The Diaper Cake

Program:

National Competition

Year:

2021

Country:

Ukraine

Genre:

Fiction

Duration:

17'

A young father Vitya visits his wife Lena and their newborn son at the maternity hospital. As the new parents are trying to wake their baby for feeding, they deal with the irreversible changes in their lives and with each other. Meanwhile, the diaper cake silently sits in the room, like a time bomb.

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Anastasia Babenko

Anastasia Babenko is a Ukrainian writer-director currently based in Seattle. After receiving her MA in Journalism from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, she worked as a news reporter and later shifted into film production. Her short films played at Palm Springs ShortFest, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Vienna Shorts, Regard IFF, etc.

Filmography: One Last Ride (2021)

Creative team

Director

Anastasia Babenko

Screenplay

Anastasia Babenko

Camera

Roman Khimei

Editing

Mykola Bazarkin

Production design

Mariia Khomiakova