screening format
Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov)
languages
Deutsch, Russisch
Subtitles
Englisch
Berlin. Grisha, a Russian-German boy, fools around with a wooden stick toy gun. The longer he plays, the further he is thrust into an altered reality. The boundaries between past and present, real and surreal, start to blur. Images from a past Berlin appear; streets and buildings still carry the memories of war. Suddenly, he is caught in a nightmare of another lifetime, a nightmare that is still present today.
director
Daria Belova
Cast
Alexander Josef Shtol, Andrej Vanichev, Iljá Pletner, Julia Gorr, Maria Zharkova, Pavel Klering, Roman Sdobnyako
Original Score
Chatschatur Kanajan
Editing
Stefanie Kosik
DOP
Max Preiss
Production
Markus Kaatsch, Martin Danisch
Script
Daria Belova
Sound Design
Niklas Kammertöns
film school
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
Moscow International Film Festival, Russian Federation
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Curta Kinoforum), Brazil
CURTA CINEMA - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden
Festival de Cannes - Internationale Filmfestspiele von Cannes, France
(Discovery Award for Best Short Film)
CURTA CINEMA - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
(Young Jury’s Best Int’l Film Award)
Production
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
- Anna Laura Wenzel
- Potsdamer Str. 2
- 10785 Berlin
- +49 30 25759152
- http://www.dffb.de
Distribution
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
- Anna Laura Wenzel
- Potsdamer Str. 2
- 10785 Berlin
- +49 30 25759152
- http://www.dffb.de
Sales
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
- Anna Laura Wenzel
- Potsdamer Str. 2
- 10785 Berlin
- +49 30 25759152
- http://www.dffb.de
School
- Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
- Friedrich-Krause-Ufer 19
- 13353 Berlin
- http://www.dffb.de
Daria Belova
Born 1982 in St. Petersburg, Russia, she took literature and philology at the St. Petersburg University. Since 2008 studying directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).
Filmography
2011 Ballet Story
2013 Komm und Spiel
2023 Mwanamke Makueni
