Germany / 2025 / Fiction / 23’17”I2605102
Zhenya comes together with her family to celebrate her grandfather's birthday. To create a joyful celebration, they rent rooms at a community center. While her mother, Nadya, as always, is absorbed in her work. Zhenya hopes to use the celebration preparations to grow closer to her. When the director of the community center unexpectedly appears, the family is confronted with their past. Long-suppressed memories resurface in the form of intimate monologues about life left behind in Kazakhstan and their new beginning in Germany.
Director
Production
Referent
Sales
Sound designer
Emma Kreke
Sound Mixing
Editing
Cast / With
Andreas Anke
Darja Mahotkin
Anastasia Weinmar
Anna Klimovitskaya
Friedrich Schilha
Oleg Warlamow
Emma Reinbold
Camera
Daphne Klein
Script
Julie Sophia Schöttner
Film score composer
Sandra Zawada
Sound Editing
Sandra Zawada
Emma Kreke
Music used
POLY PIXAR