The End of Times
Synopsis
"Either you make art, or you suffer. It’s like a curse." For painter Yuma Radne, the act of creation is not an aesthetic choice, but an ancestral code carried in the blood. Moving from a remote Siberian village to the high-stakes European art world, Yuma finds herself navigating a surreal landscape where sacred cultural identity is rapidly converted into a luxury product.
Through intimate studio dialogues and raw philosophical reflections, the film captures the gruelling physical and mental labour behind her graduation masterpiece, The End of Times. Centred around a gargantuan erupting booze (a traditional Buryat dumpling) mutated into an absurd, monumental symbol of a colonised and erased national identity, the film transcends a typical artist portrait. It becomes a vital, cosmic meditation on why humanity continues to create art in the face of systemic collapse—and a powerful testament to an indigenous culture refusing to be reduced to a souvenir.
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 68 min
- Format
- 4:3
- Director
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Luca Anzalone 1st Feature
- Producer
- Luca Anzalone
- Co-Producer
- Luca Anzalone
- Executive Producer
- Luca Anzalone
- Editor
- Luca Anzalone
- Screenwriter
- Luca Anzalone
- Director of Photography
- Luca Anzalone
- Production Designer
- Luca Anzalone
- Sound
- Luca Anzalone
- Composer
- Celine Dessberg
- Principal cast
- Yuma Radne
- Featured Artwork Nicole Eisenman
- Weeks on the Train (2015)
- Featured Artwork Nicole Eisenman
- Morning Studio (2016)
- Featured Artwork Nicole Eisenman
- Selfie
- Featured Artwork Arang Choi
- "Behind Open Eyes"
- Song Khatkhur Zu
- Niislel Hot
- Song Céline Dessberg
- Selenge
- Song Céline Dessberg
- Comment Disparaître
- Song Céline Dessberg
- Emee ovoo
- Song Céline Dessberg
- YATQA
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Luca Anzalone (He/Him)
Mixed Media@lucaanzalonestudio
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