An obsessed director, filming a modern adaptation of "Carmen," falls in love with the lead actress and gradually blurs the line between cinema and reality, turning the set into an arena of jealousy and self-destruction.
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Zakhar Shestiaiev
Director
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Caroline Singh
Carmen
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Artem Shteynle
Director of Photography
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Ivan Melnikov
Choreographer
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Bogdan Golovko
Gaffer
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Ivan Ustinov
Escamillo
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Vladyslav Volynets
Producer
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Kateryna Yatsyshena
Actress
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Hanna Fedovorova
Actress
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Angelina Malinytska
Actress
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Yevhen Shemet
1AD
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Heorhii Pliiev
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Caroline Singh Director · Prosper Mérimée Story Maksym Solodzhuk Cinematographer
Budget $1K · First release June 7, 2026 · Produced in Ukraine
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Budget
$1,000
Production
Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's workshop "Centaurs"
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Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University
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Educational and practical complex "Karpen Co"
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Ukraine
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Original title
Кармен
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Ukrainian
Release dates
Ukraine · June 7, 2026
Premiere · Dmytro Tomashpolskyi's course "Centaurs" screenings
No release date listed for United States.
Ukraine
July 24, 2026 · Premiere · "1000 minutes of student films" special screenings
October 27, 2026 · Premiere · Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
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