WHERE IT FEELS GOOD
Feature short film
2024
Country: Russia, Armenia, Moldova
Director: Xenia Pchelintseva
Screenwriters: Andrey Garyazh, Xenia Pchelintseva
Producers: Gayane Grigoryan, Xenia Pchelintseva, Ksenia Ivanova, Olga Atmazha
Cameraman: Anton Dorushenkov
Sound engineer: Philip Trumpokais
Composer: Philip Trumpokais
Editing: Lev Musalnikov
Artistic director: Yulia Korotkova
Starring: Alyona Kokorina, Sofya Fadeeva, Eva Danilko, Timofei Larionov, Mark Falyakhitdinov
Runtime: 19 min
An eight-year-old Veronica and a six-year-old Anya have only recently met, but they have already become best friends. Veronica lives in a posh mansion, while Anya lives in an old, dilapidated house. Veronica invites her friend to her birthday party, but betrays her there. A simple story about a children's party turns into an existential parable about the search for forgiveness.
2024
Country: Russia, Armenia, Moldova
Director: Xenia Pchelintseva
Screenwriters: Andrey Garyazh, Xenia Pchelintseva
Producers: Gayane Grigoryan, Xenia Pchelintseva, Ksenia Ivanova, Olga Atmazha
Cameraman: Anton Dorushenkov
Sound engineer: Philip Trumpokais
Composer: Philip Trumpokais
Editing: Lev Musalnikov
Artistic director: Yulia Korotkova
Starring: Alyona Kokorina, Sofya Fadeeva, Eva Danilko, Timofei Larionov, Mark Falyakhitdinov
Runtime: 19 min
An eight-year-old Veronica and a six-year-old Anya have only recently met, but they have already become best friends. Veronica lives in a posh mansion, while Anya lives in an old, dilapidated house. Veronica invites her friend to her birthday party, but betrays her there. A simple story about a children's party turns into an existential parable about the search for forgiveness.
Xenia Pchelintseva
DIRECTOR'S BIO:
Xenia was born in Moscow in 1993. She graduated from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Dresden University majoring in international business. She worked in Berlin. She graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters
and Directors (directing workshop under Pavel Lungin and Irina Volkova). Currently she is a director, screenwriter and producer, as well as a director-curator in international film expeditions at the Gorky Film Studio. She is also the author and curator of directing courses at the Gorky Film Studio, Synergy University, TheOneFilm film school, etc.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2024 – Where It Feels Good, short meter, director, writer, producer
2024 – Cyborg, TV series, director
2024 – Anthology of 10 short films International
Film Expeditions at Gorky Film Studio 2024 (in production, director-curator, creative producer)
2024 – Contract, pilot episode in production, director-curator, creative producer
2021 – Avaco, short film, director, scriptwriter, producer
2020 – How to Kill a Man Online, director
2018 - No Entiendo, director, writer, producer
2017 – Express, director
Xenia was born in Moscow in 1993. She graduated from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and Dresden University majoring in international business. She worked in Berlin. She graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters
and Directors (directing workshop under Pavel Lungin and Irina Volkova). Currently she is a director, screenwriter and producer, as well as a director-curator in international film expeditions at the Gorky Film Studio. She is also the author and curator of directing courses at the Gorky Film Studio, Synergy University, TheOneFilm film school, etc.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2024 – Where It Feels Good, short meter, director, writer, producer
2024 – Cyborg, TV series, director
2024 – Anthology of 10 short films International
Film Expeditions at Gorky Film Studio 2024 (in production, director-curator, creative producer)
2024 – Contract, pilot episode in production, director-curator, creative producer
2021 – Avaco, short film, director, scriptwriter, producer
2020 – How to Kill a Man Online, director
2018 - No Entiendo, director, writer, producer
2017 – Express, director