One night. One gallery. One very suspicious 'artist.' Who's really conning who?
Mila works in the gallery and stays overnight to prepare for the opening of an important exhibition. In the utility room, she unexpectedly finds a young man who appears to be a robbed artist. The young man persuades Mila to let him stay until morning ...
Acting
Saliychuk and Feldman's crackling screwball chemistry
Production
Elegant gallery setting contrasts deliciously with the mess
Writing
Tight 17-minute structure, no wasted breath
Director
Yuliya Dehlina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ukrainian short film comedy often skewers post-Soviet class anxiety through art world settings—this fits squarely in that tradition of satirical bite.
Director Yuliya Dehlina shot this in an actual Kyiv gallery during off-hours, with Saliychuk reportedly keeping real overnight security protocols for authenticity.
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