Inflatable Bear, Hourly
INFLATABLE BEAR, HOuRLY
A short film by Elisabeth Werchosin
A young immigrant actress, dressed as a costumed bear, faces a surreal odyssey in Berlin’s Soviet-era outskirts, where a chaotic birthday party blends humor, tragedy, and the echoes of a home she can’t forget.
WATCH TEASER
INTERFILM 2025 SHOWTIMES

German Competition - 04 Mind Travels

06.11.25, 18:00h,
Cinestar Kino in der KulturBrauerei

07.11.25, 19:30h,
Pfefferberg Theater

09.11.25, 21:00h,
Unterfilm Clubkino
TICKETS
Festivals
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
International Competition
International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
European Competition
Medina del Campo International Film Festival
International Selection
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Avant-Garde & Genre Official Competition
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
International Competition
L’Europe autour de l’Europe -
Paris European Film Festival
International Competition
PRIX LUPETO, Special Mention PRIX CORTO
The Norwegian Short Film Festival

Festival du film de Contis
Compétition Européenne
Cinema Jove - Festival Internacional de Valencia
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival
Minikino Film Week - Bali International Short Film Festival
Linz International Short Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
8th Jeonju International Short Film Festival
LAGO FILM FEST 2025
Navarra International Film Festival - NIFF Gold Award for Best International Short Film
FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival
BOO International Film Festival
INTERFILM 41 International Short Film Festival Berlin
German Competition
The international premiere of "Inflatable Bear, Hourly" took place at the 47th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in the International Competition section.
Program I1
Photos: © Le Court, Abigaëlle Robineau / © Le Court, Baptiste Chanat
INFLATABLE QUIZ
Answer 4 silly questions about inflatable bears,
and enjoy the behind-the-scenes photos as a reward
Let's go!
STARRING
  • Varvara Shmykova
    Lena
  • Corinna Kirchhoff
    Casting Lady
And also
Aleksey Mironov, Irina Platon, Philipp Fortunkov, Igor Polenov, Ido Gotlib, Kseniia Vorsuleva , Anastasiia Dashkevich, Andrei Moisekin, Ilia Kartashov
Official poster
CREW
  • Elisabeth Werchosin
    Writer
    Director

  • Roman Blatman
    Director of photography

  • Sasha Valent
    Production Sound Mixer
    Supervising Sound Editor / Designer
    Re-recording Sound Mixer
  • Aleksey Komasa
    Composer
Blue Monticola Film

Producers
Kirill Krasovski
Elisabeth Werchosin
Roman Blatman

Associate producer
Festival Agent
Gregory Bagaev

Associate Producer
Oleg Hristolübskiy

Casting Director
Anna Golenko

Costume Designer
Aleksandra Chumachenko

Make Up & Hair artists
Anastasiia Dashkevich
Katya Budnik

Color Grading
VANYASVISION

Production Design Assistant
Evgeny Agulnikov

Production Assistant
Camilla Ragogna

Camera Assistant
Valerii Baklanov


Special thanks to UNITBASE, Community ICEBERG, GARTEN DER BEGEGNUNG e.V., Cinegrell Lab Berlin, Click and Surr, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Denis Korneevskii, Michael​ Boxrucker
Shooting format:
8mm

Screening format:
DCP, digital

Aspect ratio:
1.33:1

Audio format:
Dolby Digital 5.1

Length:
11 min. 59 sec.

Original language: English, Russian, German
(subtitled in English)
CONTACTS
Festivals & Press
Gregory Bagaev
inflatablebearhourly@gmail.com


Writer, director
Elisabeth Werchosin
werchosinfilm@gmail.com
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