Alien Numbers
This grief for homeland! It’s despair
And hopelessness of daily worry!
I’m equally indifferent where
— Alone, entirely, and wholly, —
I am, which way I slowly stagger,
Back from the market, walking homeward,
Into a home, that like a barrack,
Still doesn’t know that I’m the owner!
Each temple’s vacant, every home
Is strange to me, — I care for no one.
But if a tree blooms where I roam, —
Especially, if it’s the rowan…
Marina Tsvetaeva “A Grief for Homeland”
Translation by Andrey Kneller
This film investigates a problem of identification bound tightly with immigration hardships and the uncertainty of living in a different country.
Festival Selections:
Chain NYC Film Festival 2023
Cayuga Film Festival 2023 - Award Winner - Best Experimental Film
New York International Immigration Film Festival 2023
The International Human Rights Art Festival 2023
Lift-Off Global Network 2024
Justice Film Festival (New York, 2024)
Shortie Film Festival (New York, 2024)
IMPACTE! Human Rights FIlm Festival of Catalonia (2024)
Blackbird Film Festival (Cortland, NY, 2024)
04:57 min
SHOT ON KODAK 16MM COLOR FILM
2022
