Winter in March
A young couple flees a repressive Russia at the beginning of the war in Ukraine, but their escape turns into its own kind of surreal nightmare.
- Original Language Title: Lumi Saadab Meid
- Director: Natalia Mirzoyan
- Principal Cast: Karin Lamson
- Country: Estonia, Armenia
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 16 min.
- Producer: Kadriann Kibus, Armine Harutiunyan
- Screenplay: Natalia Mirzoyan
- Cinematographers: Sander Poldsaar
- Editors: Natalia Mirzoyan, Sander Poldsaar
- Music: Evgeniy Fedorov
- Awards: Cannes Film Festival 2025 (La Cinef Third Prize – Ex Aequo), Sarajevo Film Festival 2025 (Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Film), Fantoche 2025 (Audience Award), SiamAnima 2025 (Grand Prix), Animist Tallinn 2025 (Grand Prix), Taichung International Animation Festival 2025 (Grand Prix for Best Student Film), ReAnimania 2025 (Lev Atamanov Prize for Best Armenian Animated Short), Tehran International Short Film Festival 2025 (Golden Leaf for Best Animated Film), Cinanima 2025 (Special Mention), Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2025 (Grand Prix), Animateka 2025 (Grand Prix), Flickerfest 2026 (Best Documentary Short Film)
- Language: Russian, Armenian
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- International Sales: Author de minute
This film is playing as a part of Reality Check
These inventive and enlightening nonfiction shorts highlight the quiet—and in one case quite loud—ways that people assert their dignity in times of war, disaster, division, and competitive burping.
