The Russian director Angelina nikonova He will compete for the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Festival with his new work "Welkome Home".
It is the second film by the filmmaker after «Twilight portrait«, A film that in 2012 was selected for the Discovery Prize at the European Film Awards, after being screened the previous year in one of the parallel sections of the Venice Film Festival.
And if her first film was a drama about sexual abuse in which she told the story of a social worker whose life was cut short after being raped by three police officers, in this second film Angelina Nikonova takes a 180 turn. degrees going to black comedy.
«Welcome Home»Tells the story of four immigrants, a transsexual, a pensioner, a former model and an aspiring actor who reside in the great city of New York. A film that addresses what immigration is in the United States.
A very promising filmmaker who so far, with only two films, has already passed through two of the most important European competitions, both class A, the Venice Film Festival in 2011 and now the Festival of CarlsbadHopefully she continues on this path and we will continue to meet her at prestigious festivals.