Sashinka

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Sashinka
Directed by Kristina Wagenbauer
Written byKristina Wagenbauer
Marie-Geneviève Simard
Produced byNellie Carrier
Starring Carla Turcotte
Natalia Dontcheva
Cinematography Marie Davignon
Edited by Jules Saulnier
Music by Jean-Sébastien Williams
Production
company
Art & Essai
Release date
October 13, 2017
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Sashinka is a Canadian drama film, directed by Kristina Wagenbauer and released in 2018. [1] The film stars Carla Turcotte as Sasha, a musician who is preparing for her band's potential breakthrough concert when her estranged mother Elena (Natalia Dontcheva) shows up on her doorstep. [2]

The film premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal in 2017. [1]

The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Actress (Turcotte), Best Editing (Jules Saulnier) and Best Original Song (Jean-Sébastien Williams, "Help Is On the Way"). It received three Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Actress (Turcotte), Best Supporting Actress (Dontcheva) and Best Casting (Wagenbauer, Nolwenn Daste, Fanny Rainville). [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sashinka – Film de Kristina Wagenbauer". Films du Québec, August 17, 2018.
  2. "Sashinka: à deux, c'est mieux". La Presse , August 24, 2018.
  3. "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.