- year : 2019
- country : Russia
- timing : 20:04'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Oksana Degtyareva
written by Oksana Degtyareva
DoP Sofia Naboka
music by Valentin Mingalev, Ivan Vakulenko
sound by Valentin Mingalev
editor Oksana Degtyareva
production designer Tatyana Azarova
cast: Elena Tashaeva, Ivan Ivashkin, Katerina Becker, Alexander Yugov, Angela Belyanskaya, Alexander Chevychelov
production company: Gerasimov Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK)
Nina spends her time at her parents’ busy with the preparation for her younger sister’s wedding. Unexpectedly for her, her husband Nikita comes there too. Nina and Nikita have been going through a family relationships crisis. In order not to spoil the event, they try to pretend that everything is OK between them. How will their reluctant mutual vocation end? Will they be able to batter the wall between them down or will this wall get even higher?
- International Film Festival VGIK, Grand Prix (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Film Festival of Russian Films (2020, Italy, Venice)
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- The Unprecedented Cinema International Festival of Short Film (2020, Estonia, Maardu, Tallinn)
- SHORT to the Point International Short Film Festival, BEST STUDENT (2020, Romania, Bucharest)
- KONIK Film Festival, Festival Organizing Committee Prize (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Kraljevski filmski festival (2020, Serbia, Kraljevo)
- Open Film Festival "Kinoshok" (2020, Russia, Anapa)
- Cyprus International Film Festival "Golden Aphrodite" (2020, Cyprus, Nicosia)
- International Short Film Festival "VISION" (2020, Russia, Kemerovo)
- Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival (2020, Italy, Gaeta)
- Kinoproba International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools (2020, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2020, India, Madurai)
- International open youth festival of television programs and films "Telemania", 1st place in the nomination "Best Fiction Short Film", 1st place in the nomination "Best Cinematography" - Sofia Naboka (2020, Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg)
- Golden Eagle Award, Nominee in the category "Best Short Film" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- International Orthodox Sretensky Film Festival "Vstrecha" (2021, Russia, Obninsk)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival (2021, Turkey, Istanbul)
- Hamburger Deutsch-Russischen Kinoforum "KinoHafen" (2021, Germany, Hamburg)
- Day of short films (2021, Russia)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Oksana Degtyareva was born on 29.10.1985 in Srednebeloye (Amur Region), Russia. In 2019 graduated from The Gerasimov Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) as a film director. She shot several works that participated in various film festivals. Graduated from the music and ballet school, faculty of Romano-Germanic philology of Samara National Research University, and also received a master's degree in personnel management at one of the USA Universities.
At the present moment working on a script for his debut film and is engaged in film projects for TV.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - "Scenes by the Sea", short student film
2017 - "Talk to me", short film
2015 - "instruction", short film
2015 - "Close behind me", short film