In My House
A middle-aged Woman lives all by herself in a big house. She is obsessed with washing hands and always talks to someone using an old wireless phone.
This night the Woman hears some strange noises and creaking sounds. Frightened, she looks around the house but finds no one in it.
Same time old memories bother her. She used to hear mice squeaking in the house, but her Husband ignored it.
Next day, the Woman hears someone’s walking inside the house. Someone is looking for her. When a Stranger leaves, she decides to run away from the house. But it appears, that she’s locked inside her own house!
The memories about the rats keep bothering Woman. Sometimes they could even be crawling on the Husband’s face, but he kept ignoring them!
She finds a cctv installed in her own house. And the Stranger comes back. Our heroine has nothing else to do but hide inside the wardrobe.
The Strangers enters the house and approaches a laptop in the living room. He puts on a recording of the Woman that has just hidden into the wardrobe a moment ago! Terrified, Stranger calls the Police and tells them that there is a stranger woman broke into his house.
The Woman gets out from the wardrobe and throws herself at the Stranger trying to make him leave her house. The Stranger claims that this is his house, he lives in it with her wife, who is currently at the hospital, so he spends days and nights with her there. He even shows her a picture of themselves.
The picture reminds Woman how she was burning her Husband’s photos sitting on the wooden attic stairs. It led to the fire in their house. Husband was trying to save her, but his face was covered with rats, and disgusted Woman accidentally pushed him down from the stairs. Which caused Husband’s death.
Policemen arrive. Stranger tells them that Woman is probably a psycho that used to live in this very house begore she was put into Asylum.
The Woman recalls how she found a picture of her Husband and his lover in the mailbox. That was the first time she’s heard the rats squeaking.
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Stepan ChernetskiyDirector
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Ivan ChanovDirector
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Stepan ChernetskiyWriter
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Ivan ChanovWriter
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Stepan ChernetskiyProducer
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Ekaterina Cher'atnikovaKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):В моем доме
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:22 minutes 17 seconds
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Completion Date:February 23, 2022
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Production Budget:5,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Russian Federation
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Country of Filming:Russian Federation
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Cult Movies International Film Festival
United Kingdom
June 30, 2022
Best Short Thriller -
Anatolia International Film FestivalIstanbul
Turkey
June 14, 2022
European Premiere
Finalist -
A Night of Horror International Film FestivalSydney
Australia
October 17, 2022
Australian Premiere
Official Selection -
Riservati Pictures Film Festival
United Kingdom
Best Short Gasp, Best Short of the Month -
Stockholm City Film FestivalStockholm
Sweden
Best "My 1st Short" -
DarkVeins Horror FestLecce
Italy
Semi-FInalist -
Tochka VozvrataKhabarovsk
Russian Federation
December 9, 2022
Best Film, Best Actress
Born in Far East part of Russia (8 hours flight to Moscow), Stepan and Ivan have met in a college while getting a major in Economics. There they've realized that they must dedicate their lives to film-making.
Stepan's moved to Beijing in 2013 and got a Full Scholarship in the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing in Masters in Film-Producing and Acting. The School's been impressed with a Short script he wrote in Chinese.
Since 2016 Stepan and Ivan are writing scripts, 2 of each have been awarded back in Russia, and producing Indie Short Films.
Currently Stepan is working as a Drama and Film-making teacher in an IB International School in Beijing, while Ivan is working as a Creative Producer and a Motion designer back in their hometown.
We have a synopsis for 6-episodes mini-series based on In My House short film. Please, contact me (Stepan) if interested in co-producing in any place and any language around the globe.
Have a great day.