Hard to Be a Friend (0+)
Russia, 2021, colour, 22 min.
Director: Mikhail Gorobchuk
Director: Mikhail Gorobchuk
Three-year-old Stesha is an observant and artistic child. In her games, she reproduces everyday household rituals, conversations of parents, by copying the adults' behavior. Stesha brings up a plush cat, takes care of it, instructs – and it seems that this is just a simple game in front of the lens of her father's camera. But filming allows you to see yourself from another angle. This is how you get your first idea about your own capabilities, about responsibility for another.
Mikhail Gorobchuk
Mikhail Gorobchuk
was born in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region. Graduated from the cinematography department of VGIK (2010, workshop of I.Klebanov). Between 2007 and 2011, he was at the head of the animation studio at the Pleskovo boarding school. In 2012, he made his debut as a director of non-fiction films. In 2013, he received the National Award in non-fiction films and TV "Laurel Branch" as Best Cinematographer. Since 2021, he has been teaching at the Institute of Contemporary Art and at the Irkutsk branch of VGIK.
FILMOGRAPHY
Breath of the Tundra, 2012; Junker, 2017; Katya and Stefania. Portrait in Interior, 2018; Shadows of Your Childhood, 2020; Hard to Be a Friend, 2021.
Russia, 2021, colour, 22 min.
Director: Mikhail Gorobchuk
Director: Mikhail Gorobchuk
Three-year-old Stesha is an observant and artistic child. In her games, she reproduces everyday household rituals, conversations of parents, by copying the adults' behavior. Stesha brings up a plush cat, takes care of it, instructs – and it seems that this is just a simple game in front of the lens of her father's camera. But filming allows you to see yourself from another angle. This is how you get your first idea about your own capabilities, about responsibility for another.