Spirit of Fire

Spirit of Fire

2026

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BIRDY

Spirit of Fire
2026
international
debut film
festival

Short Film Competition

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BIRDY

A young girl, Asya, is wandering around a sun-warmed provincial town. She hasrecently caused someone else’s trouble, but her parents and friends prefer to forgetit, as life goes on. However, Asya herself fully realizes that nothing will ever be thesame again.

Director: ANASTASIA ROMANYUK
Screenwriter: ANASTASIA ROMANYUK
Producer: NIKITA CHERYATOV, ALENA GLAZUNOVA, DINARA SHAKIROVA
Cinematographer: ANNA ULYANSKAYA
Music: DARYA GEGESHKO
Production Designer: LYALYA GOLYSHEVA, VARVARA BABOSHINA
Cast: ALEXANDRA MARTYNOVICH, VLADIMIR SVIRSKY, OLGA SIDOROVA, ANNA GORDIENKO, GLEB ZAITSEV, DANIIL TOPOLNYANSKY, KIRILL SURKOV
Russia
2025
12 min.

Director: ANASTASIA ROMANYUK

Born in the Urals. She finished the postgraduate studies at the Institute of Philosop hy at the St. Petersburg State University. She got a grant from the Moscow Department of Culture for studies at the film directing lab of the Moscow School of New Cinema. “Birdy” is her directorial debut.