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The history of the film “Common Interests”.

 

As in many other cases, I met director Sofia Afinogenova through social networks.

Sofia's message caught me by surprise. I was busy with a full-length animation project and had absolutely no idea that I would be able to combine it with anything. But Sofia’s inspiration convinced me to take the risk.

Almost immediately after our first conversation, Sofia and I began writing the script for the feature film “Common Interests.” We wrote for 30 working days, communicating via Skype for 4 hours a day.

When I come into contact with seasoned filmmakers, I quite often encounter a skeptical attitude towards “some kind of author’s system.” Few people believe in the productivity of actions that go against generally accepted norms. Sofia in this regard is a fearless adventurer. One dialogue was enough for her to trust me and my method. Boundless passion and absolute trust on Sofia's part made the period of our cooperation incredibly happy. Despite the supernatural workload that I decided to undertake (two full-length projects in parallel), work on the script went quite smoothly. Driven by deadlines, we methodically moved forward and two months later we successfully completed our script.

To give you an idea of the weight of what is happening, despite the summer vacation, Sofia combined script writing with a number of other projects, including running her own Internet project. A person who is busy to the eyeballs, made room in his schedule to work on the script and never talked about the fact that “this is not a director’s job.”

And what could be better for the project than the selfless attitude of the Partners?

Upon completion of the script, I transferred my copyright to Sophia. This gave her the opportunity to continue to act absolutely independently, without coordination with me as a co-author. Sofia practically had the director's version of the script in her hands, which allowed her to immediately begin storyboarding and greatly simplified the preparation for filming. For me, this is another confirmation that my system does not exhaust, but rather inspires my Partners to implement the project as quickly as possible.

“Common Interests” is a story about five of our contemporaries, with their own problems and goals, which, due to their busy lives, usually intersect extremely rarely, but, unexpectedly for themselves, are involved in a whole tangle of interactions. Each of the heroes considers their own problems to be a priority and tries to unravel this tangle in their favor, not realizing that they are only aggravating the situation.

Our picture is a kind of romantic realism of modern society. I feel incredible happiness from the result and keep my fingers crossed for the fate of this film!

Unlimited thanks to Director Sofia Afinogenova for her trust and cooperation. I can’t resist bragging... Sofia and I already have two joint projects. The second full-length drama “Ronya” is currently in pre-production. But more on that a little later!..