DOCUMENTARY, 2024, 90′
After leaving the psychiatric facility where they had been wrongfully confined, Katya and Yulia, two young Russian women whom I have been filming for many years, finally achieve independent lives. This newfound freedom, which they have fought so hard to attain, promises to make their dreams of a new future come true. But how can one be free and pursue their aspirations in today’s Russia?
Selections
Visions du Réel 2024 – National Competition (Swiss) : Special mention
Etats Généraux du film documentaire de Lussas (France) – Seminar « Films in a State of war »
Team and supports
Director : Alexander Kuznetsov
Producer : Rebecca Houzel
Photography : Konstantin Selin, Alexander Kuznetsov, Yulia Kuznetsov
Editing : Luc Forveille et Konstantin Selin
Editing sound and mix : Myriam René
Color grading : Romain Pierrat
In coproduction with Intermezzo Films (Switzerland), RTS Radio Télévision Suisse and SRG SSR.
With the participation of Current Time TV.
With the support of Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée, Bourse Brouillon d’un rêve (SCAM).
The film participated in EastDoc Platform 2020, IDFA Industry Forum 2021, au Work In Progress de ParisDoc – Cinéma du Réel 2023.