Taisia Reshetnikova
Exchange Student: Joe Cohen

I have been studying filmmaking at VGIK since 2006, under the supervision of A.E.Uchitel. I made my first documentary film The Jump, in 2007. It was well received at a number of international and student festivals. In 2008 I decided to make a feature, and directed a film The Flash. The film 'Lost in London', is my first major documentary piece made abroad.

Film: Lost in London
2009 | 24 mins | UK

Synopsis
Lost in London is a kaleidoscope of various stories told by the Russian girls, studying in various institutions in London. All of them had different reasons to leave their motherland, and they all have different feelings about studying in the UK. The film raises the following questions: do these girls have any future in a new country?

Do they miss their homes and their friends? Do they feel lost in a foreign city, or is London just a new stage in their lives, which gives them a new understanding of themselves and of their places in this world?

Crew
Director/Editor Taisia Reshetnikova | DoP Aleksei Samishenko | Sound Design Natalia Pavlova | Sound recordist Mike Taylor

Taisia's experience in London
I will remember this project for the rest of my life. My trip to London is an invaluable experience of filming abroad, in a condition of tight temporal constraints, in the unusual circumstances. I am pleased that, as a director, I have managed to solve the problems. I think that this project has somehow shaped my personality, it taught me to concentrate fast and to react immediately, as i was aware that I won't be able to come back to London for reshoots.

During the shooting and casting period, I have met a lot of interesting people. I was also very pleased to have met the staff of NFTS. They'd helped me a lot, and i thank them!

And of course, this trip gave me a chance to see with my own eye one of the most beautiful cities in the world - London.