Short Summer
First screened in October 2025
Director: Nastia Korkia. Cast: Maiia Pleshkevich, Aleksandr Karpushin, Vesna Jovanovic, Yakov Karykhalin, Alexander Feklistov, Stojsa Oljačić. Screenplay: Nastia Korkia and Mikhail Bushkov.

   
Photo © 2025 Tamtam Film / Totem Films
In Brief: Uncannily evocative of child's POV as family rifts and national crevasses widen. Every aspect exquisitely calibrated.

VOR:   Beyond the quiet bravura of the filmmaking, this is a powerful blend of adult and juvenile consciousness. War as ghost and immediate threat.

Grade: A–


Awards:
Venice Film Festival: Luigi De Laurentiis Award (Best Debut Filmmaker)
Chicago International Film Festival: Gold Hugo (New Directors Competition)

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