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23. April 2016
Studio Hamburg Talent Award
Olga Dinnikova's BA degree film "Luftschloss" has been nominated for the 2016 Studio Hamburg Talent Award in the Category "Best Short Film".
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2015 | Drama, Road Movie, Coming of Age | 18.5 min | BA Film
Directed by Olga Dinnikova
Collection: Degree Films 2015
1991, Riga Latvia, time of the perestroika. The nine-year-old Lena is a child of divorced parents. Her parents separated when she was still very small. Since then they didn’t exchange a single word, their last connection is Lena. Her father is a drinker and her mother tries to renew her love life. When Lena is fed up with her drunk father she escapes from home and strolls through the nocturnal Riga. That’s when Lena’s journey back home begins.
| Runtime | 18.5 min |
| Year of Production | 2015 |
| Country of Production | Switzerland, Latvia |
| Distribution Format | DCP, ProRes, Blu-ray |
| Aspect Ratio | 2.39:1 |
| Audio Format | Stereo, 5.1 |
| Shot on | RED DRAGON |
| Shooting Format | RAW, 5K |
| Spoken Language | Russian |
| Available Subtitles | German, English, French |
| Director | Olga Dinnikova |
| Cinematography | Tom Keller |
| Production Design | Pia Meier |
| Music | Sandra Stadler, Bänz Isler Bänz Isler |
| Screenplay | Olga Dinnikova |
| Editor | Olga Dinnikova Markus Fischer |
| Creative Producer | Markus Fischer |
| Leading Actors | Sofija Stavinskaya |
| Dana Cernecova | |
| Andrej Lavrinec |
| Supporting Actors | Girts Kesteris |
| Anatolij Fechin | |
| Sara Stavinskaya | |
| Andrej Jakunin | |
| Lyudmila Golubeva | |
| Pasha Kashkin | |
| Dmitrij Jerjomin | |
| Vitaly Yasinsky | |
| Raimond Blagov | |
| Adam Kaupuzh | |
| Timofej Oniscuk | |
| Thomas Kaufmann | |
| Bite |
| Costume Design | Alina Fedotova |
| Makeup Artist | Alina Fedotova |
| Location Sound Engineer | Andrey Trainovsky |
| Sound Design | Andrey Trainovsky |
| Sound Mixing | Gregg Skerman |
| Compositing | Tom Keller |
| Project Supervision | Stefan Jäger |
| Production Company | snakefilm GmbH |
| Co-Production Company | ZHdK |
| Financial Support | Bundesamt für Kultur, Sektion Film Familien-Vontobel-Stiftung Katholische Kirche im Kanton Zürich Familien-Vontobel-Stiftung Katholische Kirche im Kanton Zürich |
| Executive Producer | Filippo Bonacci |
| Head of Programme BA Film | Prof. Bernhard Lehner |
Screenings
2. September 2016 – 3. September 2016
Filmfest Malans
Malans | Switzerland
29. July 2016 – 31. July 2016
ONE Country One Film Festival
Apchat, USA
2. June 2016
Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis
Nomination BESTER KURZFILM
1. June 2016 – 5. June 2016
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Rolle Vorwärts - Schulvorstellungen
Flensburg
10. March 2016 – 11. March 2016
ZHdK goes East
Int. Debut Film Festival „Spirit of Fire“
Khanty-Mansiysk Russia
2. March 2016 – 4. March 2016
FICAE – Int. Short Film Festival and Art Diseases
Valencia
24. January 2016 – 24. January 2015
Max Ophüls Preis
Saarbrücken | Germany
25. November 2015 – 27. November 2015
Filmfest Düsseldorf
3. November 2015 – 11. November 2015
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
18. October 2015 – 22. November 2015
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage
7. October 2015 – 18. October 2015
int. shortfilmfestival shnit
Bern
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