Zachary Shadrin is a young Ukrainian-American actor, known for his role in the AppleTV+ Series “Little America” produced by the Oscar winning director Sian Header, coming to Sarajevo straight from Los Angeles to receive the Award for Best Actor in Films 2023/2024  for his role as Zhurik (aka Dzhura) in his next movie film “Forever-Forever”, as part of the  16th Telemach  Youth Film Festival’s Sarajevo Award Ceremony on July 26.

During his visit to Sarajevo, actor Zachary Shadrin will first talk in the morning of July 24th along with the founder of CastingForm Dasha Timbush, and the director of the Festival Kenan Musić, about the work behind the scenes on Zachary Shadrin’s journey to become the First Ukrainian Actor submitted for the Emmy Awards Consideration for his role in the Apple TV+ anthology series “Little America”. “Being the first Ukrainian actor to be submitted for an Emmy is a tremendous honor and an opportunity to show the world that Ukraine is filled with outstanding, hardworking, talented individuals. We merit recognition and a rightful place within the international cultural scene as a free and independent, diverse, talented nation” – Zachary Shadrin said earlier at his interview to Awards Daily.

“FOREVER-FOREVER (NAZAVZHDY-NAZAVZHDY)”, directed by Anna Buryachkova, is in the official competition program with the red carpet screening the same evening of July 24th, at the Raiffeisen Vils Open Air Cinema. FOREVER-FOREVER also made it to the official selection of The 80th Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti Extra program. An after screening OFF Talk with “FOREVER – FOREVER” Star Zachary Shadrin is scheduled in the morning of July 25th, at Festival Square.

More information about Zachary Shadrin visit to Sarajevo, and the events with his presence find out here.

More information about “FOREVER – FOREVER” here.

SYNOPSIS

After transferring from a downtown high school, Tonia joins a new gang of tough youngsters, trying to find protection and a place to truly belong. They spend their time together, roaming the post- socialist suburbs of Kyiv, having fun and getting into trouble. Soon Tonia falls in love with Zhurik, whilst also longing for Sania and finds herself tangled up in an alluring secret love triangle. But Tonia’s abusive past still haunts her, challenging this newfound friendship and romance. Will she be able to find her way or will she lose herself in this new controversial relationship? Set in the late 1990s Kyiv, this is a story of the young and rebellious amidst the ruins of the Soviet regime. Of those who had to grow up faster due to circumstances but got lost in the adult world. A story that we must constantly remember, because some things only exist in the moment, while others last forever.



DIRECTOR STATEMENT

This film is a love song for the lost teenagers of the late 1990s, who grew up in the ruins of the Soviet regime and were told the rule: if no one loves you, you won’t survive. Seeking love and validation in someone else’s eyes, we lived by compromising abuse and injustice to get more attention. Being a teenager means that every bit of existence is only here and now, that is, forever. Every love is forever, every relationship is forever, every drama is forever. So now, as adults, we have to finally grow up and realise that the only validation and love we need is our own. Such understanding always requires accepting loneliness and embracing responsibility for one’s own life.



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