2022 | Fiction | 13 min. | Russia
A man who can't pay electric bills hunts for a creature that produces light and makes a floor lamp out of it.
Directors Statement
I made Lumens in order to explore the contradictory and difficult feelings I was having about Russia after five years away. I desperately missed my homeland, but every time I returned there, I felt profound isolation; living in the US had changed me, exposing me to feminist ideas that I didn’t encounter growing up. Since becoming aware of my rights as a woman and my own internalized misogyny and self-hate, visiting home had become frustrating and alienating.
Director: Anya Alekhina
Producer: Anya Alekhina
Сast: Diana Gorbunova, Aleksander Dubrovskiy and Evelina Panteleyeva
