Grace

Blazh

64th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Far from this world: that’s how the teenage protagonist lives, traveling with her father to the other side of Russia, running away from the country they once called home, seeking freedom. They live in their truck, which serves not only as a living capsule filled with memories and emotions but also as a roaming cinema that offers unique images to the audience in exchange for a small income. Their journey is both literal and metaphorical, almost metaphysical. It’s a journey into a ghost world, in a place they no longer recognize. An escape trajectory from the inhospitable reality, filmed in a timeless, poetic manner reminiscent of Tarkovsky's cinema. Ilya Povolotsky’s debut in fiction (many will remember his documentary Froth, which was screened at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival) is a wholly independent film that doesn’t succumb to any norms and proves that a radically different cinema is possible – even in today’s Russia.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Ilya Povolotsky

Script: Ilya Povolotsky

Cinematography: Nikolay Zheludovich

Editing: Aleksandr Kletsov, Ilya Povolotsky

Sound: Alexander Krotov, Andrey Dergachev

Music: Zurkas Tepla

Actors: Maria Lukyanova, Gela Chitava, Eldar Safikanov, Ksenia Kutepova

Production: Blackchamber

Producers: Ivan Nechaev, Ilya Povolotsky

Production Design: Zlata Kalmina, Elya Strezhenyuk