Testimony of Chaika-II
- Year:
- 2024-25
- Medium:
- Short Film
- Duration:
- 03:40
In the short film 'Testimony of Chaika-II', the protagonist is an old photo camera, which is granted subjectivity and a voice. The camera is an artifact from a collection of Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius, Lithuania (former KGB and Gestapo headquarters). Chaika-II is talking about what it saw but couldn't capture and is reflecting on the uses of technology, nature of documentary photography, as well as agency and complicity.
Filming assistant
Valeriy Simonchuk, Edward Jones
Editing consultant
Valeriy Simonchuk
Technical support
Thomas Jenkins
Equipment provision
Evaldas Visockas
Special thanks to
Rūta Magdenaite Dobrovolskienè,
Valeriy Simonchuk, Olena and Volodymyr Simonchuk,
Edward Jones, Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights