- year : 2016
- country : Russia
- timing : 23:40'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Nina Vedmitskaya
written by Maxim Markin, Nina Vedmitskaya
produced by Nina Vedmitskaya
DoP Svyatoslav Osipov
music by Vladimir Genov
sound by Vladimir Shmatko
editor Alina Guichard
production designer Daria Voronkova
cast: Makar Pustoramov, Daniil Bulychev, Jana Poplavskaja
This is a story of Nick, a 5th grader of Donetsk school, who stays in the classroom during the bombardment. All alone with his fear he suddenly finds the support. The most common school board becomes a portal to the past. Nick meets the same little boy, but from 1941. They both are locked in the school under fire, and both want to live, be happy and enjoy the childhood.
- Russian Short Film Festival "Lamp" (2015, Russia, Perm)
- International Orthodox Film Festival "Meeting" (2016, Russia, Obninsk)
- Russian Film Festival "Defenders of Motherland", Best Short Film (2016 Russia, Kazan)
- National Film Festival "Meetings on Vyatka" (2016, Russia, Kirov)
- Sehsüchte International Film Festival (2016, Germany, Potsdam)
- International Festival of detective films and television law-enforcement themes "DetectiveFEST" (2016, Moscow, Russia)
- International Youth Film Festival "New Horizon" Special Diploma "For the important topic" (2016, Russia, Voronezh)
- Outdoor Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna" (2016, Moscow, Russia)
- CMS International Children's Film Festival (2016, India, Lucknow)
- Arts Festival "Moscow Stars" prize for the best short film (2016, Moscow, Russia)
- backup_festival (2016, Germany, Weimar)
- Festival "Won Together" (2016, Russia, Sevastopol)
- International Short Film Festival SorsiCorti (2016, Italy, Palermo)
- International Film Forum "Golden Vityaz" (2016, Russia, Sevastopol)
- International Youth Film Festival "Light of the World", Best Film Prize on the version of children's jury, Diploma of I degree in nomination "Fiction", Special Jury Prize (2016, Russia, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Uglich, Rostov)
- International Festival "The cars Bosporus" (2016, Russia, Kerch)
- The international festival of student films and creative photography "Golden five" (2016, Russia, Khimki)
- International Short Film Festival CinemadaMare (2016 festival tour in Italy)
- Doc Sunback Film Festival, Best Student Film Prize (2016, USA, Kansas)
- Film Festival "The Time to Live", Grand Prix (2016, Belarus, Molodechno)
- International Children's Film Festival "The Scarlet Sails", Best Short Film Prize (2016, Russia, Crimea)
- Film Festival "Saint Vladimir", Grand Prix in short film competition (2016, Russia, Sevastopol)
- Film Festival n.a. V.M Shukshin, Special Prizes (2016, Russia, Barnaul)
- Fresco International Festival, Best film - The message of the world (2016, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Russian Film Festival "Heroes of Our Time" (2016, Russia, Tambov)
- Moscow Youth Film Festival "Let Us Live!" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Radiant Angel" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
- TV Film Forum "Native paths" (2016, Russia, Moscow)
- Women’s International Film Festival “KIN” (2016, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Russian Film Festival "ARTkino", Diploma of Moscow viewers 3rd degree (2016, Russia, Moscow)
- International Festival of Student Film "Early Bird" (2016 Bulgaria, Sofia)
- Afghanistan International Women Film Festival, Best Screenplay Prize (2016 Afghanistan, Kabul)
- Tirana International Film Festival (2016 Albania, Tirana)
- International festival of children's and family films "Zero Plus" (2016, Russia, Tyumen)
- International Festival of military-patriotic film "Volokolamsk abroad" (2016, Russia, Volokolamsk)
- Human Rights International Film Festival "Stalker" (2016, Moscow, Russia)
- Open International Festival of youth and the family films "Kino-Click", The winner in the nomination "Fiction" (2016, Russia, Yaroslavl)
- International Film festival "Ladoshka", 3rd place in the category "Best Short Film" (2016 Belarus, Minsk)
- Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film Exhibition (2016 China, Beijing)
- International Film Festival of Lanzarote (2017, Spain, Lanzarote)
- Charitable Festival of Spiritual and Moral Cinema for Children and Youth, Special Prize (2017, Russia, Kronshtadt)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Nina Vedmitskaya was born on 03.11.1987 in Krasnoyarsk (Siberia, Russia) in the family of choreographers. Since childhood she has been dreaming to work in film industry. In 2009 she graduated from Krasnoyarsk Academy of Music and Theatre Arts as an actress. In 2010 she entered Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (VKSR). Her diploma film “Unlearned Lesson 14/41” was selected to more than 50 film festival around the world and won more that 30 prizes. In 2018 she founded "TSEKH" film school.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - "This Life", short film
2016 - "Lesson Unlearned 14\41", short film \ diploma
2011 - "Nyurka", short student film