Stever and writer Anna Melikova explain how their original vision for the intimate Ukrainian queer film evolved following Russia's invasion
By Charles Carrall, Ishita Sengupta
Anna Melikova (left) and Isabelle Stever Credit: Oleksandra Lunina “The reality changed our plans,” explains Ukrainian writer Anna Melikova of her new screenplay “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming.” She is seated next to her wife Isabelle Stever, the director of their new film, at the Locarno Film Festival. Their second creative collaboration after the Berlinale premiering “Grand Jeté” (2022), “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming” marks Stever’s long-awaited return to Locarno after her debut “Gisela” played in the Filmmakers of the Present section back in 2005.
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