Varya

23'
Russia 2020
12+
fiction, student, drama
Director Nika Gorbushina
Scriptwriter Aksinya Borisova, Veronika Gorbushina
DOP Kirill Iosipenko
Producer Daria Chigirinova
Studio Sergey Bondarchuk Russian Film School
Cast Varvara Shmykova, Nikolay Kovbas, Sergey Kotyukh, Svetlana Sayagova, Vitaliy Dudnik
Festivals
2021 Street Cinema festival
2021 Porto Femme - International Film Festival
Varya has chosen, as they say, a not entirely female profession – she wants to become a firefighter. The girl comes for some work experience to a fire brigade where she must prove to everybody that she is worthy of being there.

Nika Gorbushina

Director, screenwriter. Born in Samara. In 2015 graduated from the law department at Samara State Regional Academy. In 2016 won the nomination Best Film at Samara film festival 70/30. In 2017 graduated from the directors’ course at Alexander Mitta’s School, and a year later enrolled in the cinematography course of the Sergey Bondarchuk Russian Film School LLC.