Viktoria (FR)
3RD YEAR
Three languages, family and a toy named yuyu. Viktoria, a three-year-old girl, is trilingual, she speaks Russian (her mother's mother tongue), Portuguese (her father's mother tongue) and French from her country of birth, France. She also has an older brother Ruslan, with whom she likes to play very much and a toy with a peculiar name... A short experimental documentary captures how the little girl goes about her day, the joys, and struggles of childhood and the life that Viktoria brings with her.
Ruslan Mashkevich de Matos
The film was made by a 10-year-old Ruslan Mashkevich de Matos living in France.
On the authors and the filming process:
Ruslan a 10-year-old quadrilingual (Russian, Portuguese, French, Spanish with English in progress) decided to film his sister and make a movie out of it.
Ruslan is very curious, dynamic and touching. Outside of school, Ruslan divides his time between music, he plays the violin at the conservatory, and boxing. Ruslan loves both sports and music, but also acting. He has already acted in two films directed by his mother, Natasha Mashkevich. He is very fond of acting, creating and inventing. His first film as a director was shown at the Toi Femmes festival in Paris in 2022 and was a great success. Ruslan encourages his friends to also create things, he dreams of founding a "band" as he says. He dreams of having a group of friends who will make art, have fun, discuss and move forward together. Because unity is strength. And friendship is for life... they say...
