What if..
А если бы..
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 |
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