The Statuette (STATUETKA)
Feature short film
2025
Country: Russia
Runtime: 15:06 min
Rating: 18+
Director: Sasha Shirmanov
Scriptwriter: Sasha Shirmanov
Producer: Stanislav Samolin, Sasha Shirmanov, Diana Mavlyasheva, Alice Serebryannaya
Cameraman: Ruslan Kosenko
Sound Engineer Ilya Ermekeev
Sound technician Igor Zadorozhny
Composer: Vyacheslav Dobrynin
Artist: Alsu Sharipova
Starring: Nikolay Rysev, Elena Ivanova, Ksenia Galibina
Production: Individual Alexander N. Shirmanov
The town of Nadezhdino in the Moscow region. The naughties. Ruslanchik is a young enterprising guy who is waiting for his girl-friend for a date in the car shed, inherited from his grandfather. It’s not his girlfriend, but his grandmother who comes the the car shed to look for her her statuette. The search turns into a rare opportunity to build dialogue between the relatives.
2025
Country: Russia
Runtime: 15:06 min
Rating: 18+
Director: Sasha Shirmanov
Scriptwriter: Sasha Shirmanov
Producer: Stanislav Samolin, Sasha Shirmanov, Diana Mavlyasheva, Alice Serebryannaya
Cameraman: Ruslan Kosenko
Sound Engineer Ilya Ermekeev
Sound technician Igor Zadorozhny
Composer: Vyacheslav Dobrynin
Artist: Alsu Sharipova
Starring: Nikolay Rysev, Elena Ivanova, Ksenia Galibina
Production: Individual Alexander N. Shirmanov
The town of Nadezhdino in the Moscow region. The naughties. Ruslanchik is a young enterprising guy who is waiting for his girl-friend for a date in the car shed, inherited from his grandfather. It’s not his girlfriend, but his grandmother who comes the the car shed to look for her her statuette. The search turns into a rare opportunity to build dialogue between the relatives.
Sasha Shirmanov
DIRECTOR'S BIO:
Sasha Shirmanov is a director and screenwriter, born in Kazan. Since 2014, he has been working in advertising, documentaries and short films. He graduated from the Kazan Art College and the Institute of Culture, studied drama with Alexander Mitta, Robert McKee and at VGIK. His works combine attention to the dramatic form and a sincere interest in human stories.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 – On the Ground Floor
2019 – At Dawn in Late June
2021– Lisa Leaves the Stage
2021 – A Couple of Lines
Sasha Shirmanov is a director and screenwriter, born in Kazan. Since 2014, he has been working in advertising, documentaries and short films. He graduated from the Kazan Art College and the Institute of Culture, studied drama with Alexander Mitta, Robert McKee and at VGIK. His works combine attention to the dramatic form and a sincere interest in human stories.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2018 – On the Ground Floor
2019 – At Dawn in Late June
2021– Lisa Leaves the Stage
2021 – A Couple of Lines