SHORT FILMS

Yesterday I Learned

In the heart of the city stands a building. Four floors. Four worlds. Divided by rules, roles, and silent agreements. At the bottom: invisible labor, where respect isn’t guaranteed but deeply needed. One floor up: deadlines, numbers…. Human dignity? Above that: chaotic surfaces and talk of diversity, but the real inclusions stays excluded. At the top: control, silence, distance —and a lonely cold that power can’t warm. Maybe if we see that the building is fake, made by humans, and it doesn’t matter which floor you came from, the world would be better. Yesterday I learned this. But did we really learn?

Story by Aminata Laureys, Bence Barens, Dasha Sandulenko, Jay van der Meij, Zoe de Vette

Written by Bence Barens & Dasha Sandulenko 

Storyboard by Dasha Sandulenko 

Actors are Bence Barens, Aminata Laureys & Dasha Sandulenko

Camera operators are Bence Barens & Dasha Sandulenko 

Editing & mixed media materials by Bence Barens & Dasha Sandulenko 

Director of photography — Bence Barens 

Directed by Dasha Sandulenko 

 

Music used by Max Richter

Yesterday I Learned Media

Poster by Aminata Laureys
Poster by Aminata Laureys
Poster by Aminata Laureys
Poster by Aminata Laureys
Stills prints edited by Bence Barens
Poster by Aminata Laureys

LYAN

The young woman discovers that she lives in a dream she created to escape her reality. But her sad life manages to slip into her perfectly crafted world. 

Created by students of HKU Theater (Utrecht Art University)

Directed by Kishana Westhout & Kai Pulles

Written by Kai Pulles, Yasmin Jacobs & Kishana Westhout

Director of Photography — Dasha Sandulenko

Edited by Dasha Sandulenko

Set Design & Styling by Dagmar De Vree

Music used by Porter Robinson & Ryoji Ikeda

 

CREW:

Mounssif El Yamlahi, Yasmin Jacobs & Thyrvi Nicolai

 

SPECIAL THANKS:

HKU Production Team, Eddy Vogel, Lending Service, Annemijn Wanjon & Jasper Maaij

 

CAST 

Thyrvi Nicolai — Lyan

Mounssif El Yamlahi — Dream Friend

Yasmin Jacobs — Best Dream Friend

LYAN MEDIA

Poster by Anastasia Sandulenko
Poster by Dagmar De Vree

WAYS OF SEEING (IMAGES & WORDS)

Experimental short film inspired by Ways Of Seeing by John Berger.

Music used by Thom Yorke (Dawn Chorus)

COMING UP WITH A CHARACTER

A writer is stuck with a creative block. She tries to come up with the character based on a girl she saw on a train.

Based on personality and taste of Dagmar De Vree.

Directed by Dasha Sandulenko & Anastasia Sandulenko

Story by Dagmar De Vree

Written by Dasha Sandulenko

Director of Photography — Dasha Sandulenko, Anastasia Sandulenko

Edited by Dasha Sandulenko

Music used by Taylor Swift, Max Martin & Shellback (Delicate by Taylor Swift)

 

CAST 

Dasha Sandulenko  — Writer

Maria Navolotskaya  — The Image

Chloe Xu — The Image

Personal footage of Dagmar de Vree

SELF INTRODUCTION

Hi, I’m Dasha, I am creative and I would like to show it. 

Introduction video of myself I made for college. 

Style of the video inspired by Wes Anderson and by A Brief History of John Baldessari by Bonjour Supermarché. 

Music used by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sinfonia from Le Nozze di Figaro)

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