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I Have to Run

I Have to Run

OLEG KHRISTOLYUBSKIY | GERMANY | 2025 | 20 MIN | GERMAN + RUSSIAN EST

OLEG KHRISTOLYUBSKIY | GERMANY | 2025 | 20 MIN | GERMAN + RUSSIAN EST

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Synopsis

A 32-year-old gay artist flees repressive laws and war in Russia for Berlin, leaving his boyfriend behind. They try to sustain their relationship across the distance, but their realities quickly diverge, and life in Berlin proves less "rainbow-coloured" than expected.

Filmmaker Bio

Oleg Khristolyubskiy is a German filmmaker whose work explores alienation, memory, and the quiet tensions of everyday life. With a background in both writing and production, he brings a precise visual language and emotional restraint to his storytelling. I Have to Run (2025) marks his latest short, produced and filmed in Germany.

Producer

Oleg Khristolyubskiy

Writer

Oleg Khristolyubskiy, Sergey Davydov

Cinematographer

Stanisław Szawernowski

Cast

  • Konstantin Frank
  • Daniil Kremkin
  • Alex Lee
  • Elisabeth Heckel

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