PROJECT DETAILS
Country of Production: Germany
Year of Production: 2026
Format: Short Film
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Duration: 5 min
Screening Format: DCP, 24 fps, 4K
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Sound Format: Surround (5.1)
Language: Russian (voice-over)
Subtitles: English
Supported by: MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Directed by Pola Rader
Cinematography by Hannes Gorrissen
Starring Nikolai Surshik
Music by Jens Heuler
Sound Design by Sebastian Struck
SYNOPSIS
In a dim, timeless living room, a family watches a glowing screen. When the image freezes, a young boy tries to repair it — triggering a subtle distortion of reality. The domestic space becomes a fragile threshold between presence and absence. Within this suspended world, marked by alienation and loss in an informational void, an enduring human longing for connection and peace quietly emerges.
Part of the Short Film Corner/Festival de Cannes 2026
with a selection for the keynote “Would You Buy This?”
