Anna KUZNETSOVA
Анна КУЗНЕЦОВА
Anna KOUZNETSOVA
Russia / Finland, 2022, 119mn 
fiction
Intermission
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Каникулы

 

 Les Vacances

 Kanikuly

 
Directed by : Anna KUZNETSOVA (Анна КУЗНЕЦОВА)
Writing credits : Anna KUZNETSOVA (Анна КУЗНЕЦОВА), Yekaterina ZADOKHINA (Екатерина ЗАДОХИНА)
 
Cast
Darya SAVELYEVA (Дарья САВЕЛЬЕВА )
Polina KUTEPOVA (Полина КУТЕПОВА)
Irina NOSOVA (Ирина НОСОВА )
 
Production design : Viktoria FETISOVA (Виктория ФЕТИСОВА)
Produced by : Natalya DROZD (Наталья ДРОЗД)
Production : Aamu Filmcompany
Release date in Russia : 07/11/2024
 
Site : Kinopoisk

Awards :
Best film Festival of Contemporary Russian Cinema "Mayak", Gelendzhik (Russia), 2023
First feature film Prize Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2023

Note :
The film was not approved for theatrical release in Russia until July 2024.

Plot synopsis
A young teacher Tanya is taking a school theater group to a festival in Sochi. For the sake of order, the head teacher of the same school, Maria Genrikhovna, is traveling with them. Tanya is not enthusiastic about the boss's eye, but Maria Genrikhovna quickly breaks all stereotypes about head teachers. In her face, Tanya finally finds herself a worthy adult - either a role model, or a mother, or a mentor. Meanwhile, the festival insistently demands a return to reality - the organizers demand to change the name of the performance, the poster, and, preferably, the worldview. Choose the path of compromise for the sake of children or take a principled position? In any case, Tanya and Maria Genrikhovna will have to answer to twelve teenagers who are experiencing their first dramas at the festival.
 

Commentaries
Anna Kuznetsova: Intermission (Kanikuly, 2022), Elena MONASTIROVA-ANSDELL, Kinokultura, 2024
Анна Кузнецова и Дарья Савельева. Реальность нас догнала и ускакала вперед [Anna Kouznetsova et Daria Savelieva "La réalité nous a rattrapés et a galopé en avant"], Anna KUZNETSOVA, Darya SAVELYEVA, Полина ПРИБЫТКОВА, Interview, kinoart.ru, 2024
И все-таки жаль, что кончилось лето…[A propos du film Vacances, 2022, de Anna Kouznetsova], Leonid PAVLYUCHIK, trud.ru, 2024
Девять фрагментов Послания. Воспоминания о 33-м фестивале «Послание к человеку» [A propos du festival Message to man 2023], Кирилл СТАРКОВ, Cinema Routine, 2023
Лучшие фильмы за 2023 год [Meilleurs films du Monde de 2023 selon Film.ru], film.ru, 2023
Найти свою нишу — Что смотреть на «Послании к человеку» [Quoi regarder au festival "Message to Man" 20-28 octobre 2023], Павел ПУГАЧЕВ, Даша ЧЕРНОВА, Никита ЛОПАТИН, seance.ru, 2023
The struggle against the “wrong cinema”: How certificates regulate film distribution in Russia, Nina ROMODANOVSKAYA, Elena TRUSOVA, Kinokultura, 2023
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Another Russia. Film Festival, Taverny (France), 2024
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2024
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2024
- "Forbidden" contemporary Films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2023
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2023
- Festival of Contemporary Russian Cinema "Mayak", Gelendzhik (Russia), 2023
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2023

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