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 Odesa International Film Festival, where it received the prize for best Ukrainian short film.[1]

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
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Kristi Film
Release dates
  • July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21) (Odesa International Film Festival)
  • July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21) (Ukraine)
Running time
19 min.
CountryUkraine
LanguageUkrainian

The film was included in the almanac of short films, "Ukrainian New Wave: Runaway", which was released in Ukrainian theaters on April 12, 2018.[2]

Release

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The world premier of Graduation '97 was on June 21, 2017, at the Odesa International Film Festival, where it received the prize for best Ukrainian short film.[3] 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.[4]

Plot summary

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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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Названо переможців 8-го Одеського міжнародного кінофестивалю - Детектор медіа". 2019-09-15. Archived from the original on 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  2. ^ Українська Нова Хвиля. Runaway Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine на сайті Національного центру Олександра Довженка
  3. ^ "Названы победители Одесского кинофестиваля" (in Russian). Корреспондент. 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  4. ^ "Украинский фильм стал призером международного фестиваля в Локарно" (in Russian). РБК-Украина. 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  5. ^ "Vypusk '97". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
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