Written, Directed, and Produced by Sasha Korbut

U.S. Premiere 2025 Provincetown International Film Festival (Oscar-Qualifying)

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To Novosibirsk is a 2025 short film written, directed and produced by Sasha Korbut. It explores the complex relationship between a father and son in an expatriate Russian-American family.  The boy knows his parents are getting divorced, but on a beautiful, sunny day in Coney Island, the strong bond between father and son begins to crack when the boy reveals that his mother plans to take him back to her hometown in Novosibirsk, Russia, severing ties with both his father and his American home.

Starring 2025 Lucille Lortel Award Winner Stephen Thomas Ochsner (Our Class) . Introducing Georgii Kirilenko

Cinematography by: Denis Lavnik

Editor: Pedro Rojas

Assistant Director: Lisa Krest

Costume Design by Emmy-award winning costume designer Tom Broeker

This film is a nostalgic and intimate reflection on the pain and wounds that only those who are closest to us can inflict, and an invitation to embrace uncertainty and focus on the ultimate gift: the present moment.

Federico Mallet. Letteboxd.

Director’s Statement

“I set out to make a small film about a big issue—family separation—filming everything in a single day with a modest budget and a team of NYU students and first-time filmmakers.Having lived abroad for 18 years, I’ve witnessed the quiet heartbreak of bicultural families being split across continents. Too often, a parent leaves with the child, fracturing ties not just across borders, but between people. To Novosibirsk is a meditation on love, loss, and the spaces that form when words fail us.”

Sasha Korbut

To Novosibirsk. Teaser Trailer

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