Short Summer

In Nastia Korkia’s striking narrative feature debut, the vast Russian countryside is a young girl’s playground, even as the Chechen war threatens to disrupt her rural idyll.

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Credits

  • Director

    Nastia Korkia

  • Screenwriters

    Nastia Korkia, Mikhail Bushkov

  • With

    Maiia Pleshkevich, Yakov Karykhalin, Aleksandr Karpushin

  • Germany-France-Serbia 2025.

  • Courtesy of

    Totem Films

  • Language

    Russian

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Eight-year-old Katya revels in the summer spent with her grandparents in the countryside. Time seems to stand still, but in the distance, the rumble of war becomes increasingly present. Shot in long takes, Korkia’s debut is both peaceful yet subtly threatening. Keeping the historical frame ambiguous, the film conveys the dreadful impression that crimes and tragedies recur, with the lessons from them remaining unlearned.

Sergio Fant

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

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