Valya who hasn't changed
Documentary
2024
Country: Russia
Runtime: 9 min
Rating: 6+
Director: Anastasia Khristova
Scriptwriter: Igor Mikhailus
Producer: Violetta Gunina
Cameraman: Anna Kastyanova
Sound engineer: Mikhail Gunin
Starring: Valentina Belkina
Production: Dva Kapitana, OOO
This is a film for city dwellers exhausted by the endless race to achieve results and change themselves for the better.
The main character, Valya, a resident of a Suzdal region village, enjoys the luxury of living an ordinary life, which is unimaginable for capital city residents. Cry, be joyful, love, pray, feed cats, water flowers and.... not to change to suit circumstances.
Valya teaches this simple worldly wisdom to the director of the film, a city girl Nastya, who is lost in the wilds of endless reflection.
2024
Country: Russia
Runtime: 9 min
Rating: 6+
Director: Anastasia Khristova
Scriptwriter: Igor Mikhailus
Producer: Violetta Gunina
Cameraman: Anna Kastyanova
Sound engineer: Mikhail Gunin
Starring: Valentina Belkina
Production: Dva Kapitana, OOO
This is a film for city dwellers exhausted by the endless race to achieve results and change themselves for the better.
The main character, Valya, a resident of a Suzdal region village, enjoys the luxury of living an ordinary life, which is unimaginable for capital city residents. Cry, be joyful, love, pray, feed cats, water flowers and.... not to change to suit circumstances.
Valya teaches this simple worldly wisdom to the director of the film, a city girl Nastya, who is lost in the wilds of endless reflection.
ANASTASIA KHRISTOVA
DIRECTOR'S BIO:
Anastasia Khristova is primarily a theatre director and actress. In 2023, she graduated from the Moscow Film School, Yevgeny Gindilis' workshop on directing and producing documentary films. In 2024, she participated in a film camp in Suzdal under the direction of Sergei Debizhev, together with the team she made the film Valya Who Hasn't Changed.
The film was awarded a special jury prize, and the heroine of the film became a recognisable star in her settlement.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 – Mum, short documentary, 41 min
2023 – I Went to the Sea for Oranges, short documentary, 47 min
2023 – Mishka, short documentary, 22 min
2024 – Valya Who Hasn't Changed, short documentary, 9 min
Anastasia Khristova is primarily a theatre director and actress. In 2023, she graduated from the Moscow Film School, Yevgeny Gindilis' workshop on directing and producing documentary films. In 2024, she participated in a film camp in Suzdal under the direction of Sergei Debizhev, together with the team she made the film Valya Who Hasn't Changed.
The film was awarded a special jury prize, and the heroine of the film became a recognisable star in her settlement.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 – Mum, short documentary, 41 min
2023 – I Went to the Sea for Oranges, short documentary, 47 min
2023 – Mishka, short documentary, 22 min
2024 – Valya Who Hasn't Changed, short documentary, 9 min