AND DIED TOGETHER ONE DAY

‘They lived happily ever after and died together one day’, that’s how all the love stories I used to listen to as a child end (* Russian variant).

But what’s the ending of these ‘love stories’ in reality?

Romanticization of love’s notion and its dispute with harsh reality are the baseline for the film that takes an in-depth look at how and what extent the cultural image of love designates our consciousness. In this visual manifesto I aim to recreate an idealized image of an imperfect relationship, using the romantic aesthetic.

Turning to my personal experience I consider the romantic relationship of two people based on the example of my parents. When I was little, they loved each other, as a teenager, they broke up, now that I’m an adult, they’re together again, with the experience of what they’ve been through before.

The film analyses almost invisible difference between myths and reality in our heads and combines for this documentary footage with hyperbolic staged romantic scenes.

Awards

2022 | CineStar-Award at international Filmfestival 64th Nordic Film Days

2021 | Gesa-Rautenberg film award 2021, FilmFest Schleswig-Holstein

2021 | Audience award 2021, FilmFest Schleswig-Holstein

Filmfestivals

Festival del Cinema di Cefalù

Palermo

Italy

August 1, 2022

NORDEN - The Nordic Arts Festival

Schleswig

Germany

September 9, 2022

https://www.norden-festival.com/en/Artist/Details/476.html

QRC.PRJCT | Digital art & Video Exhibition

Athens

Greece

April 1, 2022

2021 | FilmFest Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel

Germany

October 29, 2021

2021 | Athens digital Arts festival, TĀCTUS

Athens

Greece

October 13, 2021

greek premiere

https://2021.adaf.gr/video-art/and-died-together-one-day/

HER Docs Film Festival
Warsaw
Poland
September 3, 2021
polish premiere

MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Festival
Kiscsősz
Hungary
April 28, 2021
international premiere

And Died Together One Day