POV MEMORY
Directed by Igor Smola
Singapore, Azerbaijan | 14 minutes | 2023

Through the evolution of recording devices – from 16mm and VHS to CCTV and thermal imaging – we follow an army man. He keeps trophies in a jewelry box, holds onto a family photo, and films recruits at boot camp. Later, he is captured on CCTV committing a crime – an image stored in digital memory.

Credits
Director of Photography: Alisa Tarelicheva
Producers: Shi Shuai, Emil Najafov, Gregory Bagaev, Duyghu Davali, Igor Smola
Editor: Igor Smola
First Assistant Director: Arzuman Mirzasoy
Sound: Teymur Abdulayev, Igor Smola
Film Processing: Hungarian Filmlab
Voice-over: Alicia Pendry
Cast: Asiman Aga Rovshan, Vusala Aghayeva, Ayla Aghaeva, Mahir Asadov, Arzuman Mirzasoy, Tamerlan Khalilov, Konstantin Grigoriev, Denis Okunev, Anton Klimkin, Elton Hajiyev, Kamal Ilham, Eli T., Dilara Vazirova, Teymur Abdulayev, Kamran Ibishov, Elshan Mamedov, Ali Aliyev, Ramil Baxshaliyev, Samir Redjeb, Yusif Nagizade

Thanks to
Nina Volova, Rinat Bek, Evgeny Rodin, Natig Husiyev, Maria Ibrahimova, Tatiana Makeeva, Maria Stepanova, Natasha Chuprasova

Festivals:

FNC Montreal,
ZINEBI,
True/False,
Go Short,
Uppsala ISFF,
Alcine,
Alexandria ISFF,
Silhouette FF,
Beijing ISFF

Festival distribution: Freak Independent Film Agency