- year : 2018
- country : Russia
- timing : 18:09'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Dasha Charusha
written by Dasha Charusha
produced by Ekaterina Kononenko
DoP Alexey Kupriyanov
music by Dasha Charusha
sound by Dmitry Lykov
editor Vladimir Vaulin
production designer Anna Kudevich
cast: Evgeniy Sangadzhiev, Aglaya Tarasova, Sabina Ahmedova, Konstantin Stolyarov, Olga Torgashova, Daniel Barns, Galina Stakhanova
production company: VERSUS Pictures
Abdul, a young driver from Central Asia, forgets all his previous problems, when a pregnant Lena jumps into his yellow taxi, with her waters about to burst. First, the young man must learn to answer to the name 'Misha' (Lena is used to it), and then – deliver the baby in extreme conditions, that is – an ordinary Moscow traffic jam. Participants in the congestion, including one foreigner and one pensioner, also have to take part in the operation. 'Good Day' is the directorial debut of singer and actress Dasha Charusha in the short romantic comedy genre.
- Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival (2018, Greece, Athens)
- Shikshin Russian Film Festival (2018, Russia, Barnaul)
- Kaliningrad Short Film Festival (2018, Russia, Kaliningrad)
- International Youth Film Festival KZN, Best Production Project (2018, Russia, Kazan)
- International Film Festival "Pacific Meridian" (2018, Russia, Vladivostok)
- Moscow Festival of Russian Cinema "Let Us Live!" (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- All-Russian Film Festival "Golden Phoenix" (2018, Russia, Smolensk)
- Sose International Film Festival (2018, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Women’s International Film Festival "KIN", Special prize and diploma of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in the nomination "The Best Russian Film" (2018, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Post Alley Film Festival (2018, USA, Seattle)
- International Orthodox Film Festiva "Pokrov", 3rd Place (2018, Ukraine, Kiev)
- Lublin Film Festival (2018, Poland, Lublin)
- Film Festival "St. Vladimir", 3rd Prize (2018, Russia, Sevastopol)
- Lublin Film Festival (2018, Poland, Lublin)
- Film festival "The Man Investigating the World" (2018, Russia, Crimea)
- ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival (2018, Romania, Targu Mures)
- International Film and TV-program Festival "Radonezh", Special Jury Prize (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- International Arctic Film Festival "Arctic Open" (2018, Russia, Arkhangelsk)
- International Film Festival "Northern Character" (2018, Russia, Murmansk)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2018, Madurai, India)
- International Films Festival on Human Rights "Stalker" (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- Film Festival "Black and White Rainbow" (2018, Russia, Togliatti)
- Participant of the Russian action "The Day of Short Films 2018" with the support of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- International Short Film Festival Bunter Hund (2019, Germany, Munich)
- International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA (2019, Poland, Jelenia Góra)
- Chennai International Short Film Festival (2019, India, Chennai)
- Arctic Open Cinema Marathon (2019, Russia, Arkhangelsk Region)
- Charity event of the International Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker" (2019, Russia, Kursk)
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna", 3rd Place (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Festival of Russian Short Films "Short Meetings" (2019, Austria, Vienna)
- All-Russian Festival of Author’s Short Films "ArtKino", Prize of the President Festival (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Arctic Festival "Teriberka" (2019, Russia, Murmansk)
- Pentedattilo Film Festival (2019, Italy, Pentedattilo)
- Patriki Film Festival (2019, Russia, Moscow)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Dasha Charusha was born on 25.08.1980 in Norilsk, Russia. In 2003 graduated from The Russian Institute of Theatrical Art (GITIS) as an actress. 2003 - 2006 - actress of "Theater Of the Moon". In 2008 worked in the theater "Practice". Since 2014 has been engaged in a musical career; composed the soundtracks to the film "Hardcore".
FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 - "Good Day", short film \ debut
