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Dear friends!

We are pleased to present the program of the international annual festival “Short Film Days”. The event was first held in 2014 at the initiative of the Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.

Part II: “Step Forward”

18+

English subtitles.

AQUARIUM

Director: Gianluca Zonta
Cast: Giovanni Anzaldo, Barbara Venturato
2024 / 14 minutes
Vincenzo goes on a first date with Sara, where he seeks help from an AI-based app that suggests what to say. Their love story begins, and they decide to set up a blind date for their best friends, advising them to use artificial intelligence as well.

THE PERFECT MATCH

Director: Sergey Kharchenko
Cast: Agata Muceniece, Nikita Tarasov, Daria Moroz
2023 / 15 minutes
Bridget is perpetually searching for her perfect match. In despair, she decides to do the opposite—inviting Andrey, an awkward stranger from a bar, to her home. However, both of them are in for a surprise. Strangers are not always who they seem…

FORGET-ME-NOTS

Director: Polina Liske (Grishina)
Cast: Veniamin Smekhov, Natalia Varley
2024 / 20 minutes
Ekaterina and Yuri have shared a long and happy marriage. Everything changes when Alzheimer’s disease causes Yuri to stop recognizing his wife and become lost in his memories. Burdened by her husband’s condition, Ekaterina decides to place him in a nursing home. A sudden spark of attention and tenderness from Yuri gives her hope that their love is still alive.

THE CROSSING

Director: Maria Melenevskaya
Cast: Maria Smolnikova, Maxim Stoyanov, Tatyana Dogileva
2024 / 22 minutes
An intelligent woman, a seller in a second-hand bookstore, avoids conflict and adjusts to everyone. She seems to have forgotten herself long ago, endlessly tolerating, forgiving, and accommodating others. On a narrow road, her car is unable to pass a man’s vehicle as he stubbornly refuses to reverse. What will she do? Yield the road or finally stand up for her rights?

A DAY LIKE THIS

Director: Klavdia Korshunova
Cast: Olga Lomonosova, Alexey Rozin, Anton Kuznetsov, Irina Zeryakova
2024 / 25 minutes
Lena, 43, dreams of becoming a mother. On “a day like this,” when conception is supposed to happen, she and her husband reluctantly head to a friend’s anniversary party hundreds of kilometers away from the city. Along the way, a heated argument over their differing priorities leaves Lena stranded alone amidst the deserted, wintry roads of rural Russia.

THREE ATTEMPTS AT HOPE

Director: Osvaldo Martinez
Cast: Venera Celeste, Ricardo Huerta, Enrique Ramos, Ana Hernandez
2024 / 17 minutes
Hope, a quiet and lonely young woman, longs to express her feelings for an untiring and beautiful artist. With each attempt, her illusions fade until she begins contemplating suicide. Will she find a way to be heard, or will she spend the rest of her life in solitude?

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