fiction feature film
This is a story about two teenage step-sisters forced to live in the same family and accept the rules of this new family. Their parents, who are busy with work and their turbulent personal lives, don’t pay attention to the girls' conflicts.
Each of the girls wants not only to defeat the other but also to receive the maximum amount of love and attention in the new family. A new area of the city and new acquaintances force the girls not only to compete, but also to protect each other. The first love, the first kiss with a boy, and the smoking of the first cigarettes in secret – all this brings the sisters together, and now the two of them are defending their teenage rights before their parents and peers.
But just as the decision to live together was made by the parents, so the decision to separate was not made by the girls. The new family could not withstand life's upheavals, and the sisters lose each other.
The beginning of the Russian invasion brings them together again.
CREATIVE TEAM
ANNA YATSENKO, scriptwriter
Anna Yatsenko (Sobolevska) was born in Crimea, Ukraine.
In 2009 she graduated from the National Academy of Internal Affairs as a lawyer. In 2018, she graduated from The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University as a film director.
Since 2020, Anna has become co-owner of ForeFilms.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 ETERNITY - short film
scriptwriter Anna Yatsenko
- Saint Louis International Film Festival 2019, World Premiere
- Los Angeles Edge Film Award 2019, Best Director
- Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival 2019
2020 OPERATOR VICTORIA - Short film
scriptwriter Anna Yatsenko
- PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)2021, World Premiere
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2022
- Raindance Film Festival 2022
- Odesa International Film Festival 2022
2021 JORDAN’96 - Short film
scriptwriter Anna Yatsenko
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2022
- Odesa International Film Festival 2022
VOLODYMYR YATSENKO, producer
Volodymyr Yatsenko. Born in Donbas, Ukraine. 46 years old.
Graduated from The Kyiv National Economic University, then graduated from The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
In 2005, opened the production company Limelite, and in 2020, Volodymyr opened the film production company ForeFilms.
Volodymyr is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy and the European Film Academy.
Volodymyr was a participant in the EAVE Producers Workshop 2018 and ACE Producers Workshop 30.
After the full-scale invasion, Volodymyr joins the army. In 2022, Volodymyr was awarded the Medal of Honor, 3rd degree.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2019 ATLANTIS (co-producer), by Valentyn Vasyanovych – Winner of Best Film Venice Orizzonti
2019 HOMEWARD (producer), by Nariman Aliev – UN CERTAIN REGARD, CANNES
2021 REFLECTION (co-producer) by director Valentyn Vasyanovych - main competition in Venice IFF
2022 LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG (producer)by Antonio Lukich - Venice Orizzonti