Growing Through – dir. Valeria Starovoit

(Finalist)

Original Film Title: Growing Through

Director’s Name: Valeria Starovoit

Writer’s Name: Valeria Starovoit

Producer: Maria Charnaya Menzel

Country of Origin: Germany, Russian Federation

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: Russian

Runtime: 8 minutes 26 seconds

Film Description:

What does it feel like to be the child of parents who drink? Lilia recalls her childhood in our story: a mother who always disappears, a house in which strangers sleep, a floor littered with broken bottles, and humiliation at school. But – Lilya learned to grow through all that.

Now Lilia is already an adult woman and is raising a son with autism. She has come a long way to accept her past and learn to live in the present. Listen to her story.