- year : 2020
- country : Russia
- timing : 09:57'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Oleg Ageychev
written by Oleg Ageychev, Nataliya Egorova
produced by Oleg Ageychev
DoP Sergey Baskoev
music by Alexander Muratovsky
sound by Gavriil Biryulin
editor Maria Ilyenko
production designer Ruslan Gurin
cast: Semen Treskunov, Eldar Kalimulin, Sergey Kuznetsov, Victoria Runtsova, Alexey Vakarchuk, Valeria Kulikova, Yuriy Gumirov, Kirill Mugaysky, Dmitry Sergin, Alexander Pechenin, Alla Kozlova, Marat Gabdrakhimov, Renat Akhmadulin
production company: Mozga Studio
A young actor decided to play grief for real...at the real funeral...
- Ennesimo Film Festival (2020, Italy, Modena)
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Shortcutz Lisboa (2020, Portugal, Lisbon)
- Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest (2020, Italy, Nettuno)
- Open Russian Cinema and Theater Festival "Amur Autumn" (2020, Russia, Blagoveshchensk)
- International Film festival «East&West. Classics and Avant Garde» (2020, Russia, Orenburg)
- Kimera International Film Festival (2020, Italy, Termoli)
- KONIK Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival for Children and Young People "AniFestROZAFA" (2020, Albania, Shkoder)
- International Short Film Festival Detmold (2020, Germany, Detmold)
- KinoDUEL International Film Festival (2020, Belarus, Minsk
- Austin Comedy Film Festival (2020, USA, Austin)
- Grand OFF World Independent Short Film Awards (2020, Poland, Warsaw)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Short Shot Fest - International Short Film Festival, Best Comedy (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival Kinenova (2020, Macedonia)
- All-Russian Film Festival "A Man Who Knows The World" (2020, Russia, Crimea)
- Amarcort Film Festival (2020, Italy, Rimini)
- TiSFF Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (2020, Greece, Thessaloniki)
- Cyprus International Film Festival "Golden Aphrodite" (2020, Cyprus, Nicosia)
- International Short Film Festival "VISION" (2020, Russia, Kemerovo)
- Asti International Film Festival, Best comedy (2020, Italy, Asti)
- Russian Film Week & the Golden Unicorn Awards (2020, United Kingdom, London)
- International open youth festival of television programs and films "Telemania" (2020, Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg)
- All-Russian Film Festival "Russian Elementary Cinema" [REC] (2020, Russia, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, St. Petersburg)
- Video-art Festival "Black and White Rainbow", 3rd Place in the Short Fiction Film Category (2020, Russia, Togliatti)
- Children's Audiovisual Festival (FICAIJ), 3rd Place in the category "Best Short Film" (2021, Venezuela, Colombia)
- Short Film Breaks (2021, Romania, Bucharest)
- Making Waves International Film Festival, "Best Performance" award (2021, United Kingdom, Portsmouth)
- Gelos Comedy Film Festival (2021, Russia, Moscow)
- Festival Alto Vicentino International Short Film Festival (2021, Italy, Villa Rossi)
- Portobello Film Festival (2021, United Kingdom, London)
- Hamburger Deutsch-Russischen Kinoforum "KinoHafen" (2021, Germany, Hamburg)
- Russian National Auteur Short Film Festival “Artkino”, Special Diploma (2021, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
It’s just a funny and bright story I’ve really wanted to tell. Then I’ve noticed that it hides a deep metaphorical sense.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Oleg Ageychev was born on 05.09.1984 - director, creative director, screenwriter, producer, founder of Mozga Studio and the Stories Cinema School.
Graduated from MIPT (State University), Master of Applied Mathematics and Physics. More than 10 years of experience in implementing advertising projects. Worked on projects for Pfizer, Raiffeisenbank, Mary Kay, Amway, DeliMobile, RocketBank, Suzuki, GAZ, Sberbank, Skolkovo, etc.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - "Disappearing Stories", series
2020 - "Talent", short film
2017 - "Dominika", full-length film / debut
2016 - "Code of Chaos", TV series
2011 - "Goodbye, Lennon!", short film