Diana Aszyk
Diana Aszyk is a graduate of the Film School in Łódź, working in media on a daily basis. After more than five years of experience in producing short forms for film and television, Diana directed “God's Lake” – her first independent documentary. It is the culmination of two years of work on the subject.
Films
- God’s Lake / Niebiańskie Jezioro17'
POL 2011, 17’
Contemplative pictures of a lake and everyday activities, Orthodox rituals and songs, transmissions and news from the Euro 2012 – the world of a Ukrainian family living 550 km from Kiev in Volyn Polissya, near the Polish border, filmed a few months ago. The lake: Ukrainian Svitiaz (not to be confused with the Belorussian Svityaz, portrayed in Adam Mickiewicz's poem “Świtezianka”) is the centre of their lives, both earthly and heavenly – as the mother of the family says. And indeed, we are looking at it as if at a perfect universe taken from the descriptions of a mythical world. And Michel Platini is on his way to the airport to meet the authorities...
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