Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Russian | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: drama
Running Time: 25 min
Year of production: 2020

SYNOPSIS

It is a story of forbidden love between two female high school students who dream of escaping the hypocritical, fake world of the adults.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Non-binary studio (Sergey Shirinskiy)
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Anya Patokina
Kristina Kucherenko
Natalia Pavlenkova
Yan Tsapnik
Elena Papanova
Evgenia Lyakh
Faina Koloskovskaya

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Svetlana Sigalaeva
Screenwriter: Svetlana Sigalaeva and Sergey Shirinskiy
Producer: Sergey Shirinskiy
Director of Photography: Fyodor Glazachev
Sound: Alexander Dubkov
Editing: Svetlana Sigalaeva
Sound Editing: Alexander Pylin

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: drama
Sub-genre: dramedy, LGBTQ+
Language: Russian
Country of origin: Russia
Year of production: 2020
Total running time: 25 min
Shooting format: Arri Alexa Mini 1,85:1
Color type: color
Aspect ratio: 1,85:1
Sound format: stereo

AWARDS

Thess International Short Film Festival, International Competition Prize Winner (2021, Greece, Thessaloniki)
International Festival of Author's Cinema "Kinolikbez" – best fiction (2021, Russia, Saint Petersburg)
International Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker," "Stalker" Short Film Prize (2021, Russia, Moscow)
City Open Video Art Festival "Black and White Rainbow," 3rd place in the category of "Short Fiction Film" (2021, Russia, Tolyatti)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" (2020, Russia, Sochi)
Moscow International Film Festival (2020, Russia, Moscow)
International LGBT Film Festival "Side by Side" (2020, Russia, Saint Petersburg)
Kutaisi International Short Film Festival (2021, Georgia, Tbilisi)
International Festival of Author's Cinema "Kinolikbez" (2021, Russia, Saint Petersburg)
Thess International Short Film Festival, International Competition Prize Winner (2021, Greece, Thessaloniki)
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival (2021, Norway, Oslo)
Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival (2021, Slovenia, Ljubljana)
International Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker," "Stalker" Short Film Prize (2021, Russia, Moscow)
City Open Video Art Festival "Black and White Rainbow," 3rd place in the category of "Short Fiction Film" (2021, Russia, Tolyatti)