Lidia KANASHOVA
Лидия КАНАШОВА
Lidia KANACHOVA
Russia, 2023, 39mn 
documentary
Adventures of a Real Samurai in the World of Disasters
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Приключения реального самурая в мире катастроф

 

 Les Aventures d'un vrai samouraï dans le monde des catastrophes

 Prikliuchenia realngo samuraya v mire katastrof

 
Directed by : Lidia KANASHOVA (Лидия КАНАШОВА)
Writing credits : Lidia KANASHOVA (Лидия КАНАШОВА)
Cinematography : Lidia KANASHOVA (Лидия КАНАШОВА)
Produced by : Aleksey FEDORCHENKO (Алексей ФЕДОРЧЕНКО), Dmitry VORYEV (Дмитрий ВОРОБЬЕВ)
Production : Кинокомпания 29 февраля при поддержке Министерства культуры РФ / Société de production du 29 février avec le soutien du Ministère de la cuture de Russie
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Awards :
Best documentary, National Competition, Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2025

Plot synopsis
Valka can't keep her balance. To stand and walk, she uses canes, and to run, she rides a bicycle. For Valka, the world is full of dangers and disasters. How can you face the world if you're only nine years old and you fall when you put your foot down clumsily or when someone pushes you even slightly? To find balance, Valka invented a mantra: "I am a true samurai!" It is with this mantra that he takes his first courageous and independent steps towards the world.
 

Commentaries
Lida Kanashova: Adventures of a Real Samurai in the World of Disasters (Prikliucheniia real’nogo samuraia v mire katastrof, 2025), Lilia NEMCHENKO, Kinokultura, 2026
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2026
- Премия имени Дзиги Вертова, Moscow (Russia), 2025
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2025