BABIES DON’T COME WITH INSTRUCTIONS / SIN INSTRUCCIONES / ІНСТРУКЦІЇ НЕ ДОДАЮТЬСЯ

Leonid Nefedovich
Sep 26
2 min read

2024 / 99' / feature / Spain

Aday is a carefree womanizer, living a hedonistic and self-centered life in a small coastal town in the Canary Islands. His world is turned upside down when a woman from a brief, casual affair shows up, drops off their daughter, and leaves, making him responsible for her. At first, Aday intends to return the girl to her mother, but his attempts fail. Forced to raise her, little by little, he learns how to be a father, and his values and priorities shift in unexpected ways. Years pass, filled with happiness, until the mother reappears intending to reclaim her daughter.

Screenings schedule:

September 30, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Kinoman Hall

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DIRECTOR - MARINA SERESESKY

Biography

Marina Seresesky is an Argentine director, screenwriter and actress based in Spain.

She began as an actress. She performed in the Teatro Meridional theatrical group and participated in a variey of productions directed by Gerardo Vera (Agosto) and Omar Grasso (La tempestad and El misántropo). In addition to her work in theater, she played the lead in the film Entre Abril y Julio (2002) by Aitor Gaizka and has appeared in a number of television series. Her debut in film direction took place in 2010 with the documentary Madres 0,15 el minuto, which won the Biznaga de Plata at the XIV Malaga Film Festival, and a fiction short, El cortejo.

Her short La boda (2012), earned awards in national and international film festivals and a Goya nomination (2013) for Best Fiction Short. The culmination of her directorial and screen writing work came four years later with her first feature-length film, The Open Door (2016), starring Carmen Machi, Terele Pávez, and Asier Etxeandía and produced by Meridional Producciones. The Open Door was released in Spain on September 2, 2016 and received two Goya (2017) nominations: Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

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