things in life are touched upon, with a special theme children, especially those that lost their parents. I wanted to realize this story, to show it exactly the way I felt and saw it. The film draws the viewer's attention to how important it is to give even the smallest, albeit not the most significant, attention to orphans. It turned out, I think, to be a very touching film.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Anatoly Tarabrin was born on 04.12.1986 in Azov, Rostov region, Russia. In 2006 graduated from Rostov College of Arts, in 2018 - Russia Southern University (IMBL), in 2020 - School of the First Channel. Currently, he is a student of the Universal University Moscow Film School and the Higher School of Cinema "Arka" / HSE.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - "The Gift", short student film
2021 - "Masterful Robbery", short fim
2021 - "Fortune", short student film \ dedut