Private Project

Metawork

Ihor works from home in a taxi answering service. He seems to be imprisoned in his room in a depressing apartment block opposite the pompous Orthodox cathedral. To escape the hopelessness, Ihor tries to interpret his precarious daily life as creatively as possible. Growing sunflowers on his balcony and creating rotoscoping animation on an out-of-date black&white printer become important rituals of resistance.

  • Vasyl Lyah
    Director
  • Vasyl Lyah
    Writer
  • Sashko Protyah, Yulia Serdiukova
    Producer
  • Ihor Fomin
    Key Cast
  • Ihor Fomin
    Music
  • Vova Morrow
    Design and colour correction
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Метаробота
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 2, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Ukraine
  • Language:
    Russian, Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Kyiv International Short Film Festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    August 8, 2020
    World Premiere
    Special Mention
Director Biography - Vasyl Lyah

Vasyl Lyah, born in Mariupol, Ukraine, 1995, now based in Kyiv.
Areas of interest are filmmaking, painting, graphics, tattoo art, film photography and music.
Vasyl is a member of Freefilmers, a movement of filmmakers, and Metawork is his debut work created in collaboration with Freefilmers.

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