OUT-OF-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Hero's star. MARIA OKTYABRSKAYA
Звезда героя. Мария Октябрьская
Year of production: 2024
Production country: Russia
Production company: OOO "Film Company "Skazka"
Director: Philipp Abryutin, Nikita Bereznyakov
Producer: Oksana Lakhno, Philip Abryutin
Screenwriter: Yana Mushtina
Composer: Artem Karkach
Editor: Nikita Bereznyakov
Production designer: Arthur Abdrakhmanov
Costume designer: L. Moshkina
Film category: Animation
Rating: 6+
Length: 11 min.
An officer's wife, Maria understood the hardships of war like no one else, could not stand aside and was eager to defend the Motherland on an equal basis with her husband. She built the "Battle Girlfriend" tank with her own savings and in 1943 went with it to the Western Front, where she participated in the liberation of Belarus.The tank crews carried the memory of Maria Oktyabrskaya and her "Battle Friend" throughout the war. And the feat of the first female T-34 tank driver became for many a symbol of women's fortitude and courage in the Great Patriotic War.
  • Philipp Abryutin
    DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
    Director, screenwriter, producer, media manager, member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation. Born on January 13, 1986 in Bilibino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Russia). In 2009, he graduated from the VGIK named after S.A. Gerasimov, directing department, feature film workshop under the direction of V.Yu. Abdrashitov.

    DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
    2022 – Sanya, accelerate! New turn (Season 2)
    2022 – The stars will show me the way
    2021 – Sanya, accelerate! (Season 1)
  • Nikita Bereznyakov
    DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
    Graduate of the S.F. Bondarchuk Film School "Industry" in the direction of "directing" 2024. Since 2020, he has been engaged in commercial video filming. During his professional career, he worked as a cameraman, creator at all-Russian, international and regional events.

    DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
    2023 – Teminnychyn