Year: 2025 Length: 00:09:54 Categories: Film / TV / Video, experimental film
Project type: 1. Projekt
Lesia Ukrainka’s correspondence with another pioneering feminist writer Olha Kobylianska lasted for 14 years, from 1899 to 1913. They, however, met only 3 times. After one of their meetings, they started referring to each other with coded and gender-neutral ""someone"", ""somebody"". In their letters, they drew lines to describe the movements of their hands, attempting to create closeness despite the distance. Synopsis: Lesia Ukrainka’s correspondence with another pioneering feminist writer Olha Kobylianska lasted for 14 years, from 1899 to 1913. Their letters are filled with tenderness and love but also longing. After one of their meetings, they started referring to each other with coded and gender-neutral ""someone"", ""somebody"". In their letters, they drew lines to describe the movements of their hands, attempting to create closeness despite the distance.
Collaboration:
Voice: Di Yehorova Composer: Timur Dzhafarov Animator: miguel marañas Title and credits design: Tetiana Grabovska Translation of letters into English: Taras Halaida, Nata Luno English text proofreading: Elliott Miskovicz Location scouting: Khrystyna Bunii Special thanks: Ostap Bohoslavets, Jiwoo Kim, Anastasiia Afanasieva, Oleksandra Adamenko, Ivonne Sheen Mogollón, Vladyslav Starodubtsev, Mykola Khodyeyev, Rangoato Hlasane, Alejandro Bachmann
Supervision:
Rangoato Hlasane
Authors:
Angelik Ustymenko
A production of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.