- year : 2019
- country : Russia
- timing : 16:37'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Maria Edemskaya
written by Maria Edemskaya, Nelly Vysotskaya
produced by Andrei Konchalovsky Studios
DoP Ilya Leonov
sound by Pavel Yudin, Dmitry Nazarov
editor Maria Edemskaya
cast: Victor Nikarev, Alexandra Kuzenkina
production company: Andrei Konchalovsky Studios
From a random talk with a stranger, trucker Nikolai learns about his wife’s infidelity. On the way home, he picks up a battered girl Ksyuha, whom he cannot leave alone on the winter track. Nikolay and Ksyuha embark on a strange journey, and none of them surmise how it will end.
- Open Russian festival of cinema and theater "Amur Autumn", Best Short Film (2019, Russia, Blagoveshchensk)
- Kaliningrad short film festival (2019, Russia, Kaliningrad)
- ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival, BEST DIRECTOR (2019, Romania, Targu-Mures)
- International festival-workshop of film schools "Kinoproba" (2019, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- KRAF International Short Film Festival (2019, Croatia, Rijeka)
- Chelkinofest International Short Film Festival, Best Fiction Film (2020, Russia, Chelyabinsk)
- International Film Forum “Zolotoy Vityaz” (Golden knight) (2020, Russia, Sevastopol)
- Kimera International Film Festival, Semi-Finalist (2020, Italy, Termoli)
- KONIK Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- CortoDino Film Festival (2020, Italy, Torre Annunziata)
- Interregional Award in the field of cinema "Altyn Talink" (Golden Plate), Nominee (2021, Russia, Kazan)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Maria Edemskaya was born in Moscow, Russia. Graduated from The Gerasimov Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK) as a producer. Studied at Higher School of Economics as a film director (workshop by A. Fenchenko, Alexander and Vladimir Kott).
FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - "Trassa Zero", short film
2015 – "It’s a match", short film / debut