Section: Short Film Competition

MIA DONNA

Pavlo Ostrikov

Ukraine, 2018, 17 Min

A parable of the common cliché that grown men will always remain children in their hearts and, to top it all, will eventually look for younger women – peppered with brief insights into everyday Ukrainian life.

Kristi Films

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Tolik is annoyed because his wife Oksana wants to go shopping for clothes with him. When he finally has to try on a cardigan, he turns into a seven-year-old child. The doctor's recommendation: school the boy. But there Tolik also ties up with a little girl. That is too much for Oksana.

Pavlo Ostrikov recently received several awards for GRADUATION '97, and the short film has been nominated for the 2018 European Film Awards, among other things. The Ukrainian director, who also works as a stand-up comedian, has now dedicated himself to the inner life of a marriage with MIA DONNA. NaF

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / Colour

Drehbuch
Pavlo Ostrikov

Kamera
Mykyta Kuzmenko

Ton
Serzh Avdeev

Schnitt
Andriy Gulynich

Ausstattung
Diana Todoratieva

Musik
Toto Cutungo

Darsteller
Iryna Mak, Maxim Kondratuk, Yakiv Zabarny

Produzent
Yurii Minzyanov

Produktion
Kristi Films

Kontakt
Kristi Films
Yurii Minzyanov
09 Melnikova Str., Apt 17
004050 Kyiv
Ukraine
+38 67 46 67 123
ym@kristifilms.com
www.kristifilms.com

Pavlo Ostrikov - born in 1990 in Krassyliv, USSR (today Ukraine). After studying law at the National Aviation University in Kiev, he attended a script writing course at the New York Film Academy. In addition to his work as a director, he is a stand-up comedian and a member of the organization "Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema".

Movies
BOOM (2015, short)
GOLDEN LOVE (2016, short)
GRADUATION ’97 (2017, short)

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