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I Gaze at the Sky

The early days of the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian children displaced by the conflict are brought to a Russian elementary school. One of them turns out to be the long-lost nephew of Victoria, a music teacher of Ukrainian descent. Victoria awakens from the slumber of Russian propaganda and begins a desperate fight to save the boy.

  • Alexandra Strunin
    Director
  • Alexandra Strunin
    Writer
  • Maciej Ślesicki
    Producer
    "The Dress", "Our Curse"
  • Warsaw Film School
    Producer
  • Wiktoria Gorodeckaja
    Key Cast
  • Roman Kukharskii
    Key Cast
  • Kamil Małkowski
    Cinematography
  • Karol Konopka
    Editing
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Patrzę w niebo
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland
  • Language:
    Russian, Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Warsaw Film School
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Debut Film Festival in Koszalin "Młodzi i Film"
    Koszalin
    Poland
    Polish
  • Freedom Film Festival
    Radom
    Poland
  • Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
    Gdynia
    Poland
  • Women's International Film Festival
    North Andover
    United States
  • 22nd Sedicicorto International Film Festival
    Forli
    Italy
  • Festiwal Filmowy Wajda na nowo
    Suwałki
    Poland
  • Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
    Palma
    Spain
    Best Drama Short
  • OFF Filmowe Południe
    Mikołów
    Poland
  • March on! Festival
    Washington DC
    United States
    Grand Prize in the Student Narrative Shorts Contest
  • Ukraina! Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
  • Montecatini International Short Film Festival
    Montecatini Terme
    Italy
  • Szczecin Film Festiwal
    Szczecin
    Poland
  • Women and the World Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
  • Let's Start The Revolution - Demakijaż Women's Art Festival
    Lublin
    Poland
    Main Award
  • Euroshorts 2025
    Gdańsk
    Poland
  • Offeliada Film Festival
    Gniezno
    Poland
Director Biography - Alexandra Strunin

Alexandra Strunin is an audiovisual artist of Ukrainian-Russian descent with a long-standing music career as a vocalist and extensive acting experience, performing on stage and in numerous Polish TV series. She has also directed many music videos for other artists and bands. She graduated from the Department of Photography in the Faculty of New Media Arts at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań. Currently, she is in her second year of film direcng studies at the Warsaw Film School, and her debut short film as a director is “I Gaze at the Sky".

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