cinematography
Evgeny Rodin
editing
Benjamin Mirguet

sound
Simon Poupard (sound design)
Andre Rigaut (sound editing)
production design
Alisa Solovieva
Nikita Evglevski
costumes
Marija Janošević

cast
Maiia Pleshkevich
Yakov Karykhalin
Aleksandr Karpushin
Vesna Jovanović
Alexander Feklistov

production
Tamtam
co-productions
Totem Atelier
Art & Popcorn
producers
Dirk Decker
Andrea Schütte
Natalia Drozd
co-producers
Bérénice Vincent
Miroslav Mogorović
with the support of
Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
German Federal Film Board
Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée
Aide Aux Cinéma du Monde
Institut Français
Région Île-de-France/Paris Region
Arte Cofinova
Ministry of Culture Republic of Serbia
Film Center Serbia
Creative Europe Media
in association with
Totem Films

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Eight-year-old Katya spends the summer with her grandparents in the Russian countryside. Time stands still, adults remain silent, and a war in the background destroys lives. Meanwhile, kids are growing up and the clouds fly past.

2025 Short Summer
2023 Dreams About Putin (short)
2021 GES-2 (doc)
2021 Almost Spring (short)
2018 Dramatic and Mild (short)

“For me, Short Summer was an attempt to show how war and fear quietly seeped into everyday life, shaping a child’s world not through loud events, but through small details, whispered conversations, the unsettling occurrence of terrorist attacks nearby, news about the war on TV. It was important to me to preserve that fragile memory of childhood, its light and shadows. I didn’t want to moralize; I wanted to reflect on denial, helplessness, and the quiet courage it takes to face reality. For me, this film hopefully works like a time capsule, preserving the delicate beauty of a lost time while demanding how a society can begin to forget and turn away from problems. It’s a personal reckoning, but also holds out the hope that the next generation might choose differently.” (Nastia Korkia)

Nastia Korkia is a film director of Russian origin who divides her time between Germany and France. Her documentary feature film GES-2 premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival. Her works have been screened at IDFA, Berlin Critics’ Week, DOK Leipzig, True/False, and Sheffield DocFest, among others.