Film projects
With My Open Lungs
Documentary / 87 min / Germany / 2024
Tallinn Black Nights – Doc@PÖFF Competition – World Premiere (Estonia)
Amid the chaos of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Yana’s intimate odyssey captures the fragility and strength of human beings, their will to love and to have trust in the face of war’s relentless storm.
Creative Team:
Director: Yana Sad
Screenwriter: Yana Sad
Producer: Yana Sad, Gregory Bagaev
Cinematographer: Yana Sad, Yaroslavia Kalesidis
Editing: Yana Sad
Composer: Vyacheslav Sukhenko, Egor Sevastyanov
Distribution: Outplay Films
Director: Yana Sad
Screenwriter: Yana Sad
Producer: Yana Sad, Gregory Bagaev
Cinematographer: Yana Sad, Yaroslavia Kalesidis
Editing: Yana Sad
Composer: Vyacheslav Sukhenko, Egor Sevastyanov
Distribution: Outplay Films
International Festivals:
- Tallinn Black Nights 2024 – Doc@PÖFF Competition – World Premiere (Estonia)
- Kassel Dokfest 2024 (Germany)
- Cheries Cheries 2024 – Official selection (France)
- Les Ecrans Documentaires 2024 (France)
- International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest / Riga 2025 (Latvia)
Regime Change
Short fiction film, 2020
Oleg is autistic and cannot live by himself. He and his brother Ivan live on the outskirts of a small town in a house surrounded by marshes and lakes. Oleg’s daily routine must be strictly regimented. Ivan cares affectionately for his brother, but he soon reaches his limits, as there is hardly any room for his own needs.
Oleg is autistic and cannot live by himself. He and his brother Ivan live on the outskirts of a small town in a house surrounded by marshes and lakes. Oleg’s daily routine must be strictly regimented. Ivan cares affectionately for his brother, but he soon reaches his limits, as there is hardly any room for his own needs.
Director: Yana Sad
Screenwriter: Yana Sad
Director of photography: Veronika Solovyeva
Film editors: Yana Sad, Alexandra Kurchikova
Production designer: Anastasia Pavlova
Sound design: Alexandr Demyanov
Producer: Yana Sad
Cast: Vadim Sokolov, Ivan Chigasov, Natalia Palyonova
International Festivals:
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2021 - Bafta Qualifying Festival (York, UK)
- winner (VFF Young Talent Award) of the Film School Fest Munich 2021 (Germany)
- winner of the Mediawave International Film and Music Gathering 2021 (Hungary)
- winner of the Short to the point festival 2020 (Romania) Category Best Student film
- VII- VIII Festival Cinemistica 2021 (Spain)
- "One Shot" International Short Film Festival 2021 (Armenia)
- GorkyFest 2021 (Russia)
- winner of the ChelKinofest 2021 (Russia)
- Videniefest 2020 (Russia)
- KinoDUEL International Film Festival 2020 (Russia)
- Near Nazareth Festival 2020 (Israel)
- Mosfilmfest 2020 (Russia)
