Section: Special: Belarus

Tut Byl Sasha

There was Sasha

Andrey Kashpersky

Belarus, 2016, 6 Min

An inconspicuous outbreak of violence. A group of youngsters while away the time on a playground to a backdrop of a prefab housing estate. Sasha is annoyed at her boyfriend even though he asks for forgiveness. Listening to music on her headphones she notices neither his pleas, nor the other events playing out around her, a lack of attention that proves fatal.

Andrey Kashpersky

A simple request for a cigarette, in Russian, and an answer, in Belorussian, lead to a disagreement that turns violent. In Russian Sasha, a popular affectionate form of the names Alexander and Alexandra, is a popular name, as becomes clear when we are introduced to the many protagonists in the course of the film. Working with but a few static camera shots, director Andrey Kashpersky provides a snapshot of the prevailing social mood in Belarus, whilst leaving judgment thereof to the viewer. MM

Filmformat
Mp4 | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
Andrey Kashpersky, Nella Vasilevskaya

Kamera
Andrey Velichkevich

Ton
Andrey Kashpersky

Schnitt
Andrey Kashpersky

Darsteller
Alexandra Bobkova, Zmiter Hvedaruk, Artemy Kalinin, Anton Netbay, Igor Petrenko, Stepan Shymko, Veronika Shymko

Produktion
Belarusian State Academy of Arts

Kontakt
Andrey Kashpersky
brest-apokalipsis1@mail.ru

Andrey Kashpersky - born in 1996 in Brest, Belarus. At age twelve he already began experimenting with camera equipment. His first short film YA TEBYA SLUSHAYU won Best Parody at “Tvori Gora” Youth Festival, a multi-genre media contest in Russia. He currently studies direction at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.

Movies
YA TEBYA SLUSHAYU (2012, short)
NE VOZVRASHAYSYA (2013, short)
KAKTUS (2015, short)
SAMIY VKUSNIY KOFE (2017, short)

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