Film7Days 2020

Альманах «Кино за 7 дней» 2020

In December 2020, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan, Kazan hosted the 2nd Film7Days Festival, which was attended by 10 professional teams of young filmmakers from Vietnam, New Zealand, France, China, Germany, Nicaragua, Russia and others countries.

The participants of the festival filmed their works in 7 days (partially remotely) in Kazan and other locations, and presented them to the international jury headed by Konstantin Bronzit.

The films of all participants were shown as part of a special event at the opening of the Window to Europe Festival in August 2021 in Vyborg, Russia.

One of the practical results of the Film7Days Festival is the eponymous almanac created from the films of all participants, which will be released in Russia on November 24, 2022.

74 min., 16+
Language: Russian, English, German, Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish, French

2000’s

Russia, 9 min.

At the beginning of the 2000s, provincial punks living next to the registry office building earn their pocket money by blackmailing wedding corteges. Once Alyonka, a girl from the gang, meets among the guests of a wedding celebration his mother's lover. The girl has a plan for revenge.

Director:: Oksana Sinchugova

Ode

Russia, 9 min.

Courrier is looking for deep answer to the riddle of the Sphinx.

Philosophical work about essence of human existence. Director reflecting on the answer to the Sphinx’s riddle. Film is made in 3 parts – morning,day,evening. When human being enters this world he goes through a rite of passage into the life, growing up human starts family, and at the end of his path, a person begins to see his deeds and accomplishments. But if there is something more behind it all?

Director:: Aleksandr Ivanov

Tea Leaves

New Zealand, 7 min.

Maia's world is thrown into uncertainty when she receives a break-up letter from her long-distance lover. Searching for answers, she consults a tea leaf reader for insight into her future.

Director:: Jake Mokomoko

I can't smell the soil in my head

Germany, 7 min.

I can`t smell the soil in my head” is the poetic depiction of a philosophical struggle. Associative patterns and cinematic allusions create a suggestive atmosphere full of tension and release. Close-ups of the protagonist and outdoor scenery complement each other and form a synaesthetic equivalent to the inner movement of the protagonist’s struggles. The camera follows closely his trail of thoughts in a constant forward motion. It’s the bittersweet realization that a mind’s work is as fleeting as an image on a single frame.

Director:: Alkistis Kafetzi

Papa-Test

Russia, 9 min.

The history of the relationship of a young couple. Roma at thirty-five is as carefree as at his eighteen. Lena can't deal with this...

Director:: Valery Baklanov, Dana Baklanova

Restless

China, 7 min.

Two Beijing girls spend a day together, from Noon to Midnight. They hang out in the city, they talk, they walk, they have fun, they feel bored… pretty much like any other day in their lives, or probably it is not quite like any other day in their lives.

Director:: Xie Li

Insta-Girl

Vietnam, 7 min.

A young blogger lies about living a luxurious life online to her Instagram followers. One day when she tries to take a picture with an expensive car, she get's confronted by the car owner, who turns out to be another blogger, that was recording a prank video.

Director:: Truong The Thien

The sun and the moon

Nicaragua, 8 min.

After visiting her mother in the hospital, Sasha sets himself the task of fulfilling her mother's last wish - See the beach house for the last time. However, he needs to convince her estranged sister to help him complete the journey. A stormy relationship develops between them.

Director:: Camila Silva

Iskra

France, 11 min.

As a strange plague tightens its grip on an isolated rural village, a young woman’s contact with the outside world breeds unrest amongst a superstitious townspeople.