Oksana Andreieva

Film hurls us into a sensually lo-fi, subterranean maelstrom of visual and aural sex-positive excess that recalls (and rivals) Hieronymous Bosch, Derek Jarman and the Kuchars.

An ordinary young woman runs away from the war in Ukraine and tries to find her place and adapt in the Venise, but a terrible post-war trauma prevents the heroine from realizing her dream to be a famous actress and even removing her human identity...

A short film exploring the nature of pain and pleasure and the feelings of guilt and loneliness.

One day up-and-coming painter AntiGonna decides to burn all of her pictures and start shooting horror-porn films which are perceived as provocative and shocking instead. In reality though they are allegories for the fears, perversions and childhood trauma that AntiGonna has been repressing for years. With each new film the artist reveals an unpleasant truth with uncompromising honesty, in the process reconquering her rightful place in a society characterised by taboos.

The protagonist is an artist who reevaluates his identity. He is into self-harm as a way to punish his “masculinity”. After another session (documented instances of self-harming action), he dresses in drag and goes to the party. At first, he escapes into the fantasy of safety and freedom, but eventually and abruptly is brought back to reality as the phantasm of masochism takes shape.

Selected works of Ukrainian queer artist AntiGonna, the pioneer of post-pornographic art in Ukraine.