Project Detail

My Deadly Beautiful City

Synopsis

Uncovering the veiled world of a Siberian Arctic mining city and how an unstoppable, unconditional passion for industrial wastelands makes its people blind to the threatening reality they face.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins
Format
HDV
Director
Victoria Fiore
Producer
Victoria Fiore
Co-Producer
Elena Chernyshova
Executive Producer
Kathleen Lingo, Jason Spingarn-Koff, Lindsay Crouse
Editor
Victoria Fiore, Florence Kennard
Screenwriter
Victoria Fiore
Director of Photography
Alfredo de Juan
Sound
Victoria Fiore, Tim Matthews
Composer
Tim Matthews

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