- year : 2022
- country : Russia
- timing : 16:05'
- genre : fiction film
screenplay by Oleg Rashidov
directed by Ekaterina Ustyugova
produced by Anna Bibikova
DoP Artur Geohlanian
music by Yuri Serdyuk
sound by Dmitry Belan, Andrey Nikulin, Irina Nekrasova
editor Sergey Burov
production designer Yana Kulakova
cast: Anna Bibikova, Evgeny Chernyakov, Ilya Sobakin, Ivan Mozgov, Vitaly Zamyatin, Artem Ugarov, Vitaly Zamyatin, Alexander Zuev, Vitaly Vorontsov
Summer evening at the resort. He is a photographer who came here for work. She is a local who is looking for her lucky ticket. She assures him that they know each other and lures him to a restaurant. He succumbs to this provocation.
- Russian Film and Theater Festival “Amur Autumn” (2022, Russia, Blagoveshchensk)
- International Festival of Films and TV Films of Spiritual and Moral Content "Saint Vladimir", Special Prize (2022, Russia, Sevastopol)
- 8 Women International Film Festival, Best Short Film (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- Festival of student and debut films "Saint Anna" (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- Volgograd Torch Russian Film Festival (2023, Russia, Volgograd)
- Golden Eagle Award, Long list (2023, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
I feel quite close to the main character. Her self-doubt did not let her achieve true happiness. And happiness was so close.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Ekaterina Ustyugova was born in Kirov, Russia. In 2000 graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art (Moscow), in 2007 - the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), in 2013 - directing courses of the Film School Free Cinema, in 2014 - Bernard Hiller's Acting Classes & Success Studio.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "Strawberry", short film \ producer's debut
2021 - "Not Toys", short film
2018 - "The Right to choose", full-length film
2017 - "Neither fish nor meat", short film
2016 - "Faith and Time", short film
2015 - "Cuffs", short film
