
- year : 2018
- country : Russia
- timing : 15:32'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Elena Ryabtseva
written by Elena Ryabtseva, Friederike Brin
produced by Elena Ryabtseva, Alexey A. Petrukhin
DoP Nikolay Orlov
music by Alexey Aigi
sound by Arthur Khairullin
editor Elena Ryabtseva
production designer Natalya Belysheva
cast: Ilya Krutoyarov, Nina Yakovleva, Veronika Aigi, Iosif Dmitriev
A folklore student arrives in a remote village, but the only informant there refuses to help. Eventually, they discover their life stories are peculiarly complementary.
- Barents Ecological Film Festival, Special Jury Prize (2018, Russia, Petrozavodsk)
- Shukshin Russian Film Festival, Special Diploma (2018, Russia, Barnaul)
- InShort Film Festival, Best 33 (2018, London, UK)
- Moscow Youth Film Festival "Let's live!" (2018, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Altin koza" (2018, Turkey, Adan)
- MikroFAF - International Festival of DIY and Independent Short Film (2018, Serbia, Belgrade)
- Cheboksary International Film Festival (2018, Russia, Cheboksary)
- International Film Festival "Zilant" (2018, Russia, Kazan)
- Jerusalem International Film Festival (2018, Israel, Jerusalem)
- International Film Festival "Catharsis" (2018, Russian cities)
- Chennai International Short Film Festival (2019, India, Chennai)
- International Short Film Festival "Short to the Point", Best DoP Prize (2019, Romania, Bucharest)
- International Film Festival "8 women", Best short film (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna" (2019, Russia, Moscow)
- International Youth Film Festival "Light to the World", Diploma of Finalist (2019, Russia, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk, Uglich)
- International Festival of Student Films and Creative Photography "Golden Five", Diploma of Finalist (2019, Russia, Khimki)
- Unknown Film Festival (2019, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- Film Festival "Crystal Source" (2019, Russia, Yessentuki)
- International Youth Film Festival KZN (019, Russia, Kazan)
- International Film Festival Most (2019, Serbia, Vrana)
- International festival of visual arts “Tuyvezh” (2019, Russia, Syktyvkar)
- International Film Festival "Fathers and Children", Special Prize (2019, Russia, Orel)
- International Film Festival "St. Vladimir" (2019, Russia, Sevastopol)
- KinoDUEL International Film Festival (2019, Belarus, Minsk)
- All-Russian Short Film Festival "Kinomania" (2019, Russia, Pskov)
- Chuvash Film Festival "ASAM", Best Short Film (2019, Russia, Cheboksary)
- Festival of documentary films and television programs "Northern character", Special Jury Diploma (2020, Russia, Murmansk)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Elena Ryabtseva was born on 12.01.1987 in Cheboksary, Russia. In 2009 graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University as a philologist. Studied at the Moscow Film School "Free Cinema" as a film director and producer. At the present moment she is studying in Laboratory of drama Dramakit.pro.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 - "Uman", short film
2016 - "Take the Heat", short film
2015 - "Faith and Doubt", short film