Excuse Note
(Objasnitelnaya zapiska)
(Objasnitelnaya zapiska)
Feature short film
2025
Country: Russia
Runtime: 24 min
Rating: 18+
Director: Denis Agafonov
Scriptwriter: Danya Peunov
Cameraman: Igor Ivanov
Composer: Ilya Nefediev
Artist: Yana Litvinova
Starring: Maria Kogutnitskaya, Egor Linnikov
Producer: Alexander Babayan
Production: Kino Tikhvin, Ltd.
When Valya, a jaunty classmate, suggests playing truant to the airy fairy Sonya, she agrees — and immediately writes an excuse note where she “takes responsibility for the unauthorised absence”. But the truancy soon ceases to be romantic: Having kissed Sonya, Valya completely loses interest in her.… She will have to really take responsibility and choose between staying with a man who doesn't appreciate her, or leaving.
2025
Country: Russia
Runtime: 24 min
Rating: 18+
Director: Denis Agafonov
Scriptwriter: Danya Peunov
Cameraman: Igor Ivanov
Composer: Ilya Nefediev
Artist: Yana Litvinova
Starring: Maria Kogutnitskaya, Egor Linnikov
Producer: Alexander Babayan
Production: Kino Tikhvin, Ltd.
When Valya, a jaunty classmate, suggests playing truant to the airy fairy Sonya, she agrees — and immediately writes an excuse note where she “takes responsibility for the unauthorised absence”. But the truancy soon ceases to be romantic: Having kissed Sonya, Valya completely loses interest in her.… She will have to really take responsibility and choose between staying with a man who doesn't appreciate her, or leaving.
Denis Agafonov
DIRECTOR'S BIO:
Denis is a graduate of SPbGIKiT (2024, feature film directing workshop by N. Kotyash).
He is a silver medal winner of the All-Russian Championship of Creative Competencies “ArtMasters Regions 2024”,Director of Film Editing competence.
Denis is a video engineer at the State Educational Institution ‘Palace of Students’, St. Petersburg.
He is a tutor in film directing at the St. Petersburg Academy of Digital Technologies.
Director of photography and director of editing of the short films
The Festival Jury Certificate to the lead actress Maria Kogutnitskaya at the short film and debut film festival SHORTER 2025
Denis is a graduate of SPbGIKiT (2024, feature film directing workshop by N. Kotyash).
He is a silver medal winner of the All-Russian Championship of Creative Competencies “ArtMasters Regions 2024”,Director of Film Editing competence.
Denis is a video engineer at the State Educational Institution ‘Palace of Students’, St. Petersburg.
He is a tutor in film directing at the St. Petersburg Academy of Digital Technologies.
Director of photography and director of editing of the short films
- Rhythm (2022)
- Behind the Scenes (2025)
- Director of photography and director of editing of the non-fiction short film
- Soul of the North (2021)
- The Charlatan (2024)
- In the Best of All Possible Worlds (2025)
- “Excuse Note” 2025 is a short feature film created with the financial support of the Institute for the Internet Development.
The Festival Jury Certificate to the lead actress Maria Kogutnitskaya at the short film and debut film festival SHORTER 2025