Tatiana W Doroshenko

A Short film by Tatiana W Doroshenko

One Liner

Ruth gets her catharsis in her abandoned city.

Short Synopsis

During COVID lockdown in Melbourne, Ruth returns to a now abandoned office space to remember a traumatic experience and to reclaim the space for herself. She has her catharsis, but will she get busted?

This short was made on a small budget near the end of COVID lockdown in Melbourne Australia, allowing us to capture an authenticity in the abandoned spaces and exteriors. The imagery and story are inspired and informed by the experience of living in the CBD during this time.
It explores trauma memories as carved into spaces, mental and physical, and ideas around reclaiming these spaces that fester with the remnants of nasty stories, some from many years ago.

I worked with dance artists to express the psychological through the body with an aim to integrate dance into the screen drama in an organic way. I engaged Japanese-Australian Butoh artist Yumi Umiumare as choreographer, working with the lead actor Dana Miltins, known for her physical theatre work with The Rabble.
We were funded by a Melbourne City Council Quick Response Arts Grant and by many kind crowd funders and in-kind-ers, with Auspicious Arts managing finances. Post production sound involved sound engineering students at RMIT City campus.

World Premiere Melbourne International Film Festival

SUPPORTED BY

Amissa Anima home page

Amissa Anima, which means ‘lost soul’ in latin, is a short film directed by Tatiana Doroshenko and written by David Markin. Produced by Katrina Mathers (Cherry Hands Media) and Bernie Clifford (Bernzerk Productions). Ellery Ryan was the DOP. 

The story is about four boys surviving on the edge of existence in St Kilda in the early 1980’s. Their fragile balance is broken when an act of betrayal pushes them to retaliate. The characters are fictional, but the story is based on true crime events and the personal experiences of the writers who grew up on the streets of St Kilda during this time.

SCREENINGS

17-26 Sep 2021: Catalina Film Festival, LA, USA 

23 Sep – 1 Oct: HollyShorts, CA, USA 

1-10 Oct 2021: Sedicicorto Forlì International Film Festival, Italy 

7-31 Nov 2021: BUEFF: Buenos Aires International Film Festival 7th edition, Argentina 

18-26 Nov 2021: Rome Independent Film Festival: RIFF Awards, Italy

19-28 Nov 2021: Shorts That Are Not Pants Festival, Canada  

9-15 Dec 2021: AIDFF: Athens International Digital Film Festival, Greece

13-18 Dec 2021: Fusion Film Festival: East European Film Festival, Warsaw edition, Poland

28-31 Dec 2021: International Moving Film Festival, Iran

12-23 Jan 2022: Film Maudit 2.0, Santa Monica, USA

22 Jan 2022: Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Romania

31 Jan – 2 Feb 2022: Film Maudit 2.0, encore screening of award winners 

7-17 Feb 2022 Roma Short Film Festival, Roma, Italy

7-13 Mar 2022 IFF ZOOM – Zbliżenia, Poland

AWARDS

Sep 2021: WINNER: Best Short Award: Acting category (ensemble) – Boden International Film Festival, Sweden 

Nov 2021: Honorable Mention: VAEFF: Video Art and Experimental Film Festival, New York, USA

Dec 2021: WINNER: Best Short Fiction Film – AIDFF: Athens International Digital Film Festival, Greece 

Dec 2021: WINNER: Best Director, Tatiana Doroshenko – Roma Short Film Festival, Italy

Jan 2022: WINNER: Best Experimental Film – Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Romania 

Jan 2022: WINNER: Best Editing – Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Romania

Jan 2022: WINNER: Audience Award for Best Short Film – Film Maudit 2.0, USA 

Jan 2022: WINNER: Best Director, Tatiana Doroshenko – Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Japan

Jan 2022: WINNER: Best Underground Film – Short Film Factory, Romania

NOMINEE or FINALIST

Fall 2021: Nomination: Best Experimental Short – Bucharest Film Awards, Romania

Aug 2021: Semi-Finalist: Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival, USA

Nov 2021: Finalist: Best Cinematography – BUEFF: Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina

Dec 2021: Nomination: Best Short Film – Fusion Film Festival: East European Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland

Dec 2021: Nomination: Best Cinematography – Fusion Film Festival: East European Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland

Dec 2021: Finalist: Best Production – International Moving Film Festival, Iran

Dec 2021: Finalist: Best Cinematography – International Moving Film Festival, Iran 

Dec 2021: Finalist: Best Acting (ensemble) – International Moving Film Festival, Iran

Jan 2022: Nomination: Best Short Film – Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Romania

Jan 2022: Nomination: Best Director  – Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Romania

Jan 2022: Nomination: Best Cinematography – Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, Romania 

SCREENPLAY RECOGNITION

2018 Global Script Challenge, Finalist, Best Overall Script, Oaxaca Film Festival, Mexico

2018 Top 20 Selection, Monte Miller Script Award, Australian Writers Guild, Australia

2018 Second Rounder, Script Competition, Austin Film Festival, USA

If you’d like to support this film, please visit the GoFundMe page.

