MIL-OSI Russia: SmallShorts Film Festival: Season 7 Results

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –

Festival jury

Darya Chernova is an editor of the samizdat “K!”, a curator of film programs, and a lecturer. Polina Pribytkova is a producer, film curator, and author of texts about cinema. Nikita Spiridonov is a director, curator, and composer. Yana Rot is an artist. Dima Makhno is an artist, designer, and co-founder of the samizdat “FLEXUS))”.

“Student cinema is always an experiment, a chance and audacity. These are films that do not seek approval, but want to be seen by the audience. We will share such works at the festival,” says Maria Dantsis, a teacher of the Video Art option at the HSE School of Design and curator of SmallShorts.

The festival program aims to capture the movement of contemporary student cinema, its optics, doubts and interests, combining expert assessments and intuitive approaches.

Nominations and Winners

Screen I — Feature and documentary films

plemya, directed by Sasha Kozma “To Each His Own Sky”, directed by Mira Erkenova “The Researcher”, directed by Mikhail Romanov

Screen II — Experimental Video and Video Art

“I Dreamed That I Found a Flower That Fulfills Wishes,” directed by Mila Afanasyeva “GARAGE 7-11,” directed by Ulyana Petrovskaya “A Kitchen Gadget Led to a Sweet and Sour Ending,” directed by Vasily Zamyatin

Screen III — Animation and Generative Graphics

Totally secret, dir. Elizaveta Gorskaya “Grisha Lyoshechkin and Dreammashina”, dir. Tonya Komarova, Eliz Bozalp “Genesis”, dir. Alena Filippova

Special Jury Mentions:

“Zomia – the land of gardens”, directed by Vladimir Kondrashov “DAO – a parable about blockchain technologies”, directed by Nikita Sevastyanov Get me another tie, directed by Anastasia Indeykina

Where and when: June 28, 16:00 — round table of young film critics, GES-2. Address: Bolotnaya Embankment, 15 (floor 1). June 29, 17:00 — screening of the competition program, Zotov Center. Address: Khodynskaya St., 2, building 1 (Presnya City residential complex).

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