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Touch

Year
2015
Country
Russia
Duration
20'’
Director
Alina Stepanenko

A film about the feeling of loneliness of a child in a family, about walking from one room to another, unsuccessfully trying to touch their mom and dad, and feel them in her life.

Production and Sales
Dina Barinova, [email protected]
Director
Alina Stepanenko

Alina Stepanenko was born in Murmansk, Russia. When she was eight, she moved to Voronezh with her family. When she was in 11th grade, she participated in an experimental documentary cinema course by Dina Barinova, pretended she was a difficult teenager and made the film Touch. In August 2015, she was accepted to the Saint Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine. She now lives in Saint Petersburg.

Selected Filmography

Touch (2015)

Cinema House, Blue Hall
Cinema House
vul. Saksahanskoho, 6
Q&A with directors
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
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Crowley – Every Cowboy Needs His Horse
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Crowley – Every Cowboy Needs His Horse
Year
2015
Country
Germany
Director
André Hörmann
Duration
15’’
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I Am Kuba
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I Am Kuba
Year
58
Country
Norway, Germany, Poland
Director
Åse Svenheim Drivenes
Duration
2014’
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When the Earth Seems to Be Light
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When the Earth Seems to Be Light
Year
2015
Country
Georgia, Germany
Directors
Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze, David Meskhi
Duration
80'’
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White Earth
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White Earth
Year
2014
Country
USA
Director
J. Christian Jensen
Duration
20’’
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Dancing for You
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Dancing for You
Year
2015
Country
Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Director
Erlend E. Mo
Duration
28’
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