Ayka – My little One

HD – color – 100 min. – Dolby SRD

Production:
A German-Russian-Polish-Kazakh-Chinese production between: PALLAS FILM, KINODVOR, OTTER FILM, EURASIA FILM PRODUCTION and JUBEN PICTURES

supported by: Eurimages, MDM-Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Russian Ministry of Culture, Polish Film Institute

co-produced by: ZDF /Arte

author: Sergey Dvortsevoy, Gennady Ostrovsky

director: Sergey Dvortsevoy

producers: Thanassis Karathanos, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Anna Wydra, Martin Hampel

co-producers: Gulnara Sarsenova, Li Zhu, Luna Wang, Michel Merkt

distribution: Neue Visionen Filmverleih

world sales: The Match Factory

Ayka just gave birth.

She can’t afford to raise a child.

She has no job, debts to be paid, not even a room of her own.

But there is no way to suppress her natural instincts.

author: Gennady Ostrovsky, Sergey Dvortsevoy

director: Sergey Dvortsevoy

Director of Photography: Jolanta Dylewska

Editor: Sergey Dvortsevoy, Petar Markovic

Make-up: Tomek Matrashek

Production Design: Olga Jurasova

Sound: Maksim Belovolov, Martin Frühmorgen , Joanna Napieralska, Holger Lehmann

Costumes: Aleksandra Demidova

producers: Thanassis Karathanos, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Anna Wydra, Martin Hampel

co-producers: Gulnara Sarsenova, Li Zhu, Luna Wang, Michel Merkt

World premiere: Cannes International Film Festival: May 2018

Cannes / est Actress
Asian Film Awards / Best Actress
Polish Film Awards / Nomination – Best Camera (Jolanta Dylewska)
Bergen IFF / Norway / Cinema Extraodinaire Award – Best Film
Films from the South / Oslo/Norway / New Voices Award – Best Director
Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival / Estonia
Asia Pacific Screen Award / Australia (Competition, Nomination Best Actress)
All about Freedom Festival / Gdansk/Poland / Best Film
Palm Springs International Film Festival / Nomination FIPRESCI Prize
Sputnik Russian Film Festival / Poland
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival / Taiwan
Gothenburg Film Festival / Sweden
International Antalya Film Festival / Turkey / Best Actress
Film Festival Cottbus / Germany / Best Film
Tokyo FILMex / Grand Prize