screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.33:1 (4:3)
sound format
5.1 Audiomix
original-language
German, English, Russian
subtitles
English
A young immigrant actress, dressed as a costumed bear, faces a surreal odyssey in Berlin's Soviet-era outskirts, where a chaotic birthday party blends humor, tragedy, and the echoes of a home she cannot forget.
director
Elisabeth Werchosin
Production
Kiriil Krasovski, Elisabeth Werchosin, Roman Blatman
Script
Elisabeth Werchosin
Editing
Elisabeth Werchosin
DOP
Roman Blatman
Original Score
Aleksey Komasa
Sound Design
Sasha Valent
Cast
Varvara Shmykova, Corinna Kirchhoff
Festivals
2025
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
(Official selection)
2025
Go Short International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, Netherlands
(Official selection)
2025
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina
(Official selection)
2025
Lago Film Fest, Treviso, Italy
(Official selection)
2025
CURTA CINEMA - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil
(Official selection)
2025
Valencia International Film Festival 'Cinema Jove', Spain
(Official selection)
2025
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
(Official selection)
2025
Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival, Denpasar, Indonesia
(Official selection)
2025
FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho, Portugal
(Official selection)
2025
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
(Official selection)
2025
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, Norway
(Official selection)
2025
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
(Official selection)
2025
Short Cuts Cologne, Köln, Germany
(Official selection)
2025
Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria
(Official selection)
2025
Cork Film Festival, Ireland
(Official selection)
2025
Certamen Internacional de Cortos Ciudad de Soria, Greece
(Official selection)
Distribution
- Blue Monticola Film
- Gregory Bagaev
Sales
- Blue Monticola Film
- Gregory Bagaev
Production
- Blue Monticola Film
- Elisabeth Werchosin
Elisabeth Werchosin
Elisabeth Werchosin, born 1995 in Pskov, Russia, to a family of German immigrants. She graduated as a film director from the Saint Petersburg University of Film and Television and moved to Berlin in 2022. Besides working as an assistant director in filmmaking, she is participating in an project as a photographer.
Filmography
2021 Lesezeichen
2023 Wir trauern
2025 Inflatable bear, hourly