Dad’s Sneakers
Ukraine / Fiction / 19' / HD / Color / 2021
13-year-old Sasha lives in a boarding school for children deprived of parental care. He is one of the luckiest – a family have finally agreed to adopt him. Today he will move to America forever - but there’s something that won’t let him go.
Director: Olha Zhurba
Script: Olha Zhurba
Director of Photography: Volodymyr Usyk
Producer: Maxym Asadchiy, Sashko Chubko
Editing: Olha Zhurba
Sound: Vasyl Yavtushenko
Cast: Bohdan Zenchenko Ihor Oliynyk Dmytro Buchek Olga Lyubarova Olena Osina Corie Ann Jason
CV
Olha Zhurba is a Ukrainian director and editor. Dad's Sneakers is her first film and recently won Best European Short at Leuven International Short Film Festival.
Filmography
Dad's Sneakers 2021
Festivals and Awards
Locarno Film Festival
CinEast
Seminci Vallodolid
Curta Cinema Rio
Leeds IFF
Zagreb FF
Beijing ISFF
Best European Short - Leuven ISFF