Section: Youth Film U18 Competition

Summer Ends Soon

Summer Ends Soon

Yana Skopina
Kazakhstan/Russia, 2022, 90 Min

Sensitive, nostalgic coming-of-age cinema from Kazakhstan. May 1990: graduation, first love - and then the lead singer of the favourite band "Kino" dies. Yana Skopina tells the story of teenager Bakha and the summer when everything changes for him.

FSK12

Summer 1990: While the world is making history and the 'wind of change' is blowing strongly, the shy Bakha from Kazakhstan has only one thought: Berta, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. In retrospect, the likeable, dreamy teenager tells of his wild weeks: first love, first kiss, first jealousy, fights in the schoolyard, illegal concerts, a burglary, his strict father - and the sudden accidental death of the lead singer of the Soviet cult and favourite band "Kino". When Bakha doesn't know what to do, he tries to influence the situation with the help of hypnosis, which often ends tragicomically. Director and screenwriter Yana Skopina relies on nostalgic images in saturated colours that remain in the memory, such as the school's graduation ceremony and the decorated tram that Bakha's class enters in festive attire. Despite the local setting, SUMMER ENDS SOON works as a universal and charming coming-of-age story.

Text: Stefanie Borowsky

 

The film will be shown in the original language with English subtitles and simultaneously translated into German. Headphones are available free of charge against a deposit in the cinema foyer.

Drehbuch
Yana Scopina, Rodion Golovan
Kamera
Darya Balanovskaya
Ton
Dmitriy Vasiliev
Schnitt
Vlad Shkurenko, Muharam Kabulova
Ausstattung
Tatiana Azarova
Musik
Anna Drubich
Produzent
Ardak Kassymbek , Erkezhan Maksut, Tamara Bogdanova
Produktion
UVENT Production , KINOKULT, PRO TALENT
Co-Produktion
Yuliya Kim

Yana Skopina - Born on July 23, 1983 in Almaty. After studying at a drama school, she studied filmmaking since 2007 at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography as well as at the Moscow State University of Theater Arts. Since 2015 she has been teaching directing at the Gerasimov Institute.

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