Summer Gone and Yet to Come
A metaphor for external and internal life, transferred from my mind onto the screen. All shots are live-action, filmed in authentic locations, reflecting symbolism and contrasts.
The pouring rain — words and feelings falling like sorrow or calm, resembling a stream of warm tea. A ruined, empty house dissolves into a cozy room bathed in golden sunlight.
On the journey, under the rhythm of the train wheels, golden time slips through fingers like sand. The empty lifeguard tower — a sign of summer’s end, but climbing it, one might try to save oneself…
Creative Direction / Production / Music: Layla Fudashkina
Music: The Flaming Lips — Can't Let It Go
Visual style
Poetic cinema, analog textures, slow cinematic rhythm, symbolic metamorphosis, nature as metaphor, experimental film, indie film, cinematic poetry, symbolic storytelling, slow cinema, art film.
Location
Kyiv, Bereznaki, Telbin; Zaporizhzhia, Aleksandrovskyi Avenue
Visual Excerpts from the Film:
Poetic cinema, analog textures, slow cinematic rhythm, symbolic metamorphosis, nature as metaphor, experimental film, indie film, cinematic poetry, symbolic storytelling, slow cinema, art film.
Location
Kyiv, Bereznaki, Telbin; Zaporizhzhia, Aleksandrovskyi Avenue
Visual Excerpts from the Film:
