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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = My Little One
|image = Ayka.png
| image = Ayka.png
|caption = Film poster
| caption = Film poster
|director = [[Sergey Dvortsevoy]]
| director = [[Sergey Dvortsevoy]]
|producer = {{plainlist|
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*Sergey Dvortsevoy
| producer = {{plainlist|
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*Anna Wydra
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* Sergey Dvortsevoy
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*Thanassis Karathanos
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* Anna Wydra
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*Martin Hampel
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* Thanassis Karathanos
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*Gulnara Sarsenova
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* Martin Hampel
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*Michel Merkt
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* Gulnara Sarsenova
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* Michel Merkt
}}
}}
| writer = {{ubl|Sergey Dvortsevoy|Gennadiy Ostrovskiy}}
|writer = Sergey Dvortsevoy<br>Gennadiy Ostrovskiy
| starring = {{ubl|[[Samal Yeslyamova]]|Polina Severnaya|Andrey Kolyadov}}
|starring = {{ubl|[[Samal Yeslyamova]]|Polina Severnaya|Andrey Kolyadov}}
| music =
|music =
| cinematography = Jolanta Dylewska
|cinematography = Jolanta Dylewska
| editing =
|editing = Sergei Dvortsevoy<br>Petar Markovic
| distributor =
|distributor =
| released = {{film date|2018|5|18|[[2018 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|df=y}}
|released = {{film date|2018|5|18|[[2018 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|df=y}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
|runtime = 100 minutes
| country = {{ubl|Russia|France|Germany|Poland|China|Kazakhstan}}
|country = {{ubl|Russia|France|Germany|Poland|China|Kazakhstan}}
| language = Russian
|language = Kyrgyz<br>Russian
| budget =
|budget =
}}
}}


