ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Six hours
Overview
A young woman, who has lost herself in the monotony of her prosperous life, decides to expierence an ancient slavic rite and to spent six hours , buried in the ground. She asks her youger sister to dig her in.
Director Biography — Yana Chernukha
Yana Chernukha graduated the faculty of television journalism at Moscow State University. For many years she worked on television as a host, editor and author of documentaries. Then she graduated from NYFA Screenwriting and Production Courses (Paul Brown and Lydia Sedrone Lab). Then she graduated from the directorial laboratory of Moscow school of new cinema (workshop of Fred Kelemen), and the script course of Maria Zelinsky. Screenwriter, director and producer of 3 short films, that took part in many film festivals.
Director Statement
Once, my dad had a dangerous operation. Instead of two hours, it lasted for six.
I wandered around the hospital park and prayed. Nothing depended on me, I could only rely on fate. At that moment, watching little sparrows, jumping in a puddle, a child playing in the sandbox, I realized, that these ordinary scenes evoke in me unusually strong feelings. They seem to be such a powerful manifestation of life. At that very moment only a possibility to watch it, to breathe in fresh air, to look at the treetops, moved by the wind, was sensed by me as a wander.
But why this perception is inaccessible to me in everyday life? Why this ability to enjoy simple manifestations of life disappears? Is it only death, what makes the sense of life so clear and understandable?
Trying to find answers to these questions, I wrote the script "Six hours" and then shot a film.
Credits
- Director
- Yana Chernukha
- Writer
- Yana Chernukha
- Producer
- Yana Chernukha
- Producer
- Peter Timofeyev
- Producer
- Timpofey Khvostov
- Producer
- Irina Sokolova
- Key Cast
- Raya Mironova
- Key Cast
- Polina Vetlugina
Specifications
- Original title
- 6 часов
- Project type
- Short, Student
- Runtime
- 20 minutes
- Completion date
- July 31, 2020
- Production budget
- 10,000 USD
- Country of origin
- Russian Federation
- Countries of filming
- Russian Federation
- Language
- Russian
- Shooting format
- Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- Yes
- Student project
- Yes
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
Nara Film Festival
Nara
Japan
September 18, 2020
Asian premiere
Minikino
Denpasar
Indonesia
September 18, 2020
Kinoshock
Anapa
Russian Federation
October 22, 2020
Russian
Special prize
Signes of night
Berlin
Germany
September 25, 2020
german premiere
Cinemaiubit
Romania
December 15, 2020
romanian
best actress award
Artkino
Moscow
Russian Federation
October 29, 2020
Moscow
Bucharest SortCut Cinefest
Bucharest
Romania
January 23, 2021
nominee best student film
Saint-Peterburg International Film Festival
Saint-Peterburg
Russian Federation
February 12, 2021
Festival internacional Signos da Noite
Portugal
December 29, 2020