Director & scriptwriter Irina Karginova

Camera Peter Gudkov

Design Maria Andreeva

Cast: Diana Msoeva, Elina Sekinaeva, Zhanna Gabueva

Producers Zaur Bolotaev, Peter Gudkov, Natalia Pankova

Production Focus Plus Cinema

Classmates think that Zina is queer. Every evening near the abandoned shaft tunnel she talks to her father, who is coming back after the shift with other miners. Only one child was born in the dying village in the past few years. She is Lera. A usual doll impersonates her unattainable dream. Tomorrow the 17-year-old Zara will go to the end-of-school ceremony. What is next? Shall she look for happiness in town or bury herself in the village among the elderly?

IRINA KARGINOVA

Lives in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetian Republic. Graduated from the department of Journalism at the K.L.Khetagurov North Ossetian State University. Works at the State TV and Radio Company “Alania”. Author of publicist projects and documentaries. “Tunnel” is her first live-action film