No, i'm not worried,
they predict a fine weather.

And it's said that
the weather changes quite fast here.

Great, i'm surprised,
it's pretty big.

There is even a piano!

It's cool.

I don't know yet.
I'm gonna walk-around.

And there is the festival
which will take up quite a bit of time.

And maybe take a look
at the Hermitage.

- Hello?!

- Excuse me?

- Please!

- Hello?

International Short-Film Festival
At St. Petersbourg

(french dialogues)

- What did you see
at the openning night?

- Mostly Femis' films.

- Hello, please?

- Please! 'ouhou'

- I didn't watch saturday's projection.

- Is the Festival there?

- Hello!

- Hello!

- Please

- Hello!

- You can see me?

"Thank you"

- Do you speak english?
- Oh, yes!

- So, i can see you,
you can see me

What are you doing here?

- I was in Paris,
because I'm french,

and I came here for a film festival

and, I've vanished!

- You have vanished? Why?

- I don't really understand.

- Come with me.
- Yeah?

I've vanished the 7 of march.

I started to be transparent
during february.

- Do you understand me?
- Yeah. But what happened?

I remember, I was afraid.

I couldn't do anything.

People were in the street,

they were screaming
because of this.

The authorities didn't do anything.

- Really?
- Yeah.

We were just vanishing,
disapearing, like this!

- The policeman, the government,
they didn't do anything?

- No, no!

- It's here!

- It's the place I was talking about

for the film festival.

That's just there.

- So, you are an actor?

- Yes.

A transparent actor.

- Do you want to go out
with me tonight?

- Yeah! Sure.

- I know a good bar.

- Great!

- Where are you staying?

- In a hotel near 'Nevski Prospect'.

- I can give you a lift if you want.

- Ok great!

- Clément?

- I don't understand,

how can we see each other,
if people can't?

- Maybe they don't want to see us.

- Why?

- Because they are afraid.

- How is it possible

that people don't see me

when, me, I feel fire
burning somewhere inside

How is it possible

when me, I feel like a hole,

a darkness going in each part
of my body.

How is it possible

when me,

the only thing that I see

is that I exist

and

I can see you

and I can feel you

and I can feel the pain that
they don't want to see us.

- I have to go now.

- Soon, you will be in Paris

existing again.

You will see you in a mirror,

you will be able to speak to people,

people could hear you.

Tell them.

Tell them that here, we vanish.

- "Spasibo".

This film was inspired by censoreship of "Between bodies",
a short-film by Anaïs Sartini,

at the Parisian Seasons' Festival
in Saint Petersbourg.

The film censored introduces
gay people in Paris.

"Spasibo" was made in a hurry
in reaction to the homophobic law

which was adopted in Saint Petersbourg the 7 of march,
and came into force the 17 of march 2012.

The law prohibits "the propaganda
of homosexuality and pedophilia among minors."