Original title: LEV
Short film, fiction – surrealist drama
25 min.
Germany
Languages: Russian, German
Outside, Lev finds a place where the rules belong to him.
At home, everything is noise, exhaustion, and a kind of love with claws. While his mother fights like a lioness to hold things together, Lev begins to slip through the cracks of everyday life — retreating deeper into his imagination.
LEV is a coming-of-age film about protection, guilt, and what happens to a child when the adults around him can no longer provide stability.
Cast (selected): Stepan Diakov, Anna Zhara, Sebastian Dorn, Alexander Eisenbraun
Screenplay: Alina Yklymova
Directors: Alina Yklymova, Fabian Weber
Production: h_da – Darmstadt University of Applied Scienceshule Darmstadt
Cinematography: Luis Jacobi
2nd Unit Cinematography: Hermine Smit
Production Design / Set Design / Costume Design: Johanna Amberg (including puppetry/animation)
Sound: Berthold von der Ohe
Festivals:
2015 Kasseler Dokfest – 6. Hessischer Hochschulfilmtag (Kassel, DE)
2018 Furora Film Festival (Berlin, DE)
contact: mail@alinayklymova.com
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