2002 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival

Boris

Category: Narrative Short  28min 8sec
Director: Francesca Galesi
Viewings: Sun, Sept. 8  11:30am

A falling star, a final farewell...A devastating, poetic tale of loneliness and loss in the Los Angeles night. As the Russian space station MIR makes its final fiery journey from space to earth, Boris learns to live and love again. BORIS learns that the Russian space station MIR is to be de-orbited into the Pacific Ocean forever. Determined to see it one last time, he rushes home only to discover that his cherished telescope has been taken in lieu of rent by his landlady and her son. Forced to make fast money, he confronts his past and learns to navigate his future.

Principal Cast:
Eugene Lazarev  (Sum of All Fears, The Agency, West Wing, The Saint, Fail Safe)
Irene De Bari  (The Pretender, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, Price of Glory,)
Ilia Volok  (Six Feet Under, Swordfish, Monkey Bone, My Mother Dreams of Satan's Disciples)
Ricardo Chavira  (Six Feet Under, NYPD Blue, One Love, Ice House)

Director: Francesca Galesi
FRANCESCA GALESI  recently graduated with her MFA in the directing program at the American Film Institute (AFI).  She began making experimental and documentary films as an undergraduate at the Rhode Island School of Design before moving to NYC where she continued to work in all aspects of the industry, from AC to AD. In 1999 she directed DAY AND AN ARABIAN KNIGHT which gained attention at festivals worldwide and is set to air as part of the PBS series "The Short List" in 2003. Currently Francesca is working on another short, "The American Way" and her first feature.