'''''Ayka''''' ({{lang-ru|'''Айка'''|Aıka}}) is a 2018 [[drama film]] directed by [[Sergey Dvortsevoy]]. It was selected to compete for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="select">{{citeweb|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/the-2018-official-selection|title=The 2018 Official Selection|work=Cannes|accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Variety2">{{citeweb|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-lars-von-trier-the-house-that-jack-built-terry-gilliam-don-quixote-1202755595/|title=Cannes Adds Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built,’ Sets Terry Gilliam’s ‘Don Quixote’ as Closer|work=Variety|accessdate=19 April 2018}}</ref> At Cannes, [[Samal Yeslyamova]] won the award for [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress]].<ref name="main-prizes">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2018-award-winners-palme-d-or-1202816743/|title=2018 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced |first=Peter |last= Debruge |date=19 May 2018 |accessdate=20 May 2018 |work=Variety}}</ref> It was selected as the Kazakhstani entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[91st Academy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/87-countries-competition-2018-foreign-language-film-oscar |title=87 Countries In Competition for 2018 Foreign Language Film Oscar |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="HWR87">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-87-countries-submit-films-foreign-language-category-1150191 |title=Oscars: 87 Countries Submit Films in Foreign-Language Category |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Gregg |last=Kilday |date=8 October 2018 |accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Kazakhstan">{{cite web|url=http://kabar.kg/eng/news/film-ayka-about-migrant-woman-from-kyrgyzstan-enters-oscar-long-list/ |title=Film ''Ayka'' about migrant woman from Kyrgyzstan enters Oscar long-list |work=Kabar News Agency |date=9 October 2018 |accessdate=10 October 2018}}</ref> making the December shortlist.<ref name="Dec18">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/academy-unveils-2019-oscar-shortlists-1168394/item/best-documentary-feature-1168386 |title=Academy Unveils 2019 Oscar Shortlists |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=17 December 2018 |accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref> The film was produced under the working title ''My Little One''.
'''''Ayka''''' ({{langx|ru|Айка}}) is a 2018 [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Sergey Dvortsevoy]]. It was selected to compete for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-2018-official-selection/|title=The 2018 Official Selection|work=Cannes|date=12 April 2018|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="Variety2">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-lars-von-trier-the-house-that-jack-built-terry-gilliam-don-quixote-1202755595/|title=Cannes Adds Lars von Trier's 'The House That Jack Built,' Sets Terry Gilliam's 'Don Quixote' as Closer|work=Variety|date=19 April 2018|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref> At Cannes, [[Samal Yeslyamova]] won the award for [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-film-festival-2018-award-winners-palme-d-or-1202816743/|title=2018 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=19 May 2018|magazine=Variety}}</ref> It was selected as the Kazakhstani entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[91st Academy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/news/87-countries-competition-2018-foreign-language-film-oscar|title=87 Countries In Competition for 2018 Foreign Language Film Oscar|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-87-countries-submit-films-foreign-language-category-1150191|title=Oscars: 87 Countries Submit Films in Foreign-Language Category|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|date=8 October 2018|access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kabar.kg/eng/news/film-ayka-about-migrant-woman-from-kyrgyzstan-enters-oscar-long-list/|title=Film ''Ayka'' about migrant woman from Kyrgyzstan enters Oscar long-list|work=Kabar News Agency|date=9 October 2018|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref> making the December shortlist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/academy-unveils-2019-oscar-shortlists-1168394/item/best-documentary-feature-1168386|title=Academy Unveils 2019 Oscar Shortlists|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=17 December 2018|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref> The film was produced under the working title ''My Little One''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
A young [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz]] woman named Ayka lives and illegally works in [[Moscow]]. After giving birth to a baby she escapes from the hospital abandoning a newborn child. She suffers from malaise and post-pregnancy complications. Ayka borrowed money she couldn't afford from dangerous men to open a clothing factory and now struggles to earn enough to pay her debts. She's desperate for any job but expired work permit, proves nearly impossible to get an employment. At an underground processing facility she plucking a chicken but workers are not paid. At cafeteria where Ayka worked before labor, she's been replaced by another girl. She lost job of a waitress being late for an interview due to bleeding and general weakness. Finally, she finds a part-time job as a cleaner in a [[Veterinary medicine|veterinary clinic]]. Also film demonstrates terrible living conditions in illegal hostel where migrants sleep in constant fear of deportation.
The story is centered around a young Kyrgyz woman named Ayka who lives in [[Moscow]], Russia. After giving birth to a baby, she abandons the newborn, escaping through a hospital window. She is desperate for income, as she owes money to criminals but now struggles to repay the debt. She returns to a job plucking chicken feathers. After the work is done, the men running the operation leave without paying their workers. Trying to regain another previous job, Ayka finds that she has been permanently replaced while in labor. With her [[work permit]] expired and pain and complications from the pregnancy, it is nearly impossible for her to find or keep another employment. Ayka finally gets a part-time job as a cleaner at the veterinary clinic.

Creditors find Ayka and demand their money back, threatening to cut off her sister’s fingers in Kyrgyzstan. During one of the meetings, she confesses about recent birth of a son, specifying that she became pregnant as a result of rape. They offer to take child as price to settle her debts.
Debt collectors find her and demand she return their money, threatening to torture her sister back in Kyrgyzstan. She confesses to them about the recent birth of a son, saying that she became pregnant as a result of rape. They offer to take her child in order to settle her debts.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Samal Yeslyamova]] as Ayka
*[[Samal Yeslyamova]] as Ayka
* Polina Severnaya as administrator at the hospital
*Polina Severnaya as the hospital administrator
* Andrey Kolyadov as Victor, the chief
*Andrey Kolyadov as Victor, the chief

==Reception==
===Critical response===
''Ayka'' has an approval rating of 82% on [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ayka|title=Ayka|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}</ref>


