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SWALLOWTAILS 2022, experimental documentary, 17 min Authors: Yana Osman, Anton Khamchishkin Swallowtails in science fiction is the division of time into several streams, each of which has its own actions. In parallel time-space, the characters have different lives.

YANA OSMAN Filmmaker, audiovisual artist. Born into a multiethnic family: father - from Afghanistan, mother was from Ukraine. Spent her childhood between Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine, and after remained to live in Russia. Participated in international film labs, markets and pitches: DOK Co-Pro Market of DOK Leipzig (Germany), Rendez-vous Industry of Festival de Cannes (France), East West Talent Lab of GoEast (Germany); B2B Doc (Sweden), IDFF Artdocfest (Latvia), Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market (France), Chimeres (France) etc. Winner of a grant for mentoring support from the Documentary Association of Europe (2021). Audiovisual works and documentary films were presented at festivals and exhibitions in USA, Germany, Argentina, Ukraine, Netherlands, Turkey, France, Finland, India, China, Hong Kong, Russia etc. The last short film - Swallowtails (2022) - was selected to the Official Competitions of DOK Leipzig 2022, Hong Kong International Film Festival 2023, Movies That Matter 2023, Tampere Film Festival 2023, where was nominated for European Film Award, and took part in Short Film Corner of the Festival de Cannes and Clermont-Ferrand Short film Market. Another short film - Triptych (2022) - got Grand-prix of the International Film Festival «Spirit of Fire». Author of documentary podcasts and documentary musical novels. ANTON KHAMCHISHKIN Filmmaker, audiovisual artist. Participated in international film labs, markets and pitches: Rendez-vous Industry of Festival de Cannes (France), East West Talent Lab of GoEast (Germany); IDFF Artdocfest (Latvia), Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market (France). Audiovisual works and documentary films were presented at festivals and exhibitions in USA, Germany, Argentina, Ukraine, Netherlands, Turkey, France, Finland, India, China, Hong Kong, Russia etc. The last short film - Swallowtails (2022) - was selected to the Official Competitions of DOK Leipzig 2022, Hong Kong International Film Festival 2023, Movies That Matter 2023, Tampere Film Festival 2023, where was nominated for European Film Award, and took part in Short Film Corner of the Festival de Cannes and Clermont-Ferrand Short film Market. Another short film - Triptych (2022) - got Grand-prix of the International Film Festival «Spirit of Fire». Author of experimental documentaries, documentary podcast "Now they will say" and series of documentary musical projects “There is no water in the Moon sea”, “res communis omnium”.