73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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Tem letom ja postupil / That Summer I Got Accepted to University

Aleksandr Belov (Stockholm University of the Arts)
Sweden      29 m.
Synopsis

In a Russian country house, two boys, Anton and Zhenya, shoot air rifles at bottles. Anton suddenly fires at a cat, shocking Zhenya. Their friendship becomes strained. That evening, Anton's father takes them to the river and recalls his own childhood, when he built a forest shelter together with a friend. As night falls, Anton tries to reconcile, but Zhenya rejects his friendship. The next day, at the bus stop, they part without speaking, their silence filled with unspoken tension and guilt.

Director
Aleksandr Belov (Russia)
Cast
Oleg Yagodin, Sergej Gruzinov, Elmir Ibragimov
Country
Sweden
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