15.11.2025 at 15:00. HAPPIN | THE INSTINCT | ADVENTURES OF A REAL SAMURAI IN THE WORLD OF DISASTERS, Kazan, The Smena Centre for Contemporary Culture

Time and place

Saturday, 15 November 2025 at 15:00

Kazan, The Smena Centre for Contemporary Culture: Казань, Бурхана Шахиди, 7

Description

HAPPIN
2024, Russia, 22 min., col., language — Russian, documentary, short-length
Director and Scriptwriter Inna Kudryavtseva

THE INSTINCT
2024, Russia, 34 min., col., language — Russian, documentary, short-length
Director and Scriptwriter Philip Ustinov

ADVENTURES OF A REAL SAMURAI IN THE WORLD OF DISASTERS
2023, Russia, 39 min., col., language — Russian
Directors Lida Kanashova
Scriptwriter Lida Kanashova
DOP Lida Kanashova
Producers Dmitry Vorobiev, Alexey Fedorchenko
Production 29th February Film Company with support from the Ministry of Culture of the RF
Sales 29th February Film Company

The Instinct

Genres: Documentary, Short-length

Director: Philip Ustinov

Operator: Andrey Antonov

Screenwriter: Philip Ustinov

Producer: Mikhail Nelzin, Dmitry Rezvykh

Producer company : Studio 98

Year: 2025

Country: Russia

Duration: 34 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Lyubov and Igor, the only veterinarians in Krasnoyarsk Krai specializing in the rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals, run the Instinct Centre, where injured and sick animals arrive daily for urgent care. Sometimes, a routine medical visit transforms into a full-scale rescue operation.

About the director:

Philip Ustinov
Director and sound engineer. Born in 1999 in Krasnoyarsk. Currently studying directing at the Moscow Film School under Alexey Popogrebsky and Pavel Bardin. Since 2021, he has worked as a director at Krasnoyarsk’s Shishka.Media production company. As a sound engineer, he collaborated with S98 studio. Instinct is his directorial debut.

Adventures of a Real Samurai in the World of Disasters

Genres: Documentary, Full-length

Director: Lida Kanashova

Operator: Lida Kanashova

Screenwriter: Lida Kanashova

Producer: Dmitry Vorobiev, Alexey Fedorchenko

Producer company : 29th February Film Company with support from the Ministry of Culture of the RF

Year: 2025

Country: Russia

Duration: 39 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

World premiere

Valka cannot keep his balance. He needs crutches to stand and walk, and a bicycle to run. For him, the world is full of perils and mishaps. How can one face life at nine years old, when a wrong step or the slightest push sends you tumbling? To steady himself, Valka has invented a mantra: “I’m a real samurai!” Armed with it, he takes his first independent and courageous steps toward the world.

About the director:

Lida Kanashova
Screenwriter and director. Graduated from VGIK’s Film Studies Faculty. In collaboration with Aleksey Fedorchenko, she wrote the screenplays for Breathe (short, 2017), Big Snakes of Ulli-Kale (2021), The Last Darling Bulgaria (2022), and Mitrofan Aksenov’s Sausage (2023).

Happin

Genres: Documentary, Short-length

Director: Inna Kudryavtseva

Operator: Inna Kudryavtseva, Ilya Andilevko

Screenwriter: Inna Kudryavtseva

Cast: Daria Fedotova, Pelageya Fedotova, Dobrynya Fedotov, Alexey Syvorotkin, Ibragim Mamurov

Producer: Inna Kudryavtseva

Producer company : Inna Kudryavtseva

Year: 2024

Country: Russia

Duration: 22 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Daria, once a nurse in the city, moved with her husband to a village to start a small dairy farm. After her husband volunteered for the army, Daria was left to manage the household and raise their two young children on her own. This resilient woman perseveres, tending the farm, caring for her children, and awaiting her husband’s return.

About the director:

Inna Kudryavtseva
Cinematographer and director. Graduated in 2021 from the Moscow Film School, where she studied Ilya Demin’s “Art of Cinematography” course. Finalist in the 2024 ArtMasters competition in the “Film and TV Cinematographer” category. She makes live-action films, documentaries, and music videos. Happin is her directorial debut.