fiction feature film
Simon (27) escapes from his toxic Mother to a lonely but independent life in a trailer on the river bank in the middle of a big city, but running from one woman leads him to face four others who're drowning nearby
CREATIVE TEAM
ANASTASIYA GRUBA, scriptwriter
Ukrainian screenwriter and director graduated from the drama department of Kyiv National Theatre, Cinema, and Television University and is an alumnus of Steve Kaplan's Comedy Intensive. Her recent author's fiction feature project, "Women Suicide Season," was selected for the Global Media Makers Los Angeles Residency (Film Independent, USA), Munich Film Up Film Residence, and Ukraine in Focus Pitching Session Marché du Film. Her last short fiction, "Ice Hole," was developed in frames of European Short Pitch. Anastasia is a co-author of several local fiction TV series scripts created and released by the national TV channel "Ukraine": "Child's Guardian," "Filin," and "Real Mystique". She is also the scriptwriter of more than 60 fiction short films for the DramatizeMe platform, each with an average of 30 million views.
OLEKSANDRA KOSTINA, producer
Ukrainian producer, EFA Member, recipient of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women Award (AMPAS). Graduated from The Kyiv National Economic University with a master's degree in Economics. Her credits as executive producer include "The Tribe" by Myroslav Slaboshpitskiy (3 awards of La Semaine de la Critique, Cannes IFF), "Evge" by Nariman Aliev (Un Certain Regard, Cannes IFF). In 2018, she established the production company BOSONFILM. Her producer credits include the short animation "Brave Factory" by Tina AJ (Uppsala SFF, Animaze), the short fiction "Solitude" by Lisa Smith (Raindance IFF), and the feature fiction "Pamfir" by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Quinzaine, Cannes IFF). "Pamfir" is a Ukrainian-French-Polish-Chilean-Luxembourg-German co-production, developed in Cinéfondation Residence, premiered in Cannes IFF, selected for 60+ film festivals, including Karlovy Vary IFF, IFF Rotterdam, Cairo FF, sold to 20+ countries and nominated to European Discovery Prix FIPRESCI of the EFA Awards.