23.10.2025 in 18:20. IC-8 (repeat): What If They Bomb Here Tonight? | I Hear it Still | The Birches | Upper | Notes From a Poet, Dom Kino, Blue hall

Time and place

Thursday, 23 October 2025 at 18:20

Dom Kino Cinema Center – Blue Hall: Karavannaya Street, 12

Description

What If They Bomb Here Tonight?
2025, Lebanon, 17 min., o.v.-Lebanese Arabic, feature, short-length
Director: Samir Syriani

Je crois entendre encore / I Hear it Still
2025, France, 16 min., o.v.- French, feature, short-length
Director: Constance Bonnot

SAMBA INFINITO
2025, Brazil-France, 15 мин., цвет., lang. – Portugal, short-length, feature
Screenwriter & director: Leonardo Martinelli

The Birches
2025, Russia, 27 min., o.v.-Russian, feature, short-length
Director:Maria Sergeeva-Kashlachyova

Upper
2024, Belgium, 15 min., o.v.-French, feature, short-length
Director: Lennert Madou

Notes From a Poet
2025, Canada, 8 min., o.v.-No dialogue, feature, short-length
Director: Simon Garez

Samba Infinito

Genres: Feature, Short-length

Director: Leonardo Martinelli

Operator: João Atala

Screenwriter: Leonardo Martinelli

Cast: Alexandre Amador, Miguel Leonardo, Camila Pitanga, Gilberto Gil

Producer: Renan Barbosa Brandão, Rafael Teixeira, Leonardo Martinelli, Lucas H. Rossi, Clara Marquardt, Justin Pechberty, Damien Megherbi

Year: 2025

Country: Brazil-France

Duration: 15 min.

Languages: Portuguese

Description

Russian premiere

During Rio’s Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him. Carnival is a time when even those forever gone can return. A phantasmagorical film by inventive Brazilian filmmaker Leonardo Martinelli.

About the director:

Leonardo Martinelli
Filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro. His film Neon Phantom won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival. His shorts have been selected at festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Montreal, Biarritz, Toulouse and others. He also holds a Master’s degree in Communication from PUC-Rio and is currently developing his first feature film, selected for the Locarno Residency and the Hubert Bals Fund.

What If They Bomb Here Tonight?

Genres: Feature, Short-length

Director: Samir Syriani

Operator: Pierre Mouarkech

Screenwriter: Samir Syriani, Nadine Chalhoub Syriani

Cast: Samir Syriani, Nadine Chalhoub Syriani, Oumaya Syriani

Producer: Nicolas Khabbaz

Year: 2025

Country: Lebanon

Duration: 17 min.

Languages: Lebanese Arabic

Description

Russian premiere

Samir and Nadyn, a Lebanese couple, spend a sleepless night anxious and fearing an Israeli airstrike could shatter the glass walls of their home. With their children peacefully asleep, they battle with whether to flee or risk the worst and stay.

About the director:

Samir Syriani
Born in 1989, Samir Syriani is a Lebanese film director and screenwriter. He graduated with a full scholarship and gained early recognition for his award-winning student film To Baalbek, screened at over 15 international and local festivals. His career flourished through award-winning music videos and TV campaigns for global brands. In 2019, Samir completed his Master’s degree short film Contact, which premiered internationally at the 49th Tampere Film Festival, earning multiple accolades and worldwide festival selections, including Best National Film at BMFF.

The Birches

Genres: Feature, Short-length

Director: Maria Sergeeva-Kashlachyova

Operator: Nikita Sergeev

Screenwriter: Maria Sergeeva-Kashlachyova

Cast: Ekaterina Reshetnikova, Tatiana Samarina, Alisa Slepyan

Producer: Nikita Sergeev

Year: 2025

Country: Russia

Duration: 27 min.

Languages: Russian

Description

Olga travels to her native village to visit her mother, with whom she hasn’t spoken in years. Her mother, the village’s “whisperer,” is sought out by those in need of help when all else fails.

About the director:

Maria Sergeeva-Kashlachyova
Director, screenwriter. Born in Berdsk, Novosibirsk Oblast. Graduated in 2022 from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Department of Film and Television Directing, under the mentorship of Boris Gersht and Anna Boguslavskaya. Student directorial works include Silt (2021), The Land Under Snow (2022).

Upper

Genres: Feature, Short-length

Director: Lennert Madou

Operator: Kamiel Doens

Screenwriter: Lennert Madou, Birgit Aertgeerts

Cast: Pablo Schils, Cirille Mairesse

Producer: Laura Scheerlinck

Producer company : Caviar, Ila

Year: 2024

Country: Belgium

Duration: 15 min.

Languages: French

Description

Russian premiere

Two bored friends wander around near a deserted area, innocently seeking adventure. One is busy constantly climbing higher, while the other eagerly awaits a spectacular asteroid that will be seen in the sky tomorrow night. Playfully, they keep themselves entertained while a long-awaited climax seems near. It promises to be phenomenal.

About the director:

Lennert Madou
Born in 2000, Lennert Madou is a director and photographer from Antwerp, Belgium. In 2024, he obtained a Master’s degree in film directing from the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound in Brussels. As a photographer, he works mainly in high-end fashion and the music industry. With his previous short film High Jump (2021, a third-year student film at RITCS School of Arts), Lennert showcased his first live-action project, which after many international selections also received a jury award at the Palm Springs ShortFest.

Notes From a Poet

Genres: Feature, Short-length

Director: Simon Garez

Operator: Freddy Aung

Screenwriter: Simon Garez

Cast: Emmanuel Bégin, Katya Solenne, Bruce McKay

Producer: Simon Garez

Year: 2025

Country: Canada

Duration: 8 min.

Languages: No dialogue

Description

Russian premiere

After discovering an enigmatic inscription in a library book, a restless dreamer embarks on a quest to unlock its meaning.

About the director:

Simon Garez
French-Canadian filmmaker, raised in Saskatchewan. He holds a BFA from Simon Fraser University and a diploma from the Vancouver Institute of Media Arts. His work has screened worldwide at festivals including VIFF, Atlantic IFF, and Vienna Shorts. His films examine rural life and humanity’s interaction with its ecological environment. Alongside his artistic practice, Simon is also engaged in beekeeping and honey production. His short Gentle Hum of Spring was presented in the non-competition programme of the 33rd Message to Man Film Festival.

Je crois entendre encore / I Hear it Still

Genres: Feature, Short-length

Director: Constance Bonnot

Operator: Manuel Marmier

Screenwriter: Constance Bonnot

Cast: Viki Assayas, Nathalie Richard

Producer: Emmanuel Chaumet

Producer company : Ecce Films

Year: 2025

Country: France

Duration: 16 min.

Languages: French

Description

Russian premiere

Ada, a 14-year-old girl, has no choice but to watch the slow agony of her terminally ill father. She is sent to Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, a seaside resort in the West of France, where, one day on the beach, she gets stung by a wasp and begins to feel her body change.

About the director:

Constance Bonnot
Director. She was born in 1994. After working briefly at Cahiers du Cinéma, she graduated from EHESS with a Master’s degree in Art, Literature and Language. I Hear It Still is her debut short film.