Lado Kvataniya Archives - Directors Notes

Warring Neighbours Engage in an Arduous Territorial Battle in Lado Kvataniya’s Symbolic Manizha Music Video ‘GUN’

Lado Kvataniya walks us through the thematic importance and physical practicalities of the central moveable wall in his anti-conflict focused music video.

Music Video

Past and Present Converge in Lado Kvataniya’s Stirring Ode to Georgian Family with Mgzavrebi Music Video ‘Waltz’

Lado Kvataniya discusses reconnecting with his Georgian roots for his innovative 16mm music video about an invisible connection with a departed loved one.

Animation

Lado Kvataniya’s ‘Burn’ Is a Caustic Warning Against Our Collective Disillusionment at the Hands of Propaganda.

Lado Kvataniya & Sergey Kolesov detail how they worked together to reflect the pernicious role of modern day propaganda in their caustic animated music video.

Music Video

Lado Kvataniya’s ‘Revansh’ is a Violent Allegorical Representation of the Gritty Reality of Life in Modern Russia

Lado Kvataniya discusses staging a surreal metaphorical portrait of Russian living using 16mm and hidden cuts for Husky track 'Revansh'.

Asides, Music Video

Haski & Tmin: Kill Me

Haski & Tmin attempt to woo death in Lado Kvataniya’s rumination on our inability to find peace, understanding & personal fulfilment in life 'Kill Me'.

Asides, Music Video

Maslo Chernogo Tmina: The Untitled

Lado Kvataniya visits a post-Soviet purgatory where lost souls gather for a mystical ritual-transition in surreal music video 'The Untitled'.

Asides, Music Video

Noize MC: Honor the Elders

Lado Kvataniya unleashes an onslaught of performance, animation and projection mapping for Noize MC’s commemoration of Russia’s literary heritage.

Asides, Music Video

Manizha: MAMA

Lado Kvataniya's new short is a music video turned art-manifesto, featuring dark imagery set to Manizha's eerie aural palette.

Asides, Live Action

Christmas On The Moon

A 12 year old girl becomes embroiled in a violent drug war when she decides to keep a giant teddy bear bound for a mafia boss in 'Christmas On The Moon'.

Asides, Music Video

Leningrad: GOLD

A dangerous predator with a hunger for the finer things in life recounts her violent exploits in Lado Kvataniya's flamboyant Leningrad music video 'GOLD'.

Music Video

Lado Kvataniya Looks to a Near Future of Suppressed Thought in Noir Anti-Utopia Music Video ‘387’

Lado Kvataniya envisions a near future where individual thought and new ideas are suppression with ruthless vigour in noir anti-utopia music video '387'.

Music Video

Lado Kvataniya Conjures Up an Exquisitely Dark World Devoid of Verbal Communication in ‘Orpheus’

Suffused with an arrestingly impressive visual aesthetic, Lado Kvataniya’s 'Orpheus' conjures up a dark futuristic world devoid of verbal communication.

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