RUSSIA 92 MINS
FEB 27, 2026 8:30PM
TRAILER
Director: Yana Klimova-Yusupova
Writer: Yana Klimova-Yusupova
Stars:Anna Zavtur, Kuzma Kotrelev, Sergey Goroshko, Alexandra Revenko, Elena Valyushkina, Olga Lapshina and Anar Khalilov
Country/Language: Russia/Russian
Liza comes to St. Petersburg for the first time. She is young, beautiful and believes that all her dreams will certainly come true. Bridges sung by poets, embankments covered in legends and unique parties of St. Petersburg bohemia – this city knows how to charm. Liza falls in love with the northern capital at first sight. An unexpected meeting with a young artist and his musician friend becomes a real adventure filled with laughter, white nights and the sale of an antique bed.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
‘Seems Like Love’ is a film that captures a feeling. Liza arrives in the St. Petersburg of her dreams. She is in the city of her dreams. Although she is only in her early twenties, she has already been hurt by life. St. Petersburg heals her with its beauty and love. This modest, slightly shy film envelops us in music and cosy courtyards, shielding us from the cruelty of real life. To some extent, it is an urban fairy tale where everything is slightly exaggerated, as in a dream or during first love. This film is exactly about that. It’s about the kind of love that cannot be confined to a frame, happens instantly, and remains in the memory forever.
Yana Klimova-Yusupova
Yana Klimova-Yusupova is a screenwriter and film director. Her four short films have been selected for numerous international film festivals around the world and have received multiple awards. Later, these works were compiled into an anthology and made available on major streaming platforms.
Her debut feature film, “Only Human”, is a powerful and internationally acclaimed drama about an orphan who, as an adult, finds his mother. The film brought together an outstanding cast and became a laureate of several international film festivals, winning top awards.
Departing from the dramatic genre, Yana directed her second feature film, “Seems Like Love”, which tells the story of a love triangle set against the backdrop of Saint Petersburg. This film is also being screened at numerous international film festivals and has earned critical recognition and awards.
Yana is regarded as one of the few Russian filmmakers who has consistently represented her work on the international stage for many years. She is a graduate of the VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography), where she studied in the master’s workshop of the renowned director V. B. Akhadov.
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