Kiev Moscow

Renata lives in Kyiv with her mother. Her younger brother, Kiril, is fighting in the war in the east of Ukraine.
At the advertising firm where Renata works, she is assigned to take care of Sasha, a Russian skateboarder who comes from Moscow to perform tricks for a commercial. Renata loses the money for Sasha’s hotel, and is forced to host him in her brother’s room.
In the course of a day Sasha and Renata become very close, but external circumstances – her mother’s struggle to make peace with the fact that a Russian boy is living in her son’s room and general frustrations with the war - don’t allow them to keep their friendship.

  • Anna Lyubynetska
    Director
    Kyiv Prague (2014), Dinner (2014)
  • Anna Lyubynetska
    Writer
    Kyiv Prague (2014), Dinner (2014)
  • Ondřej Šejnoha/Studio FAMU
    Producer
    Happy End (2016), Peacoc (2015)
  • Elena Vatrushkina
    Key Cast
  • Sasha Stelchenko
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 1, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    6,850 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Czech Republic
  • Country of Filming:
    Czech Republic, Ukraine
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Czech Lion Awards
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    March 4, 2017
    Magnesia Award for the Best Student film
  • Kiev International Short film festival
    Kiev
    Ukraine
    April 20, 2017
    national premier
    Special Mention of the joury, Audeince award
  • Filmfest Dresden
    Dresden
    Germany
    April 12, 2017
    international premier
  • Plzen Finale
    Plzeň
    Czech Republic
    April 20, 2017
    national premier
  • LA Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    June 14, 2017
    North Amrican premier
Distribution Information
  • FAMU
    Country: Czech Republic
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Anna Lyubynetska

Anna Lyubynetska is a film director, scriptwriter and editor from Kyiv currently living in Prague. She is currently finishing her Masters in Film Directing at FAMU. In the recent past she has shot several fiction and documentary short films. Her latest films „Dinner“, „Kyiv Prague“ and „Kiev Moscow“ are insights into issues of contemporary Ukrainian society. Her graduation film „Kiev Moscow“ has won Magnesia Award for the Best Student film 2016 at Czech Lion Awards.

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