Ukraine
Yelyzaveta Sherstnyova, Olia Koval
Фільм відтворює один із показів театру «Орхідея» під керівництвом Михайла Коптєва — марґінального треш-дизайнера з Луганська. Маестро утверджує інший статус митця — без замовника, без наставника, сповідуючи ідею мистецтва заради мистецтва.
Yelyzaveta Sherstnyova is a fourth-year-student at the Department for TV directors. In 2021, she took part in the Kinobereh (“FilmShore”) residency in the Kherson region, where she filmed the documentary CHILDHOOD. In 2022, she created a video essay for The Street I Need project. In 2023, she filmed an experimental work about the designer Mykhailo Koptev WITH LOVE, KOPTEV. Besides, she made WEIGHTLESSNESS at the special film residence of the WizzArt festival in Lviv. Currently, she is working on a graduation feature.
Olia Koval was born in 2001 in Chernihiv. Now she is finishing her studies as a cinematographer at the Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary University for Theatre, Film, and Television. In 2020, she graduated from the MYPH School of Conceptual Photography. She participated in many Ukrainian and international exhibitions. She is a winner of Fresh Eyes Talent 2023. Her works were purchased by museums and private collectors.
