Bless You!

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Bless You!

Zdrastvuyte!
Tatiana Chistova
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2020
Documentary Film
Poland
2020
30 minutes
Russian
Subtitles: 
English

Against the backdrop of Saint Petersburg’s back courtyards during the Corona lockdown, Tatyana Chistova fuses recordings of the almost empty city and calls to a municipal hotline tasked with offering help and advice, but topics range from the banal to existential questions. Elderly people in particular are affected by poverty, hunger and loneliness. Chistova highlights that in a system that neglects its weakest members, the virus is not the only threat.

Kim Busch

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Director
Tatiana Chistova
Script
Maciek Hamela
Cinematographer
Marina Levashova
Editor
Tatiana Chistova
Producer
Maciek Hamela
Score
Patryk Zakrocki
World Sales
Georg Gruber