Svetlana
Inspired by the 1980s American soap opera, Santa Barbara, Svetlana became a mail-order bride from post-Soviet Russia to America. She took her two children with her to California to meet a stranger, a man who would soon become her husband and father to her children. The film brings together the audition process, behind- the-scenes footage, archival home movies, scripted scenes, and an interview with the director's mother, Svetlana. This project is an immersive form of visual storytelling that employs memory and performance in equal measure to show the journey of immigrating to America.
Mother in the Food Market (as Ani Imnadze)
어머니의 자살 이후 양아버지에게 포로가 된 조. 양아버지는 조를 미끼로 동네 술집을 돌아다닌다. 이런 두 사람의 모습을 본 경찰과 자경단원은 조를 구출하려 시도한다. 조는 양아버지 품에서 탈출 할 것인가? 아니면 양아버지 곁에 남을 것인가?