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col"| Award
!scope=col|Award
! scope="col"| Date of ceremony
!scope=col|Date of ceremony
! scope="col"| Category
!scope=col|Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
!scope=col|Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
!scope=col|Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
!scope=col class=unsortable|{{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[Cannes Film Festival]]
!scope=row rowspan=2|[[Cannes Film Festival]]
| rowspan="2"| [[2018 Cannes Film Festival|8 – 19 May 2018]]
|rowspan=2|[[2018 Cannes Film Festival|19 May 2018]]
| [[Palme d'Or]]
|[[Palme d'Or]]
| [[Sergey Dvortsevoy]]
|[[Sergey Dvortsevoy]]
| {{nom}}
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=71st Cannes Film Festival – COMPETITION|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/72-editions/retrospective/2018/selection/competition-1|publisher=Festival De Cannes|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|date=8 May 2018|title=71st Cannes Film Festival – Competition|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/retrospective/2018/selection/|publisher=Festival De Cannes|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Samal Yeslyamova]]
|rowspan=2|[[Samal Yeslyamova]]
| {{won}}
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=71st Cannes Film Festival – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/72-editions/retrospective/2018/palmares/competition|publisher=Festival De Cannes|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|date=19 May 2018|title=71st Cannes Film Festival – Winners|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/retrospective/2018/palmares/|publisher=Festival De Cannes|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4"| [[Russian Guild of Film Critics]]
!scope=row|[[Asian Film Awards]]
|[[13th Asian Film Awards|17 March 2019]]
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| rowspan="4"| 22 January 2020
|[[Asian Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
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| Best Film
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|{{won}}
| [[Sergey Dvortsevoy]], director and producer
|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Chow|first=Vivienne|date=17 March 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/shoplifters-wins-best-picture-asian-film-awards-1203165194/|title='Shoplifters' Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards|magazine=Variety}}</ref>
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| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|title=2019|url=http://kinopressa.ru/w_el-2019|publisher=Russian Guild of Film Critics|language=russian|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
!scope=row rowspan=4|[[Russian Guild of Film Critics]]
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| Best Director
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|rowspan=4|'''22 January 2020'''
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| [[Sergey Dvortsevoy]]
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|Best Film
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| {{nom}}
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|rowspan=2|Sergey Dvortsevoy
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|{{nom}}
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|rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|date=22 January 2020|title=2019|url=http://kinopressa.ru/w_el-2019|publisher=Russian Guild of Film Critics|lang=ru|access-date=23 January 2020|archive-date=29 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129104502/http://kinopressa.ru/w_el-2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Actress
|Best Director
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|{{nom}}
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| [[Samal Yeslyamova]]
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| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| Best Cinematographer
|Best Actress
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|Samal Yeslyamova
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| Jolanta Dylewska
| {{nom}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Cinematographer
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|Jolanta Dylewska
|{{nom}}
|-
!scope=row rowspan=5|[[Nika Award]]
|rowspan=5|'''25 April 2021'''
|Best Film
|rowspan=2|Sergey Dvortsevoy
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=5|<ref>{{cite web|date=25 April 2021|url=http://kino-nika.com/page9736932.html|publisher=Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science|title=Лауреаты XXXIV НИКИ|lang=ru|access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref><br><ref>{{cite web|date=2 March 2020|url=http://kino-nika.com/page9736932.html|publisher=Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science|title=Номинанты "НИКА-33"|lang=ru|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
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|Best Director
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actress
|Samal Yeslyamova
|{{won}}{{efn|Tied with Viktoria Miroshnichenko for ''[[Beanpole (film)|Beanpole]]''}}
|-
|Best Screenplay
|Sergey Dvortsevoy<br>Gennadiy Ostrovskiy
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Film Editing
|Petar Markovic
|{{won}}
|-
|-
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
*[[List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Kazakhstani submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]
*[[List of Kazakhstani submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 18:11, 11 November 2024

For other uses, see Aika (disambiguation).

