After a long road, Australian director Jayden Stevens’ Ukrainian-language film A Family will hit cinemas next week.
The black comedy premiered at the 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival, winning the inaugural Damian Hill Award for Independent Filmmaking.
However, the theatrical release plan was waylaid by Covid-19.
“Just before Covid hit we were about to do what we’re doing now, which is start talking about getting it out into cinemas,” Stevens told If.
“It all stayed quiet until about two months ago [when] I got an email saying, ‘Hey we’re back on’.”
A Family tells the story of a lonely Ukrainian man who hires actors to portray his family, and stars Pavlo Lehenkyi, Liudmyla Zamydra, and Tetiana Kosianchuk.
Stevens co-wrote and produced the film with Thomas Swinburn, who also served as director of photography, with Olga Mykhaklets and Clea Frost producing alongside.
In crafting the script, Stevens wanted to blend the...
The black comedy premiered at the 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival, winning the inaugural Damian Hill Award for Independent Filmmaking.
However, the theatrical release plan was waylaid by Covid-19.
“Just before Covid hit we were about to do what we’re doing now, which is start talking about getting it out into cinemas,” Stevens told If.
“It all stayed quiet until about two months ago [when] I got an email saying, ‘Hey we’re back on’.”
A Family tells the story of a lonely Ukrainian man who hires actors to portray his family, and stars Pavlo Lehenkyi, Liudmyla Zamydra, and Tetiana Kosianchuk.
Stevens co-wrote and produced the film with Thomas Swinburn, who also served as director of photography, with Olga Mykhaklets and Clea Frost producing alongside.
In crafting the script, Stevens wanted to blend the...
- 6/11/2021
- by Matthew Kappos
- IF.com.au
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