Feature Films
Program
Monkey
Short Feature Film
2025
Country: Russia
Runtime 18 min
Rating: 16+
Director: Ekaterina Chereshnya
Scriptwriter: Ekaterina Chereshnya
Producers: Polina Kisochkina, Ksenia Tomchuk
Cameraman: Elizaveta Bulayeva
Sound engineer: Serafim Solovyov
Composer: Daria Skosyreva
Artist: Lada Tulumbasova
Starring: Peter Demchenko, Natalia Zarechuk
Production: SPBGIKiT
A naive and ridiculous ninth-grader nicknamed Monkey didn’t get a mate for the graduation waltz. When the girl nearly loses hope of fulfilling her dream, she falls in love with an older schoolmate Vova, who has no desire to help her.
2025
Country: Russia
Runtime 18 min
Rating: 16+
Director: Ekaterina Chereshnya
Scriptwriter: Ekaterina Chereshnya
Producers: Polina Kisochkina, Ksenia Tomchuk
Cameraman: Elizaveta Bulayeva
Sound engineer: Serafim Solovyov
Composer: Daria Skosyreva
Artist: Lada Tulumbasova
Starring: Peter Demchenko, Natalia Zarechuk
Production: SPBGIKiT
A naive and ridiculous ninth-grader nicknamed Monkey didn’t get a mate for the graduation waltz. When the girl nearly loses hope of fulfilling her dream, she falls in love with an older schoolmate Vova, who has no desire to help her.
Ekaterina Chereshnya
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
Ekaterina was born on 24 October 2003 in the Khanty-Mansiysk region.
She is a student at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, studying in the workshop by Artem Antonov, 4th year. Monkey is her debut short film.
Ekaterina was born on 24 October 2003 in the Khanty-Mansiysk region.
She is a student at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, studying in the workshop by Artem Antonov, 4th year. Monkey is her debut short film.