Ayka
Film poster
Directed bySergey Dvortsevoy
Written bySergey Dvortsevoy
Gennadiy Ostrovskiy
Produced by
  • Sergey Dvortsevoy
  • Anna Wydra
  • Thanassis Karathanos
  • Martin Hampel
  • Gulnara Sarsenova
  • Michel Merkt
Starring
CinematographyJolanta Dylewska
Edited bySergei Dvortsevoy
Petar Markovic
Release date
  • 18 May 2018 (2018-05-18) (Cannes)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • Russia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • China
  • Kazakhstan
LanguagesKyrgyz
Russian

Ayka (Russian: Айка) is a 2018 drama film directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] At Cannes, Samal Yeslyamova won the award for Best Actress.[3] It was selected as the Kazakhstani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards,[4][5][6] making the December shortlist.[7] The film was produced under the working title My Little One.

Plot

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The story is centered around a young Kyrgyz woman named Ayka who lives in Moscow, Russia. After giving birth to a baby, she abandons the newborn, escaping through a hospital window. She is desperate for income, as she owes money to criminals but now struggles to repay the debt. She returns to a job plucking chicken feathers. After the work is done, the men running the operation leave without paying their workers. Trying to regain another previous job, Ayka finds that she has been permanently replaced while in labor. With her work permit expired and pain and complications from the pregnancy, it is nearly impossible for her to find or keep another employment. Ayka finally gets a part-time job as a cleaner at the veterinary clinic.

Debt collectors find her and demand she return their money, threatening to torture her sister back in Kyrgyzstan. She confesses to them about the recent birth of a son, saying that she became pregnant as a result of rape. They offer to take her child in order to settle her debts.

Cast

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  • Samal Yeslyamova as Ayka
  • Polina Severnaya as the hospital administrator
  • Andrey Kolyadov as Victor, the chief

Reception

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Critical response

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Ayka has an approval rating of 82% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10.[8]

Awards and nominations

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Cannes Film Festival 19 May 2018 Palme d'Or Sergey Dvortsevoy Nominated [9]
Best Actress Samal Yeslyamova Won [10]
Asian Film Awards 17 March 2019 Best Actress Won [11]
Russian Guild of Film Critics 22 January 2020 Best Film Sergey Dvortsevoy Nominated [12]
Best Director Nominated
Best Actress Samal Yeslyamova Nominated
Best Cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska Nominated
Nika Award 25 April 2021 Best Film Sergey Dvortsevoy Nominated [13]
[14]
Best Director Nominated
Best Actress Samal Yeslyamova Won[a]
Best Screenplay Sergey Dvortsevoy
Gennadiy Ostrovskiy 		Nominated
Best Film Editing Petar Markovic Won

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Tied with Viktoria Miroshnichenko for Beanpole

References

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  1. ^ "The 2018 Official Selection". Cannes. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Cannes Adds Lars von Trier's 'The House That Jack Built,' Sets Terry Gilliam's 'Don Quixote' as Closer". Variety. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ Debruge, Peter (19 May 2018). "2018 Cannes Film Festival Award Winners Announced". Variety.
  4. ^ "87 Countries In Competition for 2018 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. ^ Kilday, Gregg (8 October 2018). "Oscars: 87 Countries Submit Films in Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Film Ayka about migrant woman from Kyrgyzstan enters Oscar long-list". Kabar News Agency. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Academy Unveils 2019 Oscar Shortlists". The Hollywood Reporter. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Ayka". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  9. ^ "71st Cannes Film Festival – Competition". Festival De Cannes. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  10. ^ "71st Cannes Film Festival – Winners". Festival De Cannes. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  11. ^ Chow, Vivienne (17 March 2019). "'Shoplifters' Wins Best Picture at Asian Film Awards". Variety.
  12. ^ "2019" (in Russian). Russian Guild of Film Critics. 22 January 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Лауреаты XXXIV НИКИ" (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Номинанты "НИКА-33"" (in Russian). Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
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