Through The Door
In a perfect world, happy families can exist. There, little girls wear white dresses, eat lots of ice cream, paint pictures, and dance ballet. Parents kiss because they are in love.
This film peeks in on a Russian family in America. Late one night, two sisters can't sleep. Through a bedroom door slightly ajar, they hear their parents arguing about unfamiliar things. Puzzled, the sisters try to interpret what they hear, and their imagination becomes their guide, protecting them.
Through the Door is the second of five short films that will make up the planned feature film Apples and Seeds. Each story will be about children’s formative experiences in which adults play an important role but are often unaware of their influence.
Narrative short, 17 English and Russian (with English subtitles), revised 2011.
awards
- Award of Excellence for Short Film and Dramatic Impact, The Indie Fest, 2010
SCREENINGS
- New Filmmakers NY, October, 2009 at Anthology Film Archives for the NEW FILMMAKERS FALL FEST 2009
Production Team
- Writer/Director - Yelena Demikovsy
- Executive Producer - Brian Singh
- Producer - Kit Bland
- Director of Photography - Till Neumann
- Composer - Iraida Yusupova
- Editors - Fatima Benbrahim, Francesca Mor
- Production Design - Amanda Ford
Actors
- Irina Byakova
- Dmitry Huhlayev
- Alisa Korkhin
- Veronica Kelegian