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Night on Earth

On a late winter night, the main character goes to the nearest store and finds himself in a dying space where his own memories and reality are intertwined.

  • Nikita Lovetsky
    Director
  • Nikita Lovetsky
    Writer
  • Tursunbai Shergaziev
    Key Cast
    "Main Hero, voiceover"
  • Maximiliana Harwart
    Key Cast
    "Main Hero's wraith"
    Don't try to find out about the past
  • Valeriia Radchenko
    Key Cast
    "Female Voiceover"
  • Ermek
    Key Cast
    "Robbers"
  • Sergei Ivanovich Lovetsky
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ночь на Земле
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Student, Other
  • Genres:
    thriller, arthouse, photonovel, drama, surrealism
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 3, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    700 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Kyrgyzstan
  • Country of Filming:
    Kyrgyzstan
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Full HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - American University of Central Asia
  • YOUKI International Youth Media Festival
    Wels
    Austria
    October 21, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Pavlos Paraschakis Independent Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    October 3, 2022
    Semi-Finalist
  • Duemila30
    Milan
    Italy
    May 6, 2022
    Official Selection / Certificate
  • Yale Student Film Festival
    New Haven
    United States
    April 18, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Bomba Videoclub
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    March 15, 2022
    Official Selection
  • XPosure International Photography & Film Festival
    Sharjah
    United Arab Emirates
    February 9, 2022
    Nominee
Director Biography - Nikita Lovetsky

An undergraduate Film Directing student with extensive professional experience. An active American University of Central Asia student with a wealth of knowledge and great aspirations. The main interest in cinema is the mixture of poetic language with the image on the screen. Engaged in experiments on merging different media in cinema.

As a director, he embraces an individualist style, creating his own films and student projects as well as providing backstages for other short films. Through creative undertakings, Nikita demonstrates his strong dedication and commitment to pushing the boundaries of cinematic art. Also, Nikita has presented his films at the House of Cinema in Kyrgyzstan. As a filmmaker, Nikita has worked with interpreters across a wide range of genres and platforms, including Kyrgyz directors such as Emil Atageldiev (Lake, Kurak) and Marat Sarulu (Ming kiyal, The Move).

Nikita has featured in various notable platforms, including the Anti-Harassment Media Project for the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as audio podcasts for English-speaking audiences. Apart from his filmmaking, Nikita is an accomplished artist, having held two gallery exhibitions at Duboviy Park, where he showcased a narrative paintings and scripts.

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Director Statement

The film conveys a fairly simple thought about the memory of one's own and inevitable death