SHORT STORIES
By some quirk of fate, many people think that "Short Stories" was my first feature-length film, despite the festival success of "Franz+Polina".

  • I THINK THIS IS BECAUSE "SHORT STORIES" IS THE FIRST FILM I MADE FROM MY OWN SCREENPLAY AND YOU CAN FEEL NOT JUST MY DIRECTING STYLE, BUT ALSO MY WRITING.
I took four of my storylines that I had ready and that's how we improvised and shot "Short Stories", pretty much without any preparation. A year later the film was shown at Kinotavr 2012 (the most famous Russian film festival), where it won Best Screenplay. I am very grateful to this film for it coming about and how as a consequence.

  • I WAS NO LONGER JUST A DIRECTOR, BUT A CREATOR OF FILMS.

In this film I was responsible for every word, every syllable and every sound. This is why in some respects "Short Stories" was my first film.
An aspiring writer brings a collection of short stories to a publishing house. They turn him down because nobody reads short stories now. Readers want long-form literature, they say. Novels. They throw his book in the bin, but the secretary rescues it. She starts to read in secret, as do her colleagues, and they imagine themselves as the main characters. The film is made up of four stories of life in modern Russia, each created in different genres: the absurd, satire, thriller and melodrama.
FILM TRAILER
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STILLS
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STORYBOARD
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BACKSTAGE PHOTOS
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POSTERS
MUSIC

MUSIC VIDEOS
The New Internationale Vladi (Kasta)
Kiss Or Shoot (Philipp Veis)
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
  • 2012 – Kinotavr 23rd Open Russian Film Festival. Gorin Prize for Best Screenplay and Russian Guild of Film Experts and Critics Award.
  • 2013 – Monreal Film Festival, out-of competition screen showing in the Focus on World Cinema programme.
  • 2013 – Best Director, Jameson Dublin Film Festival.
  • 2013 – Nomination for the Nika National Film Prize – Best Screenplay.
  • 2012 – Moscow Premiere X Russian Film Festival – Kinoprocess Prize.
  • 2012 Autumn in Amur Open Russian Film Festival – Jury Special Prize.
  • 2012 – Pacific Meridian Film Festival – Audience Award.
  • 2012 - Vivat, Cinema of Russia Film Festival, Russia, St. Petersburg - Grand Prix,
  • 2012 – BFI London Film Festival – official selection.
  • 2012 – Nomination for the Bely Slon (White Elephant) Guild of Film Critics' Award for Best Film and winner of Best Music – Andjey Petras.
  • 2012 – Russian Film Festival in Spain ( Marbella) – Best Film and Audience Award.
PREMIERES AND FESTIVALS
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ACTORS AND CREW
Director and Screenplay – Mikhail Segal
Director of Photography – Eduard Moshkovich
Music – Andjey Petras
Production Designer – Vitaly Trukhanenko
Costume Designer – Vladimir Kuptsov
Make-Up Designers – Natalya Mikheeva, Elena Frolova-Trufanova
Assistant Directors – Evgenia Kasperskaya, Evgenia Gladchenko
Rerecording Mixer – Ivan Titov

Writer – Vladislav Leshkevich (Vladi, from the band Kasta)
Groom – Andrey Petrov
Bride – Daria Nosik
Organisor – Andrey Merzlikin
President – Igor Ugolnikov
Governor – Sergey Fetisov
Librarian – Tamara Mironova
Publisher – Konstantin Yushkevich
Girl – Lyobov Novikova (Aksyonova)

RUmedia Production Studios 2012 Producers Anastasia Kavunovskaya and Andrey Kretov
OTHER WEBSITES
IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2192582/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

KINOPOISK
https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/656093/press/

KINO-TEATR.RU
https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/ros/95978/annot/

WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Stories_(film))

PRESS COVERAGE OF THE FILM
PRESS COVERAGE ON KINOPOISK
https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/656093/press/

SÉANCE.Olga Kasianova
http://seance.ru/blog/reviews/toy-stories/

VEDOMOSTI. Olga Shakina
http://www.vedomosti.ru/lifestyle/lifestyle-culture/news/6259881/avtor_s_knopkami

ROSSIIYSKAYA GAZETA (RUSSIAN GAZETTE). Valery Kichin
http://www.rg.ru/2012/11/16/rasskazy-site.html

KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA (KOMSOMOL TRUTH).
Sergey Shakhidzhanyan
http://www.kp.ru/daily/25985/2917640/

ISKUSSTVO KINO (THE ART OF CINEMA). Nina Tsyrkun
http://kinoart.ru/blogs/pro-to-chto-ostalos-ot-razuma

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Irina Lyubarskaya
http://www.thr.ru/articles/1441/

GAZETA.RU Alexey Krizhevsky
http://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2012/11/14/a_4851809....

FILM.RU / EMPIRE. Lyubov Mitina
https://www.film.ru/articles/sbornik-ironicheskih-novell-pro-upadok-sovremennoy-rossii

RUSSKIY REPORTER (Russian Reporter). Evgeny Gusyatinsky
https://expert.ru/russian_reporter/2012/44/filmyi/

KOMMERSANT WEEKEND. Lidia Maslova
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-rss/2058364
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
KINOTAVR 2012 PRESS CONFERENCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPfQCkmbXuQ&t=741s

PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE PREMIERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO2n7k2nMko

PRESS CONFERENCE 2 AT THE PREMIERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BElE9mRuYa4

MIKHAIL SEGAL. INTERVIEW BEFORE THE PREMIERE AT KINOTAVR 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkvAVaxYrDQ&t=4s

MIKHAIL SEGAL. INTERVIEW ON "Over Dinner" ON M24
https://www.m24.ru/shows1/35/16988

MIKHAIL SEGAL. RADIO INTERVIEW ON "SHORT STORIES"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6l6EVUpM5M

MIKHAIL SEGAL. RADIO INTERVIEW ON "SHORT STORIES". PART 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ZUQn1FCpc