"A Quarter of a Century" (subtitles in English). Short feature film. Russia, Tobolsk, 2021.

Why is it that our conscience sometimes won't let us rest? How can we live with it? And yet, how can we live without it?.. Deep in the Russian heartland. Siberia. Winter, and the New Year is fast approaching. Petya's life is going as usual: it's the end of the semester at music school, and at home, it's his family — his mom, dad, and his sister Anya. Everything is warm and cozy, and there's no hint that sorrow is brewing. But an incident occurs that destroys this habitual existence. Because of Petya, grief enters their family. And only Petya knows that he is to blame. But how can he live with this knowledge now? This dilemma turns out to be too difficult for the boy... Just as difficult as it was for his father, who had to confront a similar situation a quarter of a century earlier. Will the father and son be able to triumph in the inner conflict of conscience – that eternal conflict in which both sides, both adversaries — the individual and his conscience — come out either victorious together, or both suffer a bitter defeat?..