- year : 2020
- country : Russia
- timing : 01:19'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Svetlana Yashina
written and produced by Svetlana Yashina
DoP Andrey Rudenko
editor Svetlana Yashina
cast: Maria Bayluk
A woman takes a break from a party and hides in the bathroom only to find a frightening reflection in the mirror. Having overcome the first surge of fear, she finds an unexpected solution to the problem.
- KinoDUEL International Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Minsk)
- LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest (2020, Puerto Rico, San Juan)
- FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival (2020, United States, Orlando)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2020, India, Madurai)
- Halloween Horror Picture Show (2021, United States, Orlando)
- International Short Film Festival Detmold (2021, Germany, Detmold)
- Portobello Film Festival (2021, United Kingdom, London)
- Arouca Film Festival (2021, Portugal, Aroca)
- International Short Film Festival Bunter Hund (2023, Germany, Munich)
Director’s statement
The theme of self-perception is one of the central to my creative work. Recently, my five-year-old daughter said she doesn't like herself, so I wonder how our culture and the environment we live in become a filter through which we see ourselves.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Svetlana Yashina was born on 26.04.1985 in Krasnodar. In 2009 graduated from Gerasimov Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK).
FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - "Lipstick", short film