AVITAMINOSIS

АВИТАМИНОЗ

Kateryna Ruzhyna • Ukraine, Czech Republic • 2023 • 26 min. • Digital

SYNOPSIS

The unfavorable situation of the labor market during the pandemic pushes Kateryna to work in a fraudulent call center that sells vitamins that promise “magical” success to its consumers. While this helped to survive financially, months of isolation, irritated customers and a common frustration took her into a vitamin deficiency, so-called avitaminosis.
The film is a journey into fragility and the search for healing and love in an increasingly suffocating world for young generations.

TRAILER

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AWARDS

Special Mention
ANTOFACINE International Film Festival. Chile (2024)
Special Mention at the European Competition & Special Mention of the Youth Jury
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen. Netherlands (2024)

FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS

Doclisboa International Film Festival. Portugal (2023)
DokumentART European Film Festival. Germany (2023)
L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival. Spain (2023)
Lublin Film Festival. Poland (2023)
CORRIENTE Encuentro latinoamericano de cine de no ficción. Peru (2023)
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival. Netherlands (2023)
ZUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival. Poland (2023)
ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival. Poland (2024)
Festival Filministes. Canada (2024)
Kino Pavasaris Vilnius International Film Festival. Lithuania (2024)
7ème Lune Festival International des jeunes cinéastes. France (2024)

CREW

DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER
Kateryna Ruzhyna

PRODUCER
Kateryna Ruzhyna

CAMERA / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Kateryna Ruzhyna

SOUND EDITING
Maks Kara

EDITING
Kateryna Ruzhyna

EDITING SUPERVISORS
Anna Belova
Maxim Smirnov

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Polina Olkhovnikova

SUBTITLES
Daria Gundina
Anton Romanenko
Diana Bagaturia

SUPPORTED BY
Institute of Documentary Film

FESTIVALS & SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)