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I was. I am. I will be.

Synopsis:
The film explores adolescence as a time when a person first encounters fear, vulnerability, and responsibility for their own choices. Through the experiences of its teenage characters, it reflects on how easily hope can be lost and how important it is to be seen, heard, and supported at the moment when life feels unbearable.
Year: 2017
Format: Short film
Runtime: 25 minutes
Directed by: Nikolay Lysenkov
Produced by: Cubmedia Agency
Genre: Youth Drama
Language: Russian
Distribution status: Publicly available on YouTube
Legal notices: © Rights held by respective copyright holder. The film was created as an independent youth project
Awards:
--Internet Short Film Festival - First Prize Winner
--Funduk Film Festival - Best Fiction Film
--“For the Good of the World” National Award (Russia) - Winner
--Kinostrov National Children’s Film Festival - Grand Prize (Category C)
--Bronze Knight International Film Festival - Best Film on Family Values
--Boomerang Forum Echo Film Festival - Winner
--Fathers and Children International Film Festival - Grand Prix - Best Short Fiction Film, Best Actor, Best Original Score
--Cinema & Sea International Film Festival - Grand Prix - Best Short Fiction Film
Media coverage: Dom Kino (Union of Cinematographers of Russia) · Rossiyskaya Gazeta · YNPress · Cheb.media · TSU News · Planeta.ru

At thirteen, this first project became an accidental entry into cinema through curiosity, when the question “what happens if” outweighed any lack of knowledge. That curiosity opened a first conscious sense of freedom through creating, as responsibility arrived without adult supervision and boundaries had to be defended by proving the impulse was not a teenage whim, but a need to make something real. The process also revealed a world where the idea can outweigh the individual, and where people invest themselves in a shared act of making. Curiosity has remained the engine ever since, leading me toward something new.

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Photography: Andrey Kuzmin
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