Archive of films Natasha / Natascha

Germany
2010, 9 min

Section: Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2011

An experimental documentary by Anja Strelets which introduces us to 8-year-old Natasha who is growing up in a rundown settlement in one of the most desolate corners of Russia. In its imaginative visual composition, the film superbly combines the girl’s narrative with black-and-white photographs and poetic, dream-like sequences.

Synopsis

This experimental documentary introduces us to 8-year-old Natasha. With innocence and candour, she describes what her younger brother does to annoy her and how she likes dressing up in her prettiest dresses. And this despite the fact that she lives in a rundown settlement in one of the most desolate corners of Russia, and the only furniture in their house with its boarded-up windows are four iron beds, a chest of drawers and a pile of cardboard boxes. In its imaginative visual composition, the film superbly combines the girl’s narrative with black-and-white photographs and poetic, dream-like sequences.

About the director

Anja Strelets (b. 1972, Stendal, Germany) studied art in Dessau and experimental media at university in Berlin. Natasha won the Audience Award at Dresdner Schmalfilmtage and was also screened at the festivals in Cologne, Cottbus and Osnabrück. Selected filmography: We Go – Not This Way (1998), Biblotheka Lenina (2000), Not This Way (2001), In Love M. (2002), The Lila Compact (2004), Nick My Boy (2007).

Contacts

Anja Strelets
Eberswalder Str.29, 10437, Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 176 240 067 55
E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, DIGIBETA
International premiere

Section:	Documentary Films - Competition

Director:	Anja Strelets
Screenplay:	Anja Strelets
Dir. of Photography:	Anja Strelets
Editor:	Anja Strelets
Producer:	Anja Strelets
Contact:	Anja Strelets

Guests

Anja Strelets

Film Director