• Deserter

    Directed by Sasha Stelchenko
    Czech Republic/Ukraine | 27 minutes |

During a late winter evening the police visit Nikolaj and Irina at their home. Their son Sergej is reported missing in action in Eastern Ukraine. Nikolaj begins to suspect that he has deserted.

In competition for the Bridging the Borders Award

film synopsis

film details

Director: Sasha Stelchenko
Producers: Mária Môťovská, Valeria Sochyvets
Screenwriter: Sasha Stelchenko
Cinematographers: Matěj Piňos
Editor: Alexander Kashcheev
Music: Olisha
Cast: Nikolaj Bondarenko, Oleg Gotsuliak, Svetlana Moiseenko, Victor Glushkov, Oleksandr Krasko
Original Language Title: Дезертир
Country: Czech Republic/Ukraine
Language: In Russian and Ukrainian with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 27 minutes
Contact Email: s.stelchenko@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/deserter.film.cz/

director biography

Sasha Stelchenko is a recent BA graduate in film directing at FAMU where he is currently doing his master's degree. Within four years he directed three short films that have been produced and shot in Czech Republic and Ukraine and screened internationally. Before moving to Prague he successfully completed his undergraduate studies at language college in Minsk, his hometown, and EHU, Belarusian university in exile in Vilnius.

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