THE SPECS (16+)

Russia, 2020, b/w, 94 min.

Director: Anna Dranitsyna

SCREENWRITER – Anna Dranitsyna

DOP – Yuri Gautsel

MUSIC – Maksim Pravdin, Mikhail Krylov

Sanek is an ordinary teacher at a school for troubled teenagers – young people to whom life has left almost no chances. Most of their parents are drug addicts or alcoholics. By the age of 10 – 15, these children have already seen many terrible things. Sanek builds special, trusting relationships with them – so close that at times it seems he is one of them. The fates of the kids turn out differently, but even if he manages to save just one, Sanek believes his life has been worth living.

Awards:

“Russia” Documentary Film Festival (Yekaterinburg, 2020) – Grand Prix, Prize of the Commissioner for Human Rights; Artdocfest (2021) – Special Jury Prize; “Window to Europe” – Grand Prix; “Crimea.Doc” – Grand Prix.

Anna Dranitsyna

Director, screenwriter, writer, associate professor at the St. Petersburg Institute of Film and Television, member of the Russian Documentary Guild. She graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (1996). Participant and prize-winner of Russian and international film festivals.

Filmography

Time Capsule, 2010

Hair, 2012

Passenger Flow, 2014

Galaxy, 2016

Citizens of the Great City: Irina Bogacheva, 2016

The Bridge, 2016

The Way to the Temple, 2018

The Way to the Temple. Part Two, 2018

Orr and Ora: A Love Story, 2019

The Miracles of Xenia of St. Petersburg, 2020

The Specs, 2020

School for Parents, 2023

Unknown Artist, 2023

Letters to a Daughter, 2024

The Temple of the Builders, 2024

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