DIRECTOR DARIA BELOVA | GERMANY | 2011 | 09'
SYNOPSIS
Another day at the ballet school. Classes routine goes as usual, when Sophie notices a boy outdoors, on the street. He was here yesterday already. She finds him mysterious, maybe she likes him, but doesn’t dare to do anything with it. Surrounded by her frivolously chattering classmates, she realizes that another girl is faster making decisions, and Sophie finds herself caught in a vortex of grief and aggression.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
For me the age of 12 is something very tender and touching. It is the age of mysteries and illusions. An age that is lived surrounded by mirrors. At that age, a very minor event can raise a storm in the soul of a young girl. The world of ballet, which is beautiful and cruel at the same time, and maturation and self-perception inside this closed space of a ballet school – this is my central theme here. Tenderness, that turns into cruelty, and the way it happens.
FESTIVALS
* 17th FESTIVAL BRASILEIRO DE CINEMA UNIVERSITARIO/ BRAZILIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
*** PRIZE OF TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION AT FBCU ***
* 42nd ALCINE – THE ALCALÀ DE HENARES / COMUNIDAD DE MADRID FILM FESTIVAL (Madrid, Spain)
*** SECOND AWARD FROM THE EUROPEAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION ALCINE***
* 57th CORONA CORK FILM FESTIVAL (Cork, Ireland)
***SPECIAL MENTION***
8th DIECIMINUTI FILM FESTIVAL (Ceccano, Italy)
***AWARD OF BEST PHOTOGRAPHY***
* PLUS CAMERIMAGE – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF THE ART OF CINEMATOGRAPHY * 23rd TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL (Italy, Int'l Competition)
* 56th BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (London, UK)
* 24th INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DRESDEN (Germany, Children's Special Program)
* 16th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL (B&H, Children's Program)
* 32nd FANTASPORTO – OPORTO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Portugal, Fantas in Shorts)
* 21st MUESTRA DE CINE INTERNACIONAL DE PALENCIA (Spain, Int'l Competition)
* 6th INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA (India, Int'l Competition)
* KKO FESTIVAL - 11th SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL OF ALTKIRCH (France, Int'l Competition)
* 13th FESTIWAL KINA AMATORSKIEGO I NIEZALEZNEGO KAN – 2012 (Poland, School Films Comp.)
* 7th BERKSHIRE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (USA, Int'l Competition)
* SCREENING OF GERMAN FILM AND TELVISION ACADEMY BERLIN @ CINEMA BABYLON (Germany) * 9th FEMINA – INT'L WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL (Brazil, Int'l Competition)
* 42nd GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL (Italy, Int'l Competition)
* 5th WIZ-ART (Ukraine, Int'l Competition)
* GIMLI FILM FESTIVAL 2012 (Canada, Int'l Competition)
* 9th SALENTO INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Italy, Int'l Competition)
* 11th REGGIO FILM FESTIVAL (Italy)
* 12th INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL at Goethe-Institut Kairo (Kairo, Egypt)
* KURZFILMNACHT GREIFSWALD 2012 (Greifswald, Germany)
* FILOFEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL 2012 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
* 25th MINIMALEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Trondheim, Norway)
* NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2013 (USA)
* STOCKHOLM FILM FESTIVAL JUNIOR (Stockholm, Sweden)
* INDEPENDENT DAYS 13 | FILMFEST (Karlsruhe, Germany)