WORK
LOST CAUSE
Short film, 14 mins, 2021
The year 2000 was to bring change, hope, the scare of the millennium bug and possibly the end of the world. A cover band prepare for a gig at a New Year’s Eve party in a run-down community centre. Personalities clash as they cope with the reality that this is not Wembley Stadium, fame and fortune is not imminent and they can no longer hide their demons.
Cast: Tobi Ejirele, Ann Hailey, Iván Herróz, Ashley Joy, Joshua Samuels.
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Writer: Helena Sutcliffe
Cinematographer: Norbert Strehle
Producer: Amanda Brennan
Production Design: Noemi Daboczi
Sound recordist:Stefania Fantini
Editor: Razvan Barseti
CAREER PATH
Short film, 1 min, 2020
In a long dark hallway divided into sections by doors, some walk through with ease, and for others, it's more of a challenge.
Cast: Olga Kotilevskaya, Daniil Lysenko, Tao Kwok, Samantha Russel , Anna Kornilova.
Director/Producer/Editor: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Zeta Spyraki
Production Design: Nia Fausset
2020 - Mobile Film Festival - International Grand prize
SINK OR SWIM
Short film, 13 mins, 2019
Inspired by real events, Sink or Swim is an absurdist comedy about Kate, a young English woman who is trying to reunite with her son after he was by abducted by her ex-husband in Russia.
Cast: Sophia Carlotta, Viktor Fokin, Mikhail Mukhin, Artur Kozin, Grant Kagramanyan, Yulia Khamitova, Lidiya Katashuk, Elena Pandzharidi
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Norbert Strehle
Producer: Ksenia Rubina
Production Design: Svetlana Loskutnikova
Editor: Lana Chesnokova
Sound editor: Zhanna Kugotova
2020 - Encounters - Official Selection
CRYING IN THE DARK
Music video, 2019
Music video shot for aspiring artist Zola Marcelle for her last single Crying in the Dark.
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Zeta Spyraki
Spark: Cem Demirer.
KARAVAI, KARAVAI
Short film, 18 mins, 2018
Igor’s big Russian wedding with Alla was supposed to be the best day of his life, but actually it is the opposite: is he feeling so sick because he realises that he made a mistake or because Alla in fact enchanted him into the marriage?
Cast: Dmitriy Kubasov, Anna Kotova Deryabina, Maria Rasskazova, Elena Stepanova, Vera Lofitskaya, Aleksander Shishkin, Eugene Markov, Mikhail Feditskiy
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Norbert Strehle
Producer: Anastasia Raykova
Production Design: Ekaterina Spiridonova
Sound recordist: Ilya Petuhov, Dilyara Izmaylova
Editor: Razvan Barseti
2017 - Russian Film Week, UK
2017 - St Anna Festivals of Student and Debut Films, Russia
MAYBE_Spring is coming
Corporate, 1 min, 2018
The video was created for a young Russian brand Maybe to celebrate its new spring collection.
Cast: Ksenia Malikova
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Norbert Strehle
Producer: Anastasia Raykova
Production Design: Alex Troy, Sveta Lo
Editor: Alisa Tritenko
A NIGHT OUT
Documentary, 13 mins, 2018
Seventy sleepers slept outside in the courtyard at London’s Somerset House, on Wednesday, 11 October, to raise the profile of homelessness and funds for Depaul UK and Depaul International. This short film interviews some of the sleepers to answer the question: "Will it actually make a difference?".
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Luca Nappa
Editor: Alisa Tritenko
MAKE A WISH
Short film, 5 mins, 2018
The film is a part of the global filmmaking competition Impact 50. When the life of the whole humanity is under horrible threat, parents make a desperate decision to save their beloved daughter.
Cast: Elena Sirina, Ben Gardner Gray, Malvina Spoti
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Kamil Dobrosielski
Producer: Enni Red
Writer: Enni Red
Production Design: Danil Lysenko
Sound recordist: Falcon
Editor: Michał Białożej
FAREWELL
Short film, 9 mins, 2016
George leaves his family house to study abroad but his ghost stays in the house to make sure that his younger brother is okay. Farewell is a touching story of family love and longing. The film is a Term 4 London Film School exercise shot on 35 mm in a set constructed by students.
Cast: Rodion Kilinc, Yossi Goodlink, Beth Chalmers
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Sin Yuen
Producer: Hero Mackenzie
Sound recordist: Heikki Simppula
Editor: Louisa Hawkins
MAGDALENE READING
Short film, 3 mins, 2015
The short film was inspired by a painting from the National Gallery "The Magdalene Reading'. Magdalene biggest passion is reading. Will she be able to distinguish imaginary world from reality?
Cast: Claire Cordier, Damian Escayg
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Nia Fausset
Editor: Alisa Tritenko
THE NUDE MODEL
Short film, 5 mins, 2015
Stela develops romantic feelings for her art teacher but he sees her just as an object to paint.
Cast: Stela Toba, Razvan Barseti.
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Claudia Paslaru
Production Design: Nia Fausset
Editor: Ian Chen
2018 - Cinemasuono competition, Italy, 3d prize
THE ARTICLE
Short film, 6 mins, 2012
One day a little boy brings to the school an unusual article.
Cast: Elisey Tarasenko, Anna Astashkina, Oleg Zhdanov, Rostislav Gulbis
Director: Alisa Tritenko
Cinematographer: Stanislav Vedernikov
Producer: Oleg Ageichev, Alisa Tritenko
Production Design: Darya Denisova
Sound recordist: Boris Shaps, Aleksandra Kanapina
Editor: Egor Kasatsky