The Bird Trap
Natalia Kazakova
Russia. 2025. 23 min

13-year-old Tanya restores her hearing after an illness by listening to recordings of birdsong and caring for a red Book thrush. On her birthday, her father arrives, who has his own plans for the bird. Will the father be able to solve his problems and not lose his daughter’s trust?

NATALIA KAZAKOVA

Born in 1996 in the city of Aldan, Republic of Sakha Yakutia. After school, she moved to Moscow. In 2020, she completed her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design at the Stroganov Moscow State Agricultural University. She worked in the production of “0101” as a motion designer. Then she worked as a production designer, assistant, prop designer on TV series and films such as “All the Time in the World” dir. Natalia Konchalovskaya, “Overheard in Rybinsk” dir. Peter Todorovsky, “Darling, I Won’t Call You Back” dir. Alexander Fomin. In 2023, she entered the Moscow School of New Cinema, the screenwriting and directing workshop of Gennady Ostrovsky and Natasha Makarova. I’m currently writing screenplays, working as a film artist, and living in Moscow.

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