Mum's Hairpins: Winner, BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action | BAFTA Student Film Awards 2020

Mum's Hairpins, directed by Tatiana Fedorovskaya, was a nominee for the 2020 BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action. Jewish shtetl, Ukraine, 1941. Mother’s hairpins are not only a tool to pit cherries for strudel. For little Yasha, who miraculously escaped being shot by SS soldiers, they also serve as surgical tools to remove a bullet from a wounded goatling’s neck, and as a boat lock key, and as a “piece of art” that saves his life.

Six short films made by Tatiana Fedorovskaya during her study at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Moscow won various prestigious international grand-prix and awards including “Best International“ by Academy Qualifying festivals. Twice (2018 and 2019) nominated as Best Short of the Year by Russian Film Academy. Berlinale Talents Alumna (2019). Currently shooting her debut feature “White Whale”.

The Higher Course for Screenwriters and Film Directors (ВКСР) is a variety of optional post-graduate film school courses at VGIK in Moscow, Russia. Formerly state-funded it is now independent from the state educational establishment in Russia offering professional education in cinematography, screenwriting, production and direction. Established in 1963 in the Soviet Union, but tracing its history back to 1956, the Higher Course is the oldest professional qualification in the cinematographic arts in Russia for people with relevant higher education qualifications.

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