Original language: English

Subtitles: Belarusian

12 min.

Dir. Darya Zhuk; 2015; USA, Belarus, Russia

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, fresh off the boat in America, an exchange student named Alya boldly faces off with cultural differences as she celebrates her 17th birthday in 1994.

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About the film

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, fresh off the boat in America, an exchange student named Alya boldly faces off with cultural differences as she celebrates her 17th birthday in 1994.

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English

Original language

Belarusian

Subtitles

fiction, short film

Genre

Darya Zhuk, Guy Cimbalo

Screenplay

Mary Harron, Aleksey Ageev

Executive producers

Viktorya Aleksanyan, Mitchell Waxman

Producers

Jessica Bennett

DoP

Niv Klainer

Editor

Tamara Sevunts, Gerard Assante, Mariah Lee, Carolyn McCormick, John Rothman, Stephen Stapinski, Blue Thompson

Cast

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