Black Box / Chorny yashchik

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2023 | Fiction | 11 min. | Russia | 16+

Items magically appear in the black box to help its owner to make dreams come true. When hero loses this box, he realizes that he can fulfill his dreams on his own.

Directors Statement

We all have dreams, but usually there is something missing to make our dreams come true. The Black box is that something. It helps to take the first step to your dream, to feel the taste of luck. One day I met a man who changed my life, taught me how to make my dreams come true. I wanted to share this discovery with the whole world, but I did not know how to do it. It would be boring to tell the story of my education in details, so I decided to create a capacious cinematic image that would be understandable to everyone without words. That is why there is almost no dialogues in the film. The Black box is a full-fledged hero (almost main character) of the film, the personification of my spiritual master. The Black box has the character of a skilled mentor. It is intriguing. It only provides tools. It is incomprehensible. It seems magical. It gives you confidence in yourself.

Director: Nikolai Beliakov

Producer: Peter Stromin

Сast: Vladimir Shcherbakov, Olesya Kulikova, Andrey Perunov, Azamat Nigmanov, Konstantin Tretyakov and Sergey Guryanov

Studio: FABER FILM