Lost Postcards

‘Lost Postcards’ is a vertical fiction film told in the first-person about a woman who is so afraid of leaving her own city she collects old postcards from places she’s never travelled to.

  • Tamara Scherbak
    Director
  • Tamara Scherbak
    Writer
  • Faisal Lutchmedial
    Writer
  • Tamara Scherbak
    Producer
  • Kim Nelson
    Key Cast
  • Kiro The Cat
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Romance, Drama, Travel
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 8, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    9:16
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Vertical Film Festival
    Katoomba, Blue Mountains
    Australia
    April 10, 2016
    World Premiere
    Official Selection, In Competition "This Way Up" programme
  • Linea D'Ombra Shadowlines Film Festival
    Salerno
    Italy
    December 8, 2018
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection, In Competition "Vedo Verticale" programme
  • "ANDARAS" Traveling Film Festival
    Fluminimaggiore
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Plot 19 Storytelling Forum
    Munich
    Germany
    September 6, 2019
    Special Presentation
  • VerticalMovie Film Festival presented at the MACRO – Rome Contemporary Art Museum
    Rome
    Italy
    October 11, 2019
    Official Selection, International Competition
  • Seriencamp Festival
    Munich
    Germany
    November 8, 2019
    Special Presentation part of Vertical Video Lineup
  • VertiFilms Prague (Upcoming)
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    November 1, 2020
    Czech Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Tamara Scherbak

Tamara Scherbak has directed numerous short films such as
“Dedashka”, winner of Best Director at the Festiv’elles Film
Festival and “Only Sky & Water”, which screened in competition at
the Hot Docs Film Festival. Tamara was 1 of 9 filmmakers selected for
the Berlinale Talents Short Film Station and has also been selected as
a writer/director for prestigious Talent Labs such as at Toronto
International Film Festival, Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices Initiative and as filmmaker-in-residence at 33 Officina Creativa in Toffia, Italy.
“Lost Postcards” is her first ‘vertical' film.

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Director Statement

A lot of my films have dark or heavy subject matter but with "Lost Postcards", made in two days total on a bit of whim, I wanted to make something more light and heart-warming on a topic very dear me, travelling. It was also a nice challenge to try the vertical filmmaking format and see how it affects story-telling choices.