Spirit of Fire

Spirit of Fire

2026

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SCENES OF FRIENDLY TIES

Spirit of Fire
2026
international
debut film
festival

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SCENES OF FRIENDLY TIES

The film tells about one winter day and one night in the life of thirty-year-old friends, former classmates. They need to overcome routine difficulties in order to meet and see Sasha off, who is leaving Moscow for a long time.

Director: SONYA RAIZMAN
Screenwriter: SONYA RAIZMAN
Producer: GOSHA TOKAEV, PAVEL KARYKHALIN, ANDREI MANIK, SERGEY YAKHONTOV, VLADIMIR KOMAROV, ALEXANDER MEDVEDKO
Cinematographer: ALEXANDER PONOMARYOV
Production Designer: MARUSYA PAVLOVA
Cast: ALEXANDER PAL, MARIA KARPOVA, EVGENY TSYGANOV, RUSLAN BRATOV, IGOR TSAREGORODTSEV, GOSHA TOKAEV, SONYA RAIZMAN, MIKHAIL KHURANOV, DASHA KOTRELYOVA
Russia
2025
100 min.

Director: SONYA RAIZMAN

Film director and actress. Born in Tomsk. In 2012 she graduated from the directing department of GITIS (course of L.Kheifets), in 2021 – from the Moscow Film School (workshop of A.Popogrebsky and P.Bardin). Winner of the Golden Leaf Theater Award and the special prize of the International Theater Forum M@art.contact for the part in the play “Ruins”. Performed in the films “Ghost” by A.Voytinsky, “Walk, Vasya!” by R.Karimov and others. Directed the shorts “Merry Monday”, which received Grand Prix of the Koroche Film Festival, and “Hero”, which got the diploma of the jury of “Kinotavr. Shorts” competition. Her feature debut “Scenes of Friendly Ties” in 2025 won 2 prizes at the Mayak Russian Film Festival.