VODBLISK Talk: Darya Zhuk

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Belarusian and American director Darya Zhuk told the founder of VODBLISK, Volia Chajkouskaya, about the autobiographical nature of her films, about women in cinema, about fundraising, and about the industry itself in the USA. She also shared how the film "Crystal Swan", nominated for an Oscar from Belarus, was created.

Director, screenwriter, producer, and author of the film "Crystal Swan".

Founder of the Northern Lights Film Festival and VODBLISK online cinema, producer, and film director.

Crystal Swan

In 1990s Belarus, a wanderlusting young DJ is derailed by a typo in a forged US Visa application, forcing her to a backwater factory town where she is determined to fake her way to the American dream.

Eat the Tourists

A tourist finds himself trapped in an awkward situation.

The Real American

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, fresh off the boat in America, an exchange student named Alya boldly faces off with cultural differences as she celebrates her 17th birthday in 1994.

The Air Inside Her

When six-year-old Katya explores the experience of death, she discovers life like she has never it seen before.