Love Love Love: all you need is Ljoebov
Short documentary film (11 m) from 2013 about love love love, or Любовь x 3. Love. Love. Love. is about love in all stages of life, from a female perspective. ‘A Sundance-winning short on the many shapes of Russian affection’ (more on IMDb), made with love.
By Sandhya Daisy Sundaram
IMDb,
Vimeo
That ‘Sundance-winning’ refers to this award at a
Sundance Institute.
There is also a short (2 m) Making Of.
Read: ‘Love. Love. Love.’ in Russian winters (Russia Beyond, 2014).
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