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Star David

12 y.o. Jewish girl Dinka studies at Machon (Jewish orthodox orphanage). Lone middle-aged Israeli-born Hana, the Machon headmistress, exerts best efforts to educate girls in the spirit of Jewish tradition and to protect them from the temptations of the outside world. Once Dinka has watched a boring b-movie on TV and felt in love with Hollywood actor David Travis, a muscular handsome moustachette. She decides to marry him by the Talmudic rules and writes letters to Hollywood.

  • Eugene Koshin
    Director
  • Eugene Koshin
    Writer
  • Alexander Syvak
    Producer
  • Julia Koshina
    Producer
  • Ievgeniya Samoilenko
    Key Cast
  • Oleg Kuzin
    Key Cast
  • Irina Smetanina
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Звезда Давид
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy, Family, Romance, Coming of age
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 5, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    900 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • LUCAS - Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans
    Frankfurt
    Germany
    September 20, 2016
    European premiere
  • Kinoshot short film festival
    Cherkassy
    Ukraine
    August 20, 2016
    Ukrainian premiere
    Best Film
  • Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Libelula Dorada
    Santo Domingo
    Dominican Republic
    August 24, 2016
    American premiere
    Best Direction
  • Real Time Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    September 29, 2016
    African Premiere
    Best International Short Film
  • XIX Festival Internacional ICARO 2016
    Guatemala
    Guatemala
    October 22, 2016
    Regional Premiere
  • International Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers (Black Nights subfestival)
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    November 13, 2016
    Baltic premiere
  • XXIII International Film Festival Etiuda i Anima
    Krakow
    Poland
    November 26, 2016
    Poland premiere
  • 14th International Short & Independent Film Festival
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    Asian Premiere
  • Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne
    Melbourne
    Australia
    July 17, 2016
    Australian Premiere
    Semi-Finalist
  • KINOPROBA International Film School Festival & Workshops
    Yekaterinburg
    Russian Federation
    December 1, 2016
    Russian Premiere
  • VII international film festival ArtShort
    Smolensk
    Russian Federation
    October 20, 2016
  • XIV festival of young cinema "Green Apple"
    Novosibirsk
    Russian Federation
    November 1, 2016
    SPECIAL MENTION: For the subtle insight into the psychology of a growing teenager
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    December 25, 2016
  • We care film festival 2016
    New Dehli
    India
  • Second Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film Exhibition 2016
    Wenzhou
    China
  • 2017 SPE Media Festival
    Cleavlend, Ohio
    United States
  • Cinema Grand Prix 2016

    Indonesia
    Laurel of achievment
  • Corti da Sogni film festival 2017
    Ravenna
    Italy
  • Nepal Human Rights Film Festival 2017
    Kathmandu
    Nepal
  • International Šoblė Film Festival
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    March 10, 2017
  • VI Kyiv international short film festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
Director Biography - Eugene Koshin

29 y.o. writer and director based in Kiev, Ukraine. Currently a student in Film Directing at THE HIGHER COURSES FOR SCREENWRITERS AND DIRECTORS (Moscow). Originally from Donetsk, I received my B.A. (2008) and M.A. (2009) in Russian Philology at Donetsk National University and continued my education as post-graduate student at the Department of Literature Theory and Art (since 2009). I studied screenwriting at STB Channel Screenwriting School (2010) and Robert McKee Seminar “Story” (2013). Before beginning film school, during writing my Ph.D. thesis, I worked as the writer on STB and DONBASS TV channels. I've worked as screenwriter and assistant director on projects BEHIND THE SPOTLIGHT and THE GLORIOUS SEVEN (dir. Harald Franklin) and as director on tv series REAL MYSTICS

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