My Little Sister
SESTRYONKA
directed by Aleksandr Galibin
Festivals and awards
- Italy Youngabout Film Festival 2021 (Сompetition)
- UAE Sharjah International Children's Film Festival 2021 Best Feature Film
- France European Children’s Film Association 2021 Winner
- Russia Peterhof Film Festival 2021 (Official Selection – Fiction competition)The Best Actress
- Germany International Film Festival Schlingel 2020 Chemnitz Award
- Italy Vittorio Veneto Film Festival 2020 Winner
- Ukraine DYTIATKO Children's IMF 2020 (Feature Film) Best Feature Film for Children; Best Actress
- Germany Russian Film Week in Berlin 2019
- France Russian Film Week in Paris 2019
- Belgium Russian Week in Brussels 2019
- Turkey Russian Week in Istanbul 2019
- UK Russian Film Week 2019
- Poland Sputnik Over Poland Russian FF 2019
- Tajikistan Russian Cinema Week 2019
- Russia Effulgent Angel Orthodox IFF 2019 (Feature Film Competition) Audience Award
- Russia Children's KinoMay Charity FF 2019 (Competition)
- Russia A Man Who Knows the World FF 2019 (Competition)
- Russia Zero Plus Children and Family Films IFF (Competition)
- Czech Republic New Russian film FF 2019 (Special Screening)
- Russia VECHE FF 2019 (Competition)
- Russia Eurasian Bridge Yalta IFF 2019 (Main Competition) Best Director Prize; Best Cinematography Prize; People's Choice Award
- Russia Golden Phoenix All-Russian FF 2019 (Competition) Anatoly Papanov's Prize for the director
- Russia Volokolamsk Border Military-Patriotic IFF 2019 (Competition) People's Choice Award
- Russia Window to Europe FF 2019 (Cinema for Children and Youth)
- Russia Shukshin FF 2019 (Special Screening)
- Russia Orlyonok VAF 2019 (Competition) Six children's jury prizes in the nomination Cinema
- Russia Baltic Debuts FF 2019 (Special Screening)
- Russia Scarlet Sails Children's IFF 2019 (Competition) Two children's jury prizes
- Russia Zerkalo IFF 2019 (Special Screening)
- Russia Vivat Cinema of Russia! FF 2019 (Opening Film) World Premiere
Synopsis
As far back as Yamil can remember, the war was always. But Yamil is waiting for its end, because then his Father, known to the boy only through photos and letters, will be back home. One day his Mother goes to a distant city and brings a silent girl Oksana. Mother also brings his Father's order to take care of Oksana as if she were his sister…
The film adaptation of the novel The Joy of Our Home by the canonical Soviet writer Mustai Karim.
Cast
Arslan Krymchurin
Marta Timofeeva
Usuf Rakhmetov
Ilgiza Gilmanova
Sulpan Abdrakhimova
Rauis Zagitov
Vitaliy Saliy
Crew
written by Aidar Akmanov
director of photography Mikhail Agranovich
editor Igor Medvedev
production designer Vyacheslav Vidanov
make-up department head Larisa Sverba
costume design by Yanina Bouden
music by Ilya Dukhovnyy
producers Timerbulat Karimov, Mikhail Kurbatov, Dmitriy Fiks
production by Motor Film Studio