Show Up — 2024

Description

Friday evening. Coney Island, New York. Russian-American drag artist Maxim and his mom Ilona separately tell us the history of their family back in Russia and during their immigration to the US while getting ready for Maxim's performance. Soon they will reunite, just like it should be.

My role

I researched, produced, directed and edited this film all by myself. The main challenge was to create a short documentary from scratch during a very short time of two months — and I did it. The film got selected at different festivals across the world.