Away from Misery

Credits

Kristina Ghanicheva

Director
08/07/1976

Biography

I was born in St. Petersburg in 1976 and moved to Belgium in 1998, where I studied interior architecture and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Over the years working as a creative teenagers event manager, stylist for big European brands and finally as the owner of my web design studio, I’ve developed a feeling of love for visual aesthetics and people. This love led me to my greatest passion – cinematography. Now, back at the academy, I am studying film and video art under the guidance of true masters of their craft.

Directors Statement

Sometimes you have to fly halfway around the world to grasp one basic truth: how nice it is to be at home! This story was inspired by Herluf Bidstrup's humorous sketches, which accurately reflect human nature. Also, by my own experience of my two-year trip (or rather wanderings) throughout Asian countries as a form of escape from settled existence in Europe.