- year : 2022
- country : Kazakhstan
- timing : 26:51'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Roman Chernikov
written by Roman Chernikov, Aisulu Dauatkhan
produced by Mira Shapaeva
DoP Pavel Pankin
music by Farkhat Mametkurbanov, Ali Yesimov
sound by Farkhat Mametkurbanov, Ali Yesimov, Mukhamedkali Yesimov, Daut Zhantasov
editor Pavel Pankin
cast: Anna Karabayeva, Nurlan Tokumbayev, Chyngyz Kalberdinov, Yulia Aug, Elena Vetrova
production company: Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
The story is about a girl named Nina, who decides to leave the “Island”, where she was born and spent her entire life, to “City”, which is radically different from everything she is used to.
- Huesca International Film Festival (2022, Spain, Huesca)
- Festival del Cinema di Cefalù (2022, Italy, Palermo)
- International Festival of Films about Village and Rural Lifestyle PECHKA (2022, Russia, Shelota, Vologda Oblast)
- PROVINZIALE - Filmfest Eberswalde (2022, Germany, Eberswalde)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- Antakya International Film Festival (2022, Turkey, Antakya)
- Baku International Short Film Festival (2022, Baku, Azerbaijan)
- Asti International Film Festival (2022, Italy, Asti)
- Bastau International Film Festival, Best Short Film (2022, Kazakhstan, Almaty)
- BJX Bajío International Film Festival, Best Film, Best Director (2023, Mexico, Guanajuato)
Director’s statement
The film is based on the experiences of a family chronicle. The moment of growing up and moving to another city. The longing for home. The lack of understanding between loved ones. The presence of love, the essence of which is sometimes difficult to explain.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Roman Chernikov was born on 28.05.1992 in Karaganda, Russia. In 2015 graduated from the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP). In 2020 graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "Nina", short student film \ debut