• Lena

    Directed by Gosha Shapiro
    USA | 10 minutes |

A 9-year-old girl plays translator during a parent-teacher conference between her Russian dad and her American teacher.

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film details

Director: Gosha Shapiro
Producers: Lucy Putnam, Lidia Nikonova
Screenwriter: Gosha Shapiro
Cinematographers: Lidia Nikonova
Editor: Gosha Shapiro
Cast: Zoey Todorovsky, Konstantin Lavysh, Emma Pasarow
Original Language Title: Лена
Country: USA
Language: In Russian and English with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 10 minutes
Contact Email: gosha.shapiro@gmail.com

director biography

Gosha, 24, he/him/his, is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. Lena is his first short film. He is interested in further exploring characters living through the kind of identity turmoil/fluidity/duplicity present in his own life.

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