Featuring alternative pop singer and songwriter Jones, Lost Time is the latest fashion film by multidisciplinary artist Anna Radchenko. The film looks at the passing of time as something fleeting and out of our control.
A movement-led piece, Lost Time represents a positive journey into learning to coexist with time. The film employs the malleability of sand as a metaphor for time slowly seeping through our hands. We are presented with a path filled with challenges and frustrations, expressed in the video through sandstorms and exploding hourglasses, but also eternal moments of beauty and peace as we stand proud and unaffected by sand floating around us. We thus become queens and kings of our own destiny, ready to accept, embrace and experience what is laid ahead of us.
To emphasise the feeling of the passing of time, movement director Jamie Neale supported Jones in ensuring that every minute movement worked as subtle detail to express her emotions. The styling also plays a vital role in emphasising the ethereal nature of the film. Curated by Elizabeth Jane Bishop and Max Saward, they involved labels such as the romantic non-binary Harris Reed and the effortlessly chic Ukrainian womenswear brand Nadya Dzyak.
Lost Time is currently touring across the international film festival circuit. With over 40 selections across 15 countries, the fashion film has already received 12 awards including Best Commonwealth Fashion Film and Best CGI at Canadian International Fashion Film Festival, Best Experimental at Bristol Independent Film Festival, French Riviera Film Festival, and Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, as well as Best VFX at the Croatia Fashion Film Festival and Detroit Shetown Women’s Film Festival.
Credits
Director: Anna Radchenko (@anna_radchenko) Singer/Model: JONES (@iseejones) Labels: Harris Reed (@harris_reed), Nadya Dzyak (@nadyadzyak) Production Designer: Ash Halliburton (@ashkhalliburton) Production Designer Assistant: Hayley Lai (@hayleylai), Matthew Saunders Spark 1: Hamza Patrick Production Assistant: Andrei Croitor (@acroitor) 1st Steadicam Operator: Luke Oliver 2nd AC: Bradley Stearn Make-Up/Hair: Yulia Yurchenko (@yulyayurchenko) Movement Director: Jamie Neale (@jamienealejn) Stylist: Elizabeth Jane Bishop (@elizabethjanebishop), Max Saward CGI Artist: Murat Drone Operator: Robert Cairns Gaffer: Yan Murawski Spark: Serkan Cetin Photographer: Natasha