Graduation '97

Graduation '97 (Ukrainian: Випуск ’97) is a short Ukrainian tragicomedy film directed by Pavel Ostrikov. The world premier of the motion picture occurred on July 21, 2017, at the Odessa International Film Festival, where it received the prize for best Ukrainian short film.

Graduation '97
Ukrainian: Випуск ’97
Directed byPavel Ostrikov
Written byPavel Ostrikov
Produced byYuriy Minzyanov
StarringАлександр Пожарский
Олеся Островская
Людмила Саченко
Оксана Ильницкая
Виктор Лищинский
CinematographyКирилл Шлямин
Production
company
Kristi Film
Release dates
  • July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21) (Odessa International Film Festival)
  • July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21) (Ukraine)
Running time
19 min.
CountryUkraine
LanguageUkrainian

Release

The world premier of Graduation '97 was on June 21, 2017, at the Odessa International Film Festival, where it received the prize for best Ukrainian short film.[1] On August 3 of the same year the picture was shown at the Locarno Festival under the English name Graduation '97, where it also won the prize from the Youth jury for best international short film.[2]

Plot summary

Roman, a technician, lives a solitary life in a provincial town. For the first time in a while, since his degree, he runs into an old classmate, Liuda, who just returned to the town. No one had heard talk of her for twenty years and Roman does not want to lose her again.[3]

References
  1. "Названы победители Одесского кинофестиваля" (in Russian). Корреспондент. 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  2. "Украинский фильм стал призером международного фестиваля в Локарно" (in Russian). РБК-Украина. 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  3. "Vypusk '97". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
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