
Victor Tikhanov
Lighting
Known For

A thief left for dead goes looking for payback but her pie obsessed partner-in-crime comprises the mission.
Payback Pie

A young woman hosts a masquerade dinner party, that quickly turns sacrificial. A short film and music video for Lara Buchanan directed by FS Harrison.
THORNS

Mike the Trike is back for vengeance many years after Robert was killed. Think John Wick, but the dog is a tyre and John Wick is a tricycle.
Rubber 2: Mike the Trike

Arriving on a cruise ship as though pulled by an invisible string, senior citizen Donald discovers an apparent murder scene. While searching for answers, he finds a second body, and an emergency is declared. When it becomes clear that the murderer is not of flesh and blood, that Donald is next in line to be killed and that the ship’s captain is a ferryman carrying his passengers to the afterlife, he and the other elderly tourists decide to make a break for it.
The Current
'Five Star Frank', is a dark-comedy short film. Pedantic driving instructor, Frank, is approached by Gordon, a Drive School Name Regulator, who threatens to change Franks's business name after his most recent student, Sophie, failed her probationary licence test. Dedicated to his work and safety on the roads, Frank must prove he is worthy of maintaining his reputation and self-proclaimed status.
Five Star Frank

When a young woman struggles to have her medical symptoms taken seriously, she starts to believe she’s been possessed by the devil.
When You Hear Hoofbeats
Caught between love and control, Pearl must decide if true power lies in staying, fighting, or walking away.
Boys Club

In a quiet suburban neighbourhood, an Old Man finds himself at the centre of a series of visitors that all seem to want something from him. As his patience disappears, so do his restraints.
Hot Tin Roof

Deena has lost her father, and with him, any sense of calm. Trapped inside a crowded house brimming with relatives, rituals, and unspoken family tensions, she aches for something simple: a moment alone.
La Petite Mort (The Little Death)

Grieving the loss of her lover, a young woman is stranded in a relentless wilderness. In this place where memory and survival blur, she encounters a future version of herself living out of a rusted car, digging a grave in which to bury her younger self: a desperate ritual aimed at conjuring the presence of the lover she cannot release. As the two versions of herself battle for dominance, the woman is confronted with the choice to break free and move forward – or, by remaining bound to grief, to become as untamed and unforgiving as the landscape that surrounds her.
The Holding
When an experiment on an alien artefact in a futuristic high-rise building goes wrong, a motley squad of reporters, scientists, musicians and criminals must band together to survive and escape.
Data Creep

Grappling with relentless intrusive thoughts and Harm OCD, Jess faces a terrifying drive. As her anxiety mounts, Jess retreats to the safety of a quiet petrol station, where she meets a stranger whose kindness changes the course of her night.
Double Lines

A plein-air artist helps a lost little girl in the bush, along the way strange and inexplicable things happen.
Following the Ribbon Trail

A beautiful, happy, young couple suffer the consequences when Roe 'v' Wade is overturned and must carry an unwanted pregnancy to term. The result is a total breakdown of their perfect lives.