‘Achrome’ Director Maria Ignatenko Resorts to Poetry Amid Unrest, Will Focus on ‘Animal Trials’ Next (EXCLUSIVE)
Marta Balaga As Russia-Ukraine tensions rise, dominating international headlines, director Maria Ignatenko talks about the hell of war in her Rotterdam Film Festival title “Achrome.” But her oneiric film, lensed by Anton Gromov, is not exactly a comment on the current situation in Europe. “This particular topic is becoming more and more timely these days, but my film is poetry,” she says.“It’s more related to the world of art and I would like to keep it that way, so I am not ready to make that connection just yet.