2022-2023
Directing
Docs, dramas & beyond!
Countdown - 2025
COMING SOON! Currently circuiting festivals.
A disillusioned office worker's sanity unravels when a mysterious broken clock purchased from a street vendor begins blurring the line between reality and mental collapse.
Starring Mark Agar.
Written by Arina Volkova. Directed by Pol Safonova. Produced by Arina Volkova, Director of Photography - Khang Nguyen Le, Sound by Ivan Khmelevskii, Edited by Miruna Milea, Production design by Sarah Dearle.
DEATH OF THE AUTHOR - 2024
COMING SOON! Currently circuiting festivals.
Two protagonists of a French modernist film try to break out of the cinematic world that surrounds them.
Starring Tina Klotz & Olkan Servellera.
Written & Directed by Pol Safonova. Produced by Ambre Saez & Clara Diaz, Director of Photography - Alina Drovnikova, Sound by Alejandro Carcamo, Edited by Khang Nguyen Le, Production design by Clara Diaz.
Kicking Up a Racket - 2023
A short documentary about Dublin's young punk community, exploring it's history and the people who keep it alive. Narrated by Pete Briquette!
Directed and Edited by Pol Safonova, Produced by Ambre Saez, Director of Photography and Colour Grading: Lana Zeydan, Sound Engineering and Mixing: Alina Drovnikova, Featuring the works of Al Fartukh and Soundtrack by FoxHole.
Touch - 2023
A regretful bartender’s life changes after an encounter with a mysterious young woman.
Directed by Pol Safonova, Written by Polina Rudinskaya. Produced by Ambre Saez, Director of Photography - Jose Alejandro Carcamo Menendez, Sound by Polina Rudinskaya, Edited by Khang Nguyen Le, Colour Grading by Pol Safonova, Production design by Thembi Nkosi.
Homeward - 2025
An autobiographic short about dealing with big feelings while coming home to a war-torn country.
Written and directed by me! Shot, voiced and edited entirely on my iPhone.
Me and Howard Hughes - 2023
A short animation based on the song by The Boomtown Rats.
Directed, animated and edited by me. I got permission to use the song by the band themselves. I’m so cool, am I not?
Rebel Rebel - 2022
An autobiographic short about me, David Bowie and learning to like oneself.
Written and directed by me! Camerawork by Lana Zeydan and Davi Romao Avila. Shot, voiced and edited entirely on my iPhone.