Deserter

Sasha Stelchenko

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Sasha Stelchenko is a recent BA graduate in film directing at FAMU where he is currently doing his master’s degree. Before moving to Prague he successfully completed his undergraduate studies at language college in Minsk, his hometown, and visual culture studies at EHU, Belarusian university in exile in Vilnius.

Within four years he directed three short films that have been produced and shot in Czech Republic and Ukraine and screened internationally. His bachelor short film Deserter premiered in the official selection of Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers, had its North American premiere at Palm Springs International ShortFest and was nominated for the Czech Lion Magnesia Award for the Best Student Film.

He is currently developing his debut feature The thirty-seventh kilometre, an allegory of present-day Belarus that will tackle the issues specific to this secluded and largely underexposed society.

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2017
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During a late winter evening the police visit Nikolaj and Irina at their home. Their son Sergej is reported missing in action in Eastern Ukraine. Nikolaj begins to suspect that he has deserted.

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During a late winter evening the police visit Nikolaj and Irina at their home. Their son Sergej is reported missing in action in Eastern Ukraine. Nikolaj begins to suspect that he has deserted.

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Duration: 26 min.

Country: Czech Republic

Language: Russian, Ukrainian

Year: 2019

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Army, Family, Fear, Human Rights, Immigration, Otherness, Society, War

Cast & Crew

Director: Sasha Stelchenko

Producer: FAMU / CUC

Writer: Sasha Stelchenko

Cinematographer: Matěj Piňos

Editor: Alexander Kashcheev

Actors: Nikolaj Bondarenko Oleg Gotsuliak Svetlana Moiseenko

Festivals & Awards

2019

31. Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers (France)

26. MFFK Febiofest (Slovakia)

21. Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (Israel)

42. Poitiers Film Festival (France)

2020

nomination for 27. Czech Lion Magnesia Award for the Best Student Film 2019

26. Palm Springs International ShortFest (USA)

33. Finále Plzeň Film Festival (Czech Republic)

6. Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film Festival (Belarus)

9. Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival (Romania)

17. Nahal International Student Short Film Festival (Iran)

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