And Died Together One Day
Experimental Documentary Short / 9 Min / 2021
“They Lived Happily Ever After and Died Together One Day” is the traditional Russian fairytale ending to love stories.
Set in the remote Russian Arctic, the film explores romantic love as a cultural narrative shaped by memory, idealisation, and inherited images. Positioned between documentary and fiction, it follows the director’s parents and reflects on intimacy, partnership, and the tension between lived experience and romantic myth.
Screenplay, Direction, Cinematography, Editing: Pola Rader / Cast: Valentina Ivanova, Jury Ivanov / Music: Anton Saysoev
Selected Screenings
2022 | Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany
2022 | Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Palermo, Italy
2022 | NORDEN – The Nordic Arts Festival, Schleswig, Germany
2022 | QRC.PRJCT Digital Art & Video Exhibition, Athens, Greece
2021 | Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
2021 | Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), Athens, Greece
2021 | HER Docs Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
2021 | MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Festival, Kiscsősz, Hungary
Awards
2022 | CineStar Award
Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany
2021 | Gesa Rautenberg Film Award
Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2021 | Audience Award
Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein, Germany