Masha From Russia
TFI Suppport
TFI Network 2019
Logline
MASHA FROM RUSSIA is a coming of age dramedy about a Russian family immigrating to New York in the early 90's. The film centers around Masha, a nerdy, socially clueless 13-year-old whose transition into puberty is further complicated by her limited understanding of the language and culture around her.
Sasha Gordon
Director, Screenwriter
Sasha Gordon is Russian-born award-winning writer/director and composer. Her debut comedy feature won awards at multiple festivals (among them Austin, Santa Barbara, Bentonville, Woodstock) before being released by Samuel Goldwyn to a fantastic audience and critical reception. The LA Times called IT HAD TO BE YOU “A memorable romantic comedy that stands to bring back the genre’s good name … as funny, endearing and enjoyably off-kilter as its adorable star, Cristin Milioti.” Sasha was subsequently named one of “25 Screenwriters to Watch” by Moviemaker Magazine. Sasha has scored over 50 features and television shows (among them the Oscar-winning “God Of Love” and Amazon’s Emmy-winning “Gortimer Gibbons”.) Sasha’s pilot MAGGIE, a dramedy about motherhood, premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and went on to win best pilot at South by South West. Sasha lives in New York with her husband and baby girl.
Riva Marker
Producer
Riva Marker is an award-winning producer and founding partner of Nine Stories Productions with Jake Gyllenhaal. Nine Stories has a first-look deal with Bold Films, the company behind WHIPLASH, DRIVE, and NIGHTCRAWLER, the latter of which Gyllenhaal starred in and produced. Gyllenhaal won an Independent Spirit Award for producing NIGHTCRAWLER and was an Executive Producer on David Ayer’s END OF WATCH. Marker produced Cary Fukunaga’s critically acclaimed child soldier drama BEASTS OF NO NATION and was an Executive Producer on Academy Award nominated THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT. Nine Stories aims to develop and produce provocative, character-driven material at both the studio and independent levels. The company’s first film, David Gordon Green’s STRONGER, is inspired by the true story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman and based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was released to critical acclaim on September 22, 2017, by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. Most recently Riva produced WILDLIFE, Paul Dano’s directorial debut in which Gyllenhaal stars opposite Carey Mulligan.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Executive Producer
Jake Gyllenhaal is an award-winning actor and producer. Jake has appeared in dozens of films, among them DONNIE DARKO, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, NIGHTCRAWLER, and ZODIAC. As one of the founding partners of Nine Stories, Jake produced STRONGER and most recently the Sundance hit WILDLIFE starring Carey Mulligan, directed by Paul Dano.