Alina Baitokova

Film student fails to complete her senior project while fighting with her critical father and getting dumped by her boyfriend.

A filmmaker makes a film about her trying to reconnect with her father, who she hasn't seen since her early childhood.

Jamal is a five-year-old girl who lives with her grandmother in a village. One day, she notices the red heels of a woman entering their house. The woman greets Jamal, but the girl is too shy to approach her. Hearing the conversation between the woman and her grandmother, Jamal realises that this beautiful woman is her mother. Jamal gradually gets closer to the woman, opens up to her and spends time sleeping next to her mother. Morning comes. Jamal wakes up and realises that the woman is gone. She goes out into the corridor and sees that the red shoes have disappeared.

Film opens up the door to a local young group of friends, who were raised in a big city, influenced by a western pop culture and have spoken Russian their whole life. It unveils the topic of self identity and honesty between our inner and outer selves.

Film opens up the door to a local young group of friends, who were raised in a big city, influenced by a western pop culture and have spoken Russian their whole life. It unveils the topic of self identity and honesty between our inner and outer selves.