Administrator of Farewells. Introduction

Administrator of Farewells. Introduction (2022) is a Russian sci-fi short you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Nikolai Lupanov and starring Yura Borisov, it's set in Moscow thirty years after an unspecified apocalypse. Pyotr works as an Administrator of Farewells — his job is to send human souls into the past, working from a list that allows no exceptions.

The list isn't always fair. In sixteen minutes Lupanov builds a lean, quietly uncomfortable premise and trusts the viewer to sit with it. Borisov carries the role with an economy that makes the short feel larger than its runtime. Stream it online on iFILM.