The music video director for Oxxxymiron and Leningrad talked about filming for a social project in Uzbekistan

In May of this year, the national social protection agency of Uzbekistan presented a film based on the real stories of children who have survived violence.

The music video director for Oxxxymiron and Leningrad talked about filming for a social project in Uzbekistan

The director was Lado Kvatania. In an interview for Director's notes, he talked about the filming process, the team, working with the national agency, and the idea of the movie.

“Hakim Bor presents a disturbing, yet mesmerizing image,” –– writes the DN editorial.

In the movie, children carry miniature buildings on their backs—houses, schools, kindergartens, which, according to Lado, are a metaphor for the "prison of memory." The creative team used recognizable architecture of Tashkent. Each building model in the film reflects a specific social context of violence.

It was then I realized: the trauma becomes a part of the child's body, something they live with every day. They literally carry it on themselves," notes Lado.

According to the director, the agency gave him complete creative freedom, as well as access to all the necessary information about cases of child abuse.

The premiere took place  on May 27 at the Tashkent cinema Cinematica with the participation of bloggers and public figures. Along with this, a hotline for victims and witnesses of violence was launched. Kvatanija noted that the most important thing is to attract the attention of society and start an open conversation about the problem.

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