- year : 2019
- country : Russia
- timing : 05:17'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Alexander Solovyov
written by Alexander Solovyov
produced by Ksenia Kovaleva
DoP Maxim Zhukov
music by Luke Atenzio
sound by Alexey Belyaev, Yuriy Nazarov
editor Alexander Solovyov
production designer Dmitry Onishchenko
cast: Vera Strokova, Daniil Izotov-Muravyov, Marina Rokina, Vladimir Malkov, Igor Silchenko, Olga Sakhanova, Ela Sanko
production company: Sberbank of Russia
Praskovya continues working in the Bank despite hunger in the freezing siege of Leningrad. Her husband went to war. The only thing he left is the ink pot. This gift is the onlyitem which makes Praskovya feel warm. In the most critical moment when no hopes or energy is left only the ink pot acts as a twist of destiny.
- International Festival of Orthodox Cinema «Pokrov» (2019, Ukraine, Kiev)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short film Festival (2019, India, Madurai)
- International festival of cinema and television programs "Radonezh" (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Moscow Shorts Film Festival, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Film Festival "Black and White Rainbow", 2nd Place in the Category "Short fiction Film" (2019, Russia, Togliatti)
- KINNO [Moscow] (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- ClujShorts International Short Film Festival (2020, Romania, Cluj-Napoca)
- Dieciminuti Film Festival (2020, Italy, Ceccano)
- International Changing Perspectives Film Festival (2020, Turkey, Istanbul)
- Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival (2020, Germany, Selb)
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- ONE Country ONE Film International Festival (2020, France, Apchat)
- International Film Forum “Zolotoy Vityaz” (Golden knight) (2020, Russia, Sevastopol)
- Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest (2020, Italy, Roma)
- SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival, BEST DRAMA (2020, Romania, Bucharest)
- BuSho International Shortfilm Festival (2020, Hungary, Budapest)
- Fresco International Film Festival (2020, Armenia, Yerevan)
- Social World Film Festival (2020, Italy, Napoli)
- Ariano International Film Festival (2020, Italy, Ariano-Irpino)
- International Film festival «East&West. Classics and Avant Garde» (2020, Russia, Orenburg)
- International Film Festival for Children and Young People "AniFestROZAFA" (2020, Albania, Shkoder)
- International Festival of Short Films about the Great Patriotic War and World War II "Break for Cinema" (2020, Russia, Saint Petersburg)
- Portobello Film Festival (2020, UK, London)
- International Charity Film Festival "Radiant Angel" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- New Harvest Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Arouca Film Festival (2020, Portugal, Arouca)
- International Short Film Festival Detmold (2020, Germany, Detmold)
- Schermi Irregolari International Short Film Festival, BEST SHORT FILM (2020, Italy, Bagno a Ripoli)
- Kraljevski filmski festival (2020, Serbia, Kraljevo)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Sedicicorto International Film Festival (2020, Italy, Forli)
- Festival of Russian cinema "Man Cognizing the World" (2020, Russia, Kerch, Feodosia)
- International Festival of Military-Patriotic Film "Volokolamsk Frontier" (2020, Russia, Volokolamsk)
- Cyprus International Film Festival "Golden Aphrodite" (2020, Cyprus, Nicosia)
- Ozerov International Military Film Festival (2020, Russia, Tula)
- Days of German and Russian short films "VKRATZE!" (2020, Russia, Volgograd)
- All-Russian Film Festival "Russian Elementary Cinema" [REC] (2020, Russia, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, St. Petersburg)
- Minsk International Short Film Festival "Kinosmena" (2021, Belarus, Minsk)
- International Short Film Festival "The Unprecedented Cinema" (2021, Estonia, Maardu, Tallinn)
- Festival of Social Advertising in Defense of Life and Family «Ladoshka» (2021, Belarus, Minsk)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Alexander Solovyov was born on 05.09.1988 in Moscow. In 2009 graduated from London College of Communication. In 2011 graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Drama Center in London as a film director. Shoots commercials, TV shows, documentaries, videos and everything else that can be shot.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - "Praskovya", short film
2019 - "Temple", documentary
2017 - "Cop's Wife", TV series
2014 - "Circles of the Wold", documentary
2014 - "One Game Older", documentary
2013 - "Emergency 71", documentary
2012 - "Spell", short Film
2011 - "Shipment 56", short Film