MOTH
short film, 2025
Logline:
A couple struggle to survive in the big city and try to find solace as their lives are torn apart.
MOTH trailer
Synopsis:
When Dylan loses his job once again, he and Rose find it increasingly difficult to figure out how to survive in the big city. Just as they are finding it harder and harder to understand each other. As tensions mount and everything falls apart, Dylan finds it unbearable to deal with it all. What can be a consolation? Maybe the fact that they're not the only ones falling apart?
Cast:
Dylan: Patrick Ambrosino
Rose: Jessica Barton
Principal Crew:
Director and Writer: Daria Milyukhina
Producer: Blaine Marcano
Co-producer: Jinkyung Song
Director of Photography: Kaiqi Zhang
Editor: Ainis Grinius
Production Designer: Angelina Prom
Sound Recordist: Rishav Acharya
Music Composer: Karina Kazaryan
1st Assistant Director: Asli Inkaya
Title: MOTH
Year of Production: 2025
Duration: 15:00 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2:35.1
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Director's Statemet:
The moth is an interesting creature. Mesmerised and dazzled, it flies so close to the light that it can burn itself. Like these little creatures, people move to big cities, mesmerised by their scale and blinded by the possibilities. And just like this dangerous light, the light of big cities can be destructive.
Moth is the story of a working class couple who move to London with high hopes but face the difficulties of surviving in the city. It is a story about the ordinary people we meet on London's streets, the people the capital is full of. People who give up most of their wages to pay for housing and bills; people who can barely afford to have children. It is a regular story about those who move to the big city with hopes and dreams, but end up living in survival mode.
Dylan and Rose are one such example. The hardships of everyday life affect their relationship and become unbearable for the impulsive and vulnerable Dylan. Everything is falling apart, and the destructive light of the big city comes too close. This bright light that brings destruction and comfort at the same time.
