Daniil Shishorin

"Closing" is a film almanac made up of nine verses. Instead of a rap beat, there is beer, rain, a beach, a zoo, random conversations, and a city that lives its own life. These are not stories with a beginning and an end, but statements written into the rhythm of the festival, where cinema becomes a way to be together and a way to be alone. Any almanac is a film cypher: everyone goes to the microphone, says their piece, and leaves, leaving room for someone else. "Closing" is exactly that: a collection of voices in which you can hear laughter, fatigue, love, and meaninglessness. This is a film about how cinema closes the day and opens the night.

Yulia, a young go-go dancer, loses her job after suffering a seizure during a performance, and her mother, Irina, becomes the victim of a scam. Yulia doesn't despair and quickly finds a job at a new nightclub.

Taras, Kolya and Lyosha are childhood friends. A year ago, on the last day of December their lives went in different directions. The guys shook hands and agreed: “In a year we will meet on the shore and celebrated the New Year! With fireworks and all. Because we have never done it before.” The long-awaited day has come. The lives of Kolya and Lyosha are going as planned but Taras has fallen in love.