Grigory Dobrygin’s film Na Blizkom Rasstoyanii (At Close Distance), which was part of the main competition program at the Kinotavr film festival, will be released in movie theatres on October 28, 2021. White Nights (part of GPM KIT, which is part of Gazprom-Media Holding) will manage the distribution of the film.

In the story, a famous actress called Inga (Ksenia Rappoport) finds a courier on her doorstep during the height of the pandemic. He is a migrant from Central Asia (Nurbol Uulu Kairatbek) and he is unconscious. At the risk of getting sick, Inga agrees to have the young man stay in her home, but on one condition...