6 min 35 sec
Cast: Aygul Idiyatullina, Djaudat Idiyatullin, Marcela Angel, Wei Zhang, Chris Stevens,
Sarah Kanouse, Farida Idiyatullina.
This experimental video project investigates my personal longing to find a balance between
three languages that I use in my everyday life: Tatar – my native language, Russian – language
of my home country, English – language of the country I currently live in.
*Screened at the "Code-Switchers" Juried Show in The LAB (San Francisco, CA) www.thelab.org
"MAYBE" (2008)
3 min 50 sec
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"Maybe" is my first attempt at 3D animation in Maya, where I tried to play with 2D and 3D imagery to create a dreamlike setting. It is an illustration of my confused state of mind after my Grandfather's passing. It is a race through my memories and my own way of coping with the fact, and most of all - it is saying "goodbye" to my childhood in Russia, which my Grandpa embodied. Maybe he will be there, when I race through the ocean, and land, and streets to reach his house. He will be there, and I'll hug him. And once again I'll feel like a child.
*Winner of the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the Riverside Saginaw Film Festival
"ToFromTo..." (2007)
2 min 30 sec
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An illustration of displacement and longing for home and a familiar place, while constantly being taken away and interrupted from experiencing it. The journey of an international student unable to find and retain home.
*Winner of the Best Experimental Film Award at the Little Muddy Film Festival
*Part of the Diversity Show Screening at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale
"When it all turns blank" (2006)
3 min 30 sec
An experimental animation created by moving paint on a back-lit glass. It is a visual representation of a grief for a lost friend and a desire to bring him back.