Amissa Anima Film website.

Earth is a psychological thriller / magic-realist piece that explores grief and guilt connected with wartime atrocities.

A loner paparazzi photographer, led on by a mysterious woman, unearths the dark secrets of his ancestors, secrets that refuse to remain buried.

Short Synopsis

A loner paparazzi photographer, lives in a classy apartment in the heart of a metropolis. When his estranged father dies unexpectedly, a mysterious and irresistible woman appears in his life, leading him to uncover the terrible secrets of his ancestors.

Director’s statement

Earth is a psychological thriller and magic realist short.  The story is an exploration as the effects of war trauma on successive generations. It charts the psychological journey of a man, who under the strain of grief, social isolation and estrangement from family and ethnicity, finds a path to emotional growth and spiritual insight.

The narrative was inspired by a story orally passed down in my family that has always haunted me.

Cast

Tristan Barr, Mary-Helen Sassman, John Flaus, Jim Daly, Bagryana Popov, Sarah Pass, Romi Trower, Sahil Saluja, Daniel Cajkusic.

Crew

Tatiana Doroshenko: Director

Darrell Martin: Cinematographer

Sarah Pass: Line Producer

Dorian Lazar: Production Designer

Jem Downing: Art Director, Cecilia Rossiter: Continuity, Vanessa Cox: AC, Ben Starr:AC, Tiffany Wong: 2nd AC, Daniella Raniti: Unit/Locations/AD, Emma Livesey: Catering, Katharine Shaw: Make-up and Hair, Joanne Smyth: Wardrobe, Lewis O’Brien: Sound: Llew higgins: Key Grip,  Lewis Bock: Gaffer; Scenic Artist: Clive Jones, Construction Manager: Rob Mackenzie, Construction  Assistant: Devon Starbuck, Art Assistants: Scarlett Cook & Alisha Redmond, Stunt co-ordinator/Safety supervisor:Chris Kemp, Safety supervisor/Stunt actor: Hayden Stewart,

Post Production

Editor, Tatiana Doroshenko, Second Editor Stefan Markworth, Online editor, Andrew Connell,

Sound mixer, Peter Frost

Post production coordinator Gordon Lyon
Music score:Feverstone. Music Produced by John Phillips
Sound design:Calumari Audio (Calum Wakeling/Ariel Gross)

Supervising producer, Sandra Sciberras
VCA screen production coordinator Donna Hensler

Colorist
Jonathan Burton / Sound Firm

Special Effects
Scott Zero and Jack Nolan / Chroma Media

“dark eyes” performed by Alexander Menshikov and Barynya New York City © Mikhail V Smirnov 2014

Thank You

Greg Lloyd – Panavision, Cail Young – Inspiration rentals, Meredith Williams – Hilton hotel, Sound Firm, Kate Campbell, Gemma Unwin, John Jackman, John Smyth, Arts House, Emily Dalkin, Peter Ford, Heather Watsford, Department of Human Services, Loop bar, Renn Barker, Tim Bishop – Man with a Van, Duraan Reid School of Performing Arts – The Props Store, Prop-A-Ganda Props, Melbourne Theatre Company , Wayne Williams University of Melbourne Facilities department, Pierogi Pierogi

A woman in a relationship that has lost its passion, dreams of a lover and yearns for the fire of desire to come back into her heart. Will she take the step to change or end her relationship. [Password: tatiana]

 

(This music video was made on a low budget, in one day)

SCREENINGS

Hollyshorts  Hollywood, LA 2016

Made In Melbourne Australia 2016

CREDITS

Music Credits: Acrilica: Marc D’Orazio, Ben Wheeler, Fotini Vrionis

Cast: Fotini Vrionis, Vincent Saischowa

Dancers: Michael Braun, Franceschina Giangrasso

Choreographer: Michael Braun

Writer/Director: Tatiana Doroshenko

Co-Producers: Tess Apap, Fotini Vrionis, Tatiana Doroshenko

Executive Producer: Darren Vukasinovic

Director of Photography: Stuart Mannion

Production Designer: Dorrian Lazar

First Assistant Director: Blake Curtis

Production Manager: Tess Apap

Unit Production Manager: Nadine Jade

Makeup: Alejandrina De La Rosa

Makeup Assistants: Dione Harding, Kim Troy

Camera: Darren Vukasinovic

Assistant Gaf: Vincent Saischowa

Music Operator: Marc D’Orazio

Runners: Nadine Jade, Foti Vrionis, Ben Wheeler

Stills Photography: Audrey Broussand

Transport: Marc D’Orazio

Catering: Fotini Vrionis, Grace Bowen, Stephanie Vrionis, Christina Vrionis,

Catherine Campbell

Editor: Tatiana Doroshenko and Fotini Vrionis

Colourist: Jonathan Burton (Sound Firm)

Special Thanks: Melbourne Ballet Company, Jen Hughes, Jeff Karutz, Alliance Francaise,

Francoire Libotte, Nadie Butcher