SELECTED ANIMATIONS
Official Trailer
THE GREEN CARD
animated short film, 2026
mp4, 00:08:32, 3840 × 2160 (4K), 24 fps, Runway (Seedance 2, Aleph 2, Nano Banana), ChatGPT Image 2, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
“The Green Card” is a dark urban fairy tale. After losing their Green Card, Alex, a transfemme immigrant in New York, becomes invisible to almost everyone. When a lonely child can see them, Alex discovers that what marks them as other may also become a source of power.
Concept Trailer
TOGA VIRILIS (PITCH)
concept trailer for a cinematic hybrid realism series, 2026
mp4, 00:02:59, 4096 × 2304 (DCI 4K), 24 fps, Runway (Seedance 2, Aleph 2, Nano Banana), ChatGPT Image 2, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
“Toga Virilis” is a concept for a series about a trans college freshman Harper. He copes with sharing a dorm floor with US military cadets by escaping into an AI-generated Ancient Rome, where masculinity feels simpler and he is best friends with young Scipio Africanus, a famous historical figure — until a real cadet who looks like Scipio forces him to to confront what “manhood” really means.
Full Film
ANIMATED DIARIES OF WAR: COFFEE
animated documentary, 2023
mp4, 00:05:10, 1920 x 1080, 29,97 fps, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fresco, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, Stable Inpainting
Based on an authentic interview with Olha Ostapenko and her daughter Milana, Ukrainian refugees who survived the first weeks of the war in their native city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine.
Screened at several festivals in the US, in Europe and online, including the epic ArtDocFest 2024 in Riga, and was selected as part of the programming for Runway's streaming platform, Runway TV
FEBRUARY 24
4 YEARS OF WAR IN UKRAINE
looped animation, 2026
gif, 00:00:02:00, 1080 x 1350, 12 fps, Adobe Fresco
MERRY-GO-ROUND
looped animation, 2025
The playground merry-go-round stands still
You won't see the budding willows from the trolleybus
Only Russia's special envoy to the U.S. keeps moving his mouth on TV
00:00:15:00, 720 x 1280, 29,97 fps, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fresco
THE SECRET WORD
looped animation, 2022
An artistic parody of the famous Wordle game where you have to guess the secret word, only in this Russian version, the opening word is always "Putin" and the secret word is always "War".
mp4, 00:00:20:00, 2000 x 2000, 29,97 fps, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
CHILDREN BEHIND GLASS
looped animation, 2021
An artistic protest against crippling government control over childhood.
Based on Dutch Renaissance art. With this project, I want to express hope that the new renaissance unleashed in the digital realm today may help children regain their voices.
mp4, 00:00:12:10, 1920 x 1080, 29,97 fps, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fresco, Adobe After Effects