Fathers (18+)
Russia, 2023, colour, 66 min.
Director: Yury Mokienko
Director: Yury Mokienko
Father and son organize a children's film festival in the village. Each of them shoots his own film for the festival. Mobile phone is their camera. Shovel is a tripod. Their own children and grandchildren are the actors. Filming turns into a real test – for everyone. A documentary comedy about a father and a son, about a large family that lives happily in a Russian village in the middle of nowhere.
Yury Mokienko
Yury Mokienko
was born in St. Petersburg. Studied to become a sound engineer. As a computer graphics artist, he has worked in theaters, on television and in films. He also worked on documentary films as an editor. Graduated from the directing workshop of Alexander Sokurov at the Institute of Film and Television (2022).
FILMOGRAPHY
Lermontov's Scottish Wind, 2019; The Seasons, 2020; IsoIsolation, 2021; Fathers, 2023.
Russia, 2023, colour, 66 min.
Director: Yury Mokienko
Director: Yury Mokienko
Father and son organize a children's film festival in the village. Each of them shoots his own film for the festival. Mobile phone is their camera. Shovel is a tripod. Their own children and grandchildren are the actors. Filming turns into a real test – for everyone. A documentary comedy about a father and a son, about a large family that lives happily in a Russian village in the middle of nowhere.