The late 1960s, heyday of the Soviet space program. A Soyuz capsule carrying two cosmonauts violently reenters the atmosphere, landing far off-course in the frozen steppes of Mongolia.
One of the men sets off in the midst of a snowstorm, searching for rescue. But this is no ordinary place, and no ordinary night, and the dawn is still very far away. Nominated for a Student Academy Award.
Selected Screenings/Awards
Byron Bay International Film Festival
Byron Bay, Australia
10/2016
Destiny City Film Festival
Tacoma, WA, USA
08/2016
Taos Shortz International Film Festival
Taos, NM, USA
04/2016
KINOFILM International Short Film & Animation Festival 🏆
Manchester, UK
02/2016
Beloit International Film Festival
Beloit, WI, USA
02/2016
Mumbai International Film Festival
Mumbai, India
01/2016
Windrider International Student Film Festival 🏆
Los Angeles, CA, USA
12/2015
Bahamas International Film Festival
Bahamas
12/2015
NDU International Film Festival
Beirut, Lebanon
11/2015
AFI FEST
Los Angeles, CA, USA
11/2015
Ojai Film Festival 🏆
Ojai, CA, USA
11/2015
MOLODIST Kyiv International Film Festival
Kyiv, Ukraine
10/2015
Beijing International Student Film and Video Festival
Beijing, China
10/2015
THESS International Short Film Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece
10/2015
Polish Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA, USA
10/2015
Southampton International Film Festival
Southampton, UK
10/2015
Heartland Film Festival
Indianapolis, IN, USA
10/2015
Twin Cities Film Fest
Minneapolis, MN, USA
10/2015
Woodstock Film Festival 🏆
Woodstock, NY, USA
10/2015
42nd Student Academy Awards
Los Angeles, CA, USA
09/2015
LA Shorts Fest
Los Angeles, CA, USA
09/2015
Guam International Film Festival
Guam, USA
09/2015
American Film Institute 🏆
Los Angeles, CA, USA
08/2015
Filmfestival Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel, Austria
08/2015
Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival 🏆
Kolkata, India
08/2015
Long Island International Film Expo 🏆
Long Island, NY, USA
07/2015
Cine Gear Film Series 🏆
Los Angeles, CA, USA
06/2015
LAIFF Awards 🏆
Los Angeles, CA, USA
06/2015
USA Film Festival 🏆
Dallas, TX, USA
04/2015
Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport Beach, CA, USA
04/2015
Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival
Potsdam, Germany
04/2015
Behind the Scenes
All photos by Monika Dovnar
Credits
American Film Institute presents a Cynium production “Against Night” Konstantin Lavysh Elena Caruso Gleb Kaminer Music by Lucas Lechowski Sound Designer Radoslaw Ochnio Edited by Shayar Bhansali Production Design by Aleksandra Zgorska Cinematography by Nico Navia Produced by Saba Zerehi Written & Directed by Stefan Kubicki
