Ulyana Dobrovskaya

In a fashionable bar there are two - a teenage girl and a successful businessman, and between them a conversation begins.

Petersburg. A Selfie comprises seven novellas about the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, shot by female directors. The film tells a story of a real, living and breathing city, rather than a mythical phantasm. Each novella tells its own story about love and loneliness, luck and hope.

The matriarchal clan led by gorgeous Margarita enters a turbulent period when her son loses his beloved fiancée. Using the structure of a repetitive ritual, the action spans years but takes place mostly during the annual gatherings of Margarita's extraordinary family in their mansion on New Year's Eve. Margarita believes in the magical 13th hour that can break the eternal circle of repetition, defeat death and bring her much-awaited love.

A poignant story tells about a girl who, due to life circumstances, became an orphan, but thanks to her incredible inner strength and belief in her childhood dreams, she was able to become a happy adult woman, find her vocation in creativity, create a family and raise two children.

The story of Mrs. K., who steals jewelry not for profit, but for herself, unable to resist the temptation of owning beauty.

Film by Renata Litvinova for the brand Gosha Rubchinsky.

Joseph's Dreams

Renata Litvinova's short film for Gucci. Once in a year a clan of magicians gathers to "make their most important wishes and do some magic". To make it all happen everyone should put their letters in a special Gucci bag.

Veselchaki is a movie centered on a Moscow nightclub owned by Rosa; he performs as part of the drag revue in the club. The movie starts with five cross-dressing men sharing their stories with a reporter.

A short story about the transformative power of lipstick for L’Oréal Paris.

“Time… Hours… Minutes… Seconds… Time does not exist, we invented it ourselves. This is a beautiful illusion that fills our life with mystical meaning. The whole of human history is a search for a loophole in time, a desire to use Him not against oneself, but for the good." The film shows the expectations of twelve people happening in parallel on a certain day at five o'clock in the evening. A subtle, thought-provoking film about the essence and meaning of time in life. For RADO Switzerland.