Belarusian-born director Darya Zhuk will follow up her debut feature, “Crystal Swan,” with “Exactly What It Seems,” a dark science fiction satire on contemporary authoritarianism.
Crystal Swan Director Darya Zhuk
The film – produced by Allfilm's Volia Chajkouskaya and Ivo Felt (Estonia) and Violetta Krechetova – is based on the original short story by Tatsiana Zamirovskaya, who will serve as co-writer. It will be shot in Belarusian, English and Russian.
Allfilm, co-founded by Felt, is also responsible for the Oscar-nominated film “Tangerines” and Klaus Häro's Golden Globe-nominated “The Fencer.”
In “Exactly What It Seems,” a married couple—Nadia and Fedor—apply for political asylum in the United States. They are unexpectedly teleported back to Belarus via mysterious quantum technology created by scientists under the dictatorial regime. Hunted like criminals in the forests of their homeland, they must repair their dysfunctional relationship to secure their return to safety.
