Feature filmS
Competition program
GARBAGE
Feature short film
2024

Country: Russia
Runtime: 24 min
Rating: 16+
Director: Nikita Trotsenko
Scriptwriter: Georgy Teryoshkin
Producer: Elizaveta Kachura
Cameraman: Lera Vetkhova
Sound engineer: Eugenia Brandorf
Composer: Anthony Korotkov
Artistic director: Pasha Ilchenko
Starring: Matvey Polevoy, Svyatoslav Rogozhan, Alexander Bashirov, Sofia Korsakova, Nazar Denisov.
Production: Stary Kon’

Taras wakes up in the bowels of a refuse lorry under tonnes of compacted waste. The push-button phone is the only possibility for him to get rescued; a call centre worker from the rescue service Nastya, who is making up her mind what to do about an unwanted pregnancy, is on the line.
Nikita Trotsenko
DIRECTOR'S BIO:

Hi, my name is Nikita. I studied directing at NYU Tisch Film & Television.
My first short film Smut was selected for the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as for La Semaine de la Critique.
I made a commercial for the Milan fashion house Subterranei, which made it to the Fashion Film Festival Milano. I shot two advertising campaigns for Winzavod, one of which made it to the Berlin Commercial Festival in 2024, and my short film Trash won the Best Director award at the Koroche Film Festival in 2024. The style of my work can be characterised as a fusion of 16 mm film and graphics. The clips stand out because of their humour and aesthetics.