

12 minutes. One woman's debut. Zero votes on TMDB. What are we missing?
Direction
Actress directing herself — always fascinating power dynamics.

Director
Anastasia Kuimova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anastasia Kuimova's pivot from in-front-of-camera to behind it follows a long tradition of actors seeking control over their own narratives — though most debut with features, not 12-minute whispers.
Russian short cinema rarely breaks internationally; this film's near-invisibility online suggests it may exist primarily in festival circuits or regional streaming, making any viewer an accidental archivist.