Preface to a History
60 mins
A couple, Vlad and Sophy, navigate their relationship as well as their own struggles with mental health in the context of a highly connected, politically uncertain modern world while on a trip to a remote Canadian island in this avant-garde feature film. PREFACE TO A HISTORY, created with a tiny crew of four people, represents an experiment in using minimalist tools to create an overwhelming aesthetic experience in service of a simple, but specifically contemporary, story about two people attempting to navigate a fraying relationship amid all the anxieties and external pressures of modern adulthood in a technologically-interconnected and politically unstable era.
Vladimir Fedulov
Vlad
David Ohnona
Client
Felix Oltean
Passerby
Susanna Barlow
Passerby
Aidan West
Podcast Host
Paige Smith
Podcast Host
Willa Ross
Writer
Willa Ross
Editor
Willa Ross
Producer
Willa Ross
Director
Paige Smith
Writer
Paige Smith
Assistant Camera
Vladimir Fedulov
Location Sound Mixer
Felix Oltean
Assistant Camera
Susanna Barlow
Assistant Camera
Vladimir Fedulov
Writer
Matthew Stephanson
Sound Editor
Paige Smith
Costume Supervisor