A mermaid, a forest sprite, a fairy caught mid-dream—writer-director Veronika Bolotina shapeshifts through textures and tones in her latest collaboration with cinematographer Nastya Roshuk. What started as a quiet portrait session cracked open into a lush, lo-fi world of emotion, absurdity, and wild femininity—shot on Kodak film and soaked in green.
Here, nature isn’t backdrop—it’s character. Flowers spill, fabrics drape, colors hum. Bolotina doesn’t pose; she plays. Her earthy muse channels wood, rock, soil—messy and alive. There’s a softness here that resists polish. A refusal to perform perfection. Instead, she leans into the awkward, the offbeat, the “not enough”—and makes it feel like freedom.
Roshuk’s lens is intuitive, intimate. She captures the in-between moments, the breath just before the bloom. It’s tactile, cinematic. There’s a pulse under the surface.
Together, they’ve crafted something tender and strange—a visual diary entry dressed in petals, stitched with dirt, and lit by instinct.
Credits
Model & Concept: Veronika Bolotina @v.bololo
Photographer: Nastya Roshuk @nastyaroshuk
Processed by: Film Speed Lab
