Sharfik

Karina Gazizova

On September 8, 1941, the invading Nazi army began a siege of the city of Leningrad that would last for 900 days. Karina Gazizova's profoundly moving film follows a Russian family as their struggle to hold on to their identity as a family soon turns into a struggle to merely survive. Intensely felt and personal, the film is a powerful reminder that the statistical body count that war leaves behind barely even begins to tell the whole story.

Intense subject matter.

Shows in the Animated Shorts Block, Saturday, July 16, 3:45 pm at the Darkside Cinema and Sunday July 17, 2:30 pm at the Majestic Theatre.