ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
The Sorrow of our House
Overview
Firuza, a ten-year-old girl, writes an essay in Russian entitled “Homeland”. She asks her grandmother Mushkinaz to help her. The old woman tells the story of her hard life, about the childhood in Georgia and the life in Kazakhstan after the repressions of Meskhetian Turks in 1944.
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Director Biography — Kirsten Gainet
Kirsten Gainet is a film director, director of photography, script-writer and producer of Independent Creative Union “Akkosh” studio.
She was born in 1989 in Inzer village, Republic of Bashkortostan (Russia). In 2015 she graduated from St.Petersburg State University of Film and Television (faculty of photography arts) and St.Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts (faculty of cinema/photography arts).
She is a photo editor, laureate and participant of Russian photo contests and exhibitions. More than that, Kirsten Gainet is the participant and award winner of prestigious international and Russian film festivals.
Director Statement
Filmography:
2019 – “Wife” / documentary, 62 min. (post-production), Russia
2018 – “The Sorrow Of Our House”/ documentary, 25 min., Russia
2017 – “7 maidens’ theatre” / documentary, 23 min., Russia
2014 – “Live, soldier, live”/ documentary, 21 min., Russia
Credits
- Director
- Kirsten Gainet
- Writer
- Kirsten Gainet
- Producer
- Minnihan Gainetdinov
Specifications
- Original title
- О чем грустит наш дом
- Project type
- Documentary, Short
- Genres
- drama, xenophobia, genocide, human rights, turks, muslim, repression, discrimination
- Runtime
- 25 minutes
- Production budget
- 6,000 USD
- Country of origin
- Russian Federation
- Countries of filming
- Georgia, Kazakhstan
- Language
- Georgian, Russian, Turkish
- Shooting format
- full HD
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- No
- Student project
- No
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
6th Woodengate International Film Festival
Maramures
Romania
August 14, 2018
World
official selection
14th Human Rights International Film Festival
Sucre
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
August 14, 2018
world premiere
Official Selection
FilmAid International Film Festival
Nairobi
Kenya
September 17, 2018
History Film Festival
Rijeka
Croatia
September 5, 2018
Croatia
official selection
14th International Festival of Muslim Cinema
Kazan
Russian Federation
August 5, 2018
Russian
Best documentary short film
XI Open All-Russian Documentary Film Festival "Salt of the Earth"
Samara
Russian Federation
September 17, 2018
official selection
Saratov Sufferings Documentary Drama Film Festival
Saratov
Russian Federation
September 27, 2018
Special prize “For the exact hit into genre”
Sose International Film Festival
Erevan
Armenia
September 28, 2018
official selection
Turkish World Documentary Film Festival
Istanbul
Turkey
October 5, 2018
Official Selection
Marmaris International Film Festival
Marmaris
Turkey
October 9, 2018
Cekmekoy International Short Film Competition
Istanbul
Turkey
October 28, 2018
Winner 1st place jury award
West Nordic international Film Festival WENIFF
Alesund
Norway
October 18, 2018
The best documentary film
10th International Unseen Film Festival "Film Sozialak"
Bilbao
Spain
October 18, 2018
Spain
official selection
International Film Festival on Social Critique “Protesta”
Barselona
Spain
October 26, 2018
Official Selection
North Caucasus Open Film Festival and TV «Kunaki»
Makhachkala
Russian Federation
November 5, 2018
Official Selection
Fricine -7º Festival Internacional De Cinema Socioambiental
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
October 30, 2018
Official Selection
2th International Film Festial for Democratic Memory “FESCIMED”
Madrid
Spain
November 11, 2018
Special Youth Award
CENTRAL-DOC International Documentary Film Festival
Tlaxcala
Mexico
December 3, 2018
Official Selection
Paraná Films Festival
Entre Ríos
Argentina
November 30, 2018
Official Selection
Roma CinemaDoc
Roma
Italy
February 9, 2019
Official Selection
13th Crossroads International Film Festival
Istanbul
Turkey
December 5, 2018
Spectator special prize
Social Machinery Film Festival
Pistoya
Italy
December 11, 2018
Best History Revisitation Award
Antakya International Film Festival
Antakya
Turkey
December 20, 2018
Spectator special prize
19th International Film Festival of Lebu
Lebu
Chile
February 20, 2019
The best international documentary film
9th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
New Delhi
India
April 30, 2019
Best Editing
International Film Festival of Lanzarote
Lanzarote
Spain
May 10, 2019
Dea International Film Festival
Tirana
Albania
May 5, 2019
Prokuplje Film Festival
Prokuplje
Serbia
June 6, 2019