Strizh

Ainur is a teenage girl lost in her feelings and in search of her identity. School sucks as her schoolmates tease her. Life at home sucks too, as her highly pregnant mother concentrates more on her alcoholic partner than on her daughter. The only resort to peace seems to be her father. Ainur’s girlfriend Asel seems to become her soul mate until she and her mother falsely accuse Ainur of something. Life requires some more harsh moments for Ainur to go through, and she starts feeling lonely. —IFFR