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Without

A young ballerina faces problems both in her personal and professional life. When she loses herself in depression and plunges into imaginary worlds, real life forces her to find a way out to meet her creative self.

  • Enni Red
    Director
  • Enni Red
    Writer
    "Four Names" (2005), "High School Students" (2008), "Escape" (2009), "Liquid Soul" (2016), "Tomorrow" (2017), "Make a Wish" (2018), "Without" (2019)
  • Enni Red
    Producer
    Tomorrow" (2017), "Sing, Mummy" (2018), "Make a Wish" (2018), "Without" (2019)
  • Darya Barabanova
    Key Cast
    "She"
    "F5" (2012)
  • Ofa Feldman
    Cinematographer
  • Kamil Dobrosielski
    Editing
    "Tomorrow" (2017)
  • Yoann Mylonakis
    Music
    "Tomorrow" (2017)
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Dance
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Shooting Format:
    Blackmagic 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sound And Vision International Film & Technology Festival
    New York
    United States
    September 23, 2019
    World Premiere
    BRONZE S.A.A.V.Y AWARD
  • Filmed Up
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    September 25, 2019
    British Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Thessaloniki Cinedance International
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    September 29, 2019
    Greek Premiere
    Official Selection
  • FICSAM International Mental Health Film Festival
    Faro
    Portugal
    October 3, 2019
    Portuguese premiere
    Official Selection
  • International Sound & Film Music Festival (ISFMF)
    Pula
    Croatia
    October 20, 2019
    Croatian Premiere
    CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS nominee for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, SHORT
  • Edinburgh Short Film Festival
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    October 24, 2019
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Enni Red

After 18 years of work in Russian Creative Industries (Film, TV, Theatre, Festivals) in different positions from Assistant to Executive, Enni moved to the UK in 2015 to start a career in the new country. She finished MA in Screenwriting at Screen Academy Scotland and is doing PhD in Film at Lancaster University now.

In the last 4 years Enni was writing screenplays of short and feature films (several are in development now) and produced four short films. Short film "Without" was her directorial debut.

At the moment Enni is in development of a short film "Transgressing", a proof of concept for a feature film she is going to produce after finishing her PhD.

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Director Statement

This is a low-budget independant short film, Russian/British/Canadian co-production.

We, the creators of the film, were inspired by the tone, atmosphere and topics of such films as “Melancholia” (by Lars von Trier), “Black Swan” (by Darren Aronofsky), “Pina” (by Wim Wenders). We aimed to create a high quality, experimental in storytelling and emotional poetic dance drama. We are sure that every creative person at some point of their life can come to the same state as our protagonist. And we hope that our film will inspire the viewers to never stop searching themselves.

It is worth mentioning that this film is created by a female team: writer, producer, director, DOP, lead actress, choreographer, production designers and sound designer. It is important for us to state that this is a "female gaze" film.