VLADA GOES TO LONDON DIRECTED BY ARTI SAVCHENKO Vlada is a pizza delivery girl and was invited to London to be a DJ at a big show. She desperately wants to become a famous DJ and leave the crappy job, but she has to overcome multiple obstacles, and nobody seems to help her achieve her goal. Vlada is a character that is so believable and instantly attracts the empathy of its viewers, being a good projection of a young freelance REVIEW FILM creative that immediately we know that we are in for a ride. Throughout the film, we realize that she is, in fact, her biggest obstacle. The need to consume drugs, deal with them, be surrounded by them, and being so full of frustration can only harm her and build a climax to burn out. She fights and makes sacrifices and every little spark of hope fades away in a matter of seconds. Each scene comes like a surprise, making you wonder what else could come on Vlada's shoulders, doesn't she have enough to deal with already? Her 5-hour shift feels more like 5 working nights and we can't even imagine what she has been through. This short has excellent cinematography and expressive lighting that slowly but firmly contours a tense atmosphere. The director of photography got the liberty to play with different angles and ways of framing and it brought a lot to the quality of the final product. It looks amazing offering so many styles of filming that the film looks complex, showing us exactly the angles we felt like seeing. In editing terms, this short film is very flowy. Every change of frame comes naturally, as we are really in the middle of the discussion and the story always remains as told from Vlada's perspective. The story is about her journey, her experiences, and she is so stressed and focused on the goal that she has no time to see another's perspective and she doesn't even listen to anyone. Everybody is her enemy and no one seems to really understand her. Sfintii Apostoli 44, Sector 5, Bucuresti, 030167 +40 754 954 879 Submissions Office | Sfintii Apostoli 44, Sector 5, Bucuresti, 030167 www.bscfest.com contact@bscfest.com | +40 754 954 879 VLADA GOES TO LONDON DIRECTED BY ARTI SAVCHENKO Besides her colleague that lands her some money and comes after her, she is truly alone and desperate. Furthermore, the music score fits unique to this short film. The dialogue, the sound effects, the layers of music, everything is well mixed. It gives the movie a wholesome REVIEW FILM perspective and a new key to interpretation, being a complex project from various points of view. The moment of the car accident is so full of adrenaline and the car discussion is so unexpected and happens so quickly that it feels truly like a conversation that a real driver had with his wife somewhere in this world at an accident site. It's so black humor in a way that makes it so believable is strange and you don't even have time to react and think what would you do if you were in that situation. She's been through a lot, and regarding her knee, she still finds the strength to stand up. Even with a sad ending, this film is so coherent in building this climax of a fictional but possible universe that we start to think that it’s a story inspired by real events. The actress is so powerful and talented that reaches to create such a believable character with which we can easily empathize. ’’Vlada goes to London’’ it’s a hard to digest film, but it's truly magnificent and extremely hard to forget. It stays with you after the screening and grows on you because it's a story that was so well said. Ligia Prodan | Film Review Specialist BUCHAREST SHORTCUT CINEFEST Review approved by Alma Boiangiu - Artistic Director BUCHAREST SHORTCUT CINEFEST | International Film Festival Sfintii Apostoli 44, Sector 5, Bucuresti, 030167 +40 754 954 879 Submissions Office | Sfintii Apostoli 44, Sector 5, Bucuresti, 030167 www.bscfest.com contact@bscfest.com | +40 754 954 879
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