Miramis

Probably many people had a cookie iron jar in their childhood that contained the most secret treasures: old family photos, figurines, stickers, video tapes and secret memories. How many boxes does it take to keep all your memorabilia? Is it possible to save a loved one from the war in such box and take them to a safe place? Angie Siveria's poem is a reflection on the ongoing war in Ukraine, her childhood in Donetsk, which is now temporarily occupied. This poetry film is about how people want to save their childhood and everything/ everyone connected with it, take it with them to a safe place. The animated video was created as the official music video for Oskar Schuster's piece "Miramis".

  • Angie Siveria
    Director
  • Oskar Schuster
    Director
  • Oskar Schuster
    Producer
  • Oskar Schuster
    Music and sound edit
  • Angie Siveria
    Poetry and voice
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Poetry film, experimental, videopoetry
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 31, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Zebra International Poetry Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 4, 2022
    Germany
  • Festival Fotogenia
    Mexico City
    Mexico
  • Ukrainian International Film Festival in Germany "BRUKIVKA"
    Kamianets-Podilskyi
    Ukraine
Director Biography - Angie Siveria, Oskar Schuster

Angie Siveria is a Ukrainian illustrator, filmmaker and poet. She was born in Donetsk, grew up in Mykolaiv, lived in Kyiv and currently lives in Berlin.
Angie participated and won prizes at the following international film and video festivals: CYCLOP (2012-2015), ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival (Berlin, Germany, 2013, 2016, 2022), MOLODIST (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2015), the 4th Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film Competition (Cork, Ireland, 2015, 2022), International poetry festival «Liberated Words» (Bath Spa University, Bath, United Kingdom, 2015), X International festival of amateur, student and non-professional film "KINOKIMMERIYA 2015" (1st and 3rd place, Kherson, Ukraine, 2015), Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival (New England, USA, 2016), Roma Poetry Film Festival “DoctorClip” (Roma, Italy, 2015), book trailer competition "Book fashion" (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018), Kamianets-Podilsky International Film Festival "BRUKIVKA" (Kamianets-Podilsky, Ukraine, 2022), International film poetry festival “Fotogenia” (Mexico City, Mexico, 2022) etc.

Angie took part in various art exhibitions:
• designer of the art-installation "Let's get lost!" for the project "House of LEVELS" on the festival "GOGOL Fest" (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2014);
• first personal exhibition "TRACK-LIST" in the gallery "GALLERY 45" (Mykolaiv, Ukraine, 2016);
• "A4 Ballpoint Pen" exhibition (gallery "Karas”, Kyiv, Ukraine 2015-2017);
• exhibition "Ballpoint Pen" at the festival "Book Arsenal" (Gallery "Arsenal", Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017);
• “NordArt Ukraine” as part of the “A4, ballpoint pen” project (Büdelsdorf, Germany, 2021)
•"Granice, Grenzen, Кордони, Ribos" - a collective Polish-Ukrainian-German-Lithuanian exhibition with the video project “Dreams of Vanishing Islands" with Andrii Merkhel’s music (gallery “Sztuki ROZruch” Poznan, Poland, 2022; the church St. Thomas, Berlin, Germany, 2022) etc.
•Collective exhibition “The Ties that Bind” - curatorial project by Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak within the Fulbright USA (Duza Scena UAP Gallery, Poznan, Poland, May 11- 28, 2023) etc.

As an illustrator, Angie is known for:
• Illustrations of portraits of Stanisław Lem’s 5 volumes of the Ukrainian translation of “Lem’s Pentateuch” (publishing house “Educational Book Bohdan”, Ukraine, 2016, 2017);
• several album covers for the German composer Oskar Schuster;
• the game "October Night Games" etc.

Oskar Schuster

Oskar Schuster is a German composer and artist, living in Berlin. His songs without words evoke a fairytale-world, strange and surreal. A world full of blurry images of the past; of childhood memories and characters from children’s books; of clicking and ticking clocks and ever-looping music boxes, of far-away-lands, far-away-seas, far-away-skies, far-away-everythings. At times reminiscent of Yann Tiersen's Amélie, his music is still very distinct, arising from a mixture of various influences including experimental electronic music (Aphex Twin, Pogo), the minimalist folk-pop of Beirut, the ethereal and mystical sounds of Sigur Rós as well as classical piano music by Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin.

In 2011, he released his debut album, Dear Utopia, followed 2014 by Sneeuwland and 2015 by Tristesse Télescopique which he managed to produce with the help of successful crowdfunding campaigns. He continues to regularly release new EPs and albums, such as Singur in 2016, Záhada in 2017, Elixía in 2019 and his first video game soundtrack - October Night Games (Original Soundtrack) - in 2020.

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