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Saint Vassily (2024) Trailer

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USSR, 1982. Vassily is a devout and diligent student at the Theological Academy near Moscow, determined to become a priest. His orderly world falls apart when he is approached by a KGB agent who gives Vassily a morally complex ultimatum to testify against his roomate or risk losing his priesthood.Written

Submitted 17 September 2026 by Raphaël Duhamel.

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  • Competitioncloses in 2 days · 13 November 2026

    Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize (Glasgow Short Film Festival)

    Glasgow, Scotland · not stated on this page; apply through the Glasgow Film website

    checked 28 Oct 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 13 days · 24 November 2026

    Manchester Film Festival

    Manchester · Shorts US$70 until 27 October then US$75 (North West shorts US$65 then US$70); features US$97.50 then US$99.50 · premiere required

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 16 days · 27 November 2026

    Open City Documentary Festival

    London · Entry fee via FilmFreeway; selected works under 40 minutes get a £70 screening fee

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • CompetitionFree to entercloses in 34 days · 15 December 2026

    Sony Future Filmmaker Awards

    International; shortlist flown to Sony Pictures Studios, California · Free to enter · up to 20 min

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source

Filtered by the film's length and ordered by deadline; every row carries the date we checked it and where. The film is public here, so the ones that want a premiere are marked. The festival plan says how to run the year.

The scorecard

A Soviet seminary drama of faith under coercion, told in tight, unsettling close-ups.

3.3of 5
  • Storygetting there

    Synopsis sets up a clear moral ultimatum, but no transcript means the turn and ending can't be read, only the premise.

  • Picturestrong

    Stark symmetrical framing, cold institutional greens and browns, and a held close-up on unblinking eyes carry real unease.

  • Wordsnot read

    Not read: no transcript, so the dialogue and its restraint or excess were not seen.

  • Worldstrong

    Corridors, collars and period dress read convincingly Soviet-austere; the background nuns in frame 3 add scale without clutter.

  • Voiceworks

    The fixed, almost clinical stare into camera suggests a controlled directorial choice, though only four stills limit certainty.

I read the synopsis and the four published frames; no transcript or captions were available, so the dialogue, pacing and ending are not assessed. Read 11 November 2026. How the scorecard works