​INTERCINEMA agency

MANTIS

 

director

Elena Polyakova, DEBUT 

cast

Elena Medvedeva, Maxim Schegolev, Mark Gursky, Andrey Tartakov  

producers

Elena Polyakova, Polya Polyakova 

production

Russia, drama-thriller, 2016, 25 min.

оriginal title BOGOMOL language Russian 

 

synopsis

 

This is a tragic story of a random meeting of a man and a woman from different worlds. Sergey, a young correspondent of a local newspaper finds himself in a remote abandoned village, where he meets a strange hermit woman. She is nothing more than an excuse for an article for him. He seems to be the only man; she has met in her life. Sergey cannot imagine that his life is going to change and his tragic destiny is awaiting him in this old shabby hut.

festivals and awards 

Inclsuion into Short Film Corner Catalogue of Festival de Cannes (2016); KINOTAVR film festival (russian premiere) - Critics award; Koroche Film Festival (Kaliningrad, Russia); Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia); KIN Women Film Festival (Yerevan, Armenia); Tirana International Film Festival (Albania)