Las Meninas (film)

Las Meninas Spanish for The Maids of Honour is a 2008 Ukrainian film directed by Ihor Podolchak. Its title alludes to the painting of Diego Velzquez Las Meninas. Ihor Podolchak was the producer, screenwriter and director of this film. Las Meninas was produced by MF Films a subdivision of Masoch Fund. It was the first Ukrainian film to participate in the Tiger Awards Competition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. As of beginning of 2011, the film has participated ininternational film festivals, includingcompetition programs. In 2011, it was included in TopBest Ukrainian films of theyears Independence period.

Las Meninas resembles the scattered pieces of a puzzle. It is up to the viewer to assemble them in order to form his very own picture something that makes the film itself personal and unique.Idea for the script appeared in 2004, inspired by Doctor Janos Sanockys account of a case from his medical practice. The dialogue was cowritten by the LithuanianRussian writer Andrey Levkin. Shooting of the film took place between Septemberand October 24, 2006 in Kyiv. Most of the film was shot through the mirrors, which caused serious difficulties for the director of photography, since there was a permanent challenge for the crew to avoid getting into the shot. Editing, effects, color correction and rendering of the film tookmonths. All postproduction work except for rendering was done by Ihor Podolchak himself. Las Meninas was the first feature film in Ukraine created entirely with the Digital intermediate process. Most of the music in the film was written for cello and piano by composer Alexander Shchetynsky. Director and composer paid attention to the central role of music as a semantic counterpoint to the dialogue and visual imagery, so the sound level of the film can be viewed as an integral sound installation. American video clip director Dean Karr codirected the music part of the film. ........

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