Babushka (film)

Babushka is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Kristina Wagenbauer and released in 2021.^[1] The film documents Wagenbauer's trip to Russia to visit her maternal grandmother, Valentina Nikolaevna Krasiuk, whom she has not seen in person in 25 years.

Babushka
Directed by	Kristina Wagenbauer
Written by	Kristina Wagenbauer
Produced by	Line Sander Egede
Starring	Kristina Wagenbauer Valentina Nikolaevna Krasiuk
Cinematography	Kristina Wagenbauer
Edited by	Xi Feng
Music by	Jean-Sébastien Williams
Production company	TAK Films
Distributed by	Spira
Release date	November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18) (RIDM)
Running time	25 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	Russian

The film premiered in November 2021 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival.^[2]

The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards,^[3] and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards.^[4]