- year : 2021
- country : Russia
- timing : 16:38'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Daria Mikhailova
written by Yuri Leikin
produced by Daria Mikhailova, Yuri Leikin
DoP Andrey Naydenov
sound by Petr Kucherenko
editor Daria Mikhailova
cast: Vasilisa Sukhanova, Anastasia Zadorozhnaya, Daria Kolpikova, Kirill Darin
Once Polina’s phone gets a new function. All the people, she is taking photos of, disappear. If at first it makes her curious, then she understands that this way she can easily get rid of the unpleasant people and nobody will know about it. What will it lead to and what consequences will be?
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna", Special Diploma (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival (2021, Romania, Bucharest)
- Kaliningrad Short Film Festival (2021, Russia, Kaliningrad)
- KONIK Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival KIN (2021, Armenia, Yerevan)
- International festival of author's cinema MosFilmFest (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Procida International Film Festival (2021, Italy, Procida)
- International Short Film Festival "VISION" (2021, Russia, Kemerovo)
- Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) (2021, Cyprus, Nicosia, Larnaca)
- Prize of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia "Golden Eagle", Nominee (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Skepto International Film Festival (2022, Italy, Cagliari)
- ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival (2022, Romania, Targu-Mures)
- Golden Phoenix International Film Festival of Actors-Directors (2022, Russia, Smolensk)
- VKRATZE! International Short Film Fest (2022, Russia, Volgograd)
Director’s statement
There are so many things that irritate us in the daily flow of life. What if we suddenly had the opportunity to eliminate the cause of our discomfort, to simply remove those who hurt, irritate, or offend us? It seems that then our life would become the life we need to live. But do we realize how interconnected everything in the world is, that every action we take has consequences that are inevitable and, at times, unknown to us? I didn't think about it seriously until I read this script.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Daria Mikhailova was born on 22.02.1965 in Moscow, Russia. In 1985 graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - "Polina", short film \ debut