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The bond between two 13-year-old Siberian school girls is put to the ultimate test when the school organizes a Fame Factory talent contest and the pair are forced to actually work together rather than simply playing together in director Jerzy Sladkowski`s entry into the 2007 Chicago International Documentary Festival. Olesia and Natasha are classmates and boarders at a school in Krasnoyarsk, and every teacher there knows that they are inseparable. While most of the pair`s days are spent choreographing dances, flirting with boys, and generally acting like adolescent girls, their friendship also helps them to cope in a place where there are no parental figures to guide them. When the school holds a Fame Factory contest, Olesia and Natasha quickly emerge as audience favorites. But playing together and working together are two different things entirely, and when every minor issue becomes a major point of contention, the stress may prove strong enough to crack their airtight friendship.