How can poetry be in opposition to a regime? To the regime that was born from big ideals but turned into firm structures driven by greed for power, destroying and exterminating human lives.

The tragic history of the poet Osip Mandelstam mixed with fragmented sounds and images inspired by his poetry: a sensual and associative experience through the lens of the past.

ANIMAdok // short film

in production

16/9 – 4K – 5.1 surround

directed & produced by // IRINA RUBINA

design & animation // SOFIIA MELNYK, IRINA RUNINA

musical composition // ELNAZ SEYEDI

music // ENSEMBLE ASCOLTA

sound design // LUIS SCHÖFFEND

production // IRARU.FILMS

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