SYNOPSIS
Set in a small, typical Belarusian village - granny Sima's only concern is for the future of her alcoholic son, Vanya. Accompanied by her best friend, a white goat called Manya, she starts a war with her neighbor, Glasha, who happens to be the village Vodka producer...
Awards
Best Short Film | Listapad IFF, Belarus, 2014
2nd prize, Audience Prize | Bulbamovie Belarusian FF, Poland, 2014
CAST & CREW
Daria Yurkevich
Director
Producer(s)
Pablo Gleason
Script
Daria Yurkevich
Director of Photography
Yauheni Tsitko
Production designer
Dmitri Makhomet
Sound
Sergey Chuprov
Edit
Daria Yurkevich, Yauheni Tsitko
Cast
Vera Tokarava, Valentina Zhukavets, Uladzimir Kazaritski
Production company(ies)
Films d’Altérité
Daria Yurkevich
Born 1981, Minsk, Belarus. Daria grew up in Minsk, she completed her undergraduate studies in chemistry before joining the Belarusian Academy of Arts in Minsk. Four years worked on documentaries, short and fiction films, animation projects as a director for Belarusian television. In 2007 Daria joined Le Fresnoy, national studio of contemporary arts in France. There developed a professional style under the influence and advice of directors and artists like Jean-Luc Godard, André S. Labarthe, Alain Fleacher, and Eduardo Kac. Following the masters, Daria has been able to direct a series of short documentaries and films, which have been screened around the world.
Filmography
Children of War (2004), God Works through the People (2006), N. V. Gogol. Voyage to the Holy Land (2006), If Your Son Is a Director (2007), After Us the Flood! (2009), Maxim & Daria (2011), Granny, Vanya and the Goat (2